Publikationer

Peer-reviewed journal articles

1. Køster, Allan (under review): Consolation: A fundamental existential category, in Philosophical Psychology (invited contribution to special issue on “understanding oneself through others”)
2. Køster, Allan, Hughes, Emily, Fuchs Thomas (under review): Mourning as a Ground Attunement, in Continental Philosophy Review
3. Køster Allan (accepted in press): Understanding Loss: an existential Framework, in Philosophical Psychology
4. Køster, Allan; Fernandez, Anthony V.; Andersen, Lars Peter Kloster (2024): Complicating objectivation in the medical encounter, in Journal of Medical Humanities. Invited contribution of special issue on Medical Humanities and the Covid/post-covid challenges
5. Køster Allan; Meyhoff, Christian Sylvest; Andersen Lars Peter Kloster (2023): Experiences of isolation in patients in the ICU during the COVID pandemic, in Acta Anestesiologica Scandinavica. DOI: 10.1111/aas.14284 
6. Køster, Allan; Fernandez, Anthony; Meyhoff, Christian Sylvest; Andersen Lars Peter Kloster (2023): Intensive care nurses’ experiences of caring for isolated COVID-positive patients during first wave of COVID, in Journal of Intensive Care Society
7. Køster, Allan (2022): Becoming anonymous: a phenomenology of radical isolation protocols in Intensive Care admission during COVID-19. Invited contribution to special issue on COVID in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciencesdoi.org/10.1007/s11097-022-09882-y
8. Køster, Allan (2022): A deeper feeling of grief, invited contribution to special issue on grief and emotional experience in Journal of Consciousness Studies. doi:10.53765/20512201.29.9.084*
9. Køster, Allan (2022): Self-alienation and the loss of heteronomy: The case of bereavement, in Philosophical Explorations: Invited contribution for special issue on “Self-Illness Ambiguity” doi.org/10.1080/13869795.2022.2051590
10. Viftrup, Dorte Toudal; Køster, Allan; Hvidt, Niels Cristian (2021): ”At holde noget Helligt”: Religionspsykologiske perspektiver på, hvordan fagprofessionelle kan drage omsorg for og understøtte kriseramte menneskers åndelighed og tro, i Dansk Tidskrift for Teologi og Kirke nr. 1/21
11. Køster, Allan & Fernandez, Anthony (2021): Investigating altered modes of being-in-the world in qualitative research interviews, in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. Invited contribution for Special issue: “Working with Others’ experiences: Theory, Practice and Application” doi.org/10.1007/s11097-020-09723-w
12. Køster, Allan (2020): The felt sense of the other: Contours of a sensorium, in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. Vol 20 pp. 57-63 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-020-09657-3
13. Køster, Allan (2020) Distanceringen: Den paradoksale opgave at relatere sig til børn og unge i sorg, i Omsorg – Nordisk Tidskrift for Palliativ Medicin. Nr. 1
14. Køster, Allan (2019): Longing for Concreteness: How Body Memory Matters to Continuing Bonds, Mortality Vol. 25 issue 4. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2019.1632277
15. Køster, Allan (2019): Lidelsen i sorgen: fænomenologiske betragtninger over tabserfarings affektive dybde, i Psyke & Logos. Årgang 40 no. 1 https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v40i1.113238
16. Køster Allan; Kofod, Ester; Brinkmann, Svend; Winther Lindqvist, Ditte; Petersen, Anders (2018): Kulturelle og eksistentielle perspektiver på sorg og tabserfaringer, i Psyke & Logos Årgang 40 no. 1 https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v39i1.112161
17. Brinkmann, Svend… Køster, Allan et al. (2018): The presence of grief: Research-Based Art and Art-Based Research on Grief, in Qualitative Inquiry https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800418789443
18. Køster, Allan (2017): Embodiment, Knowledge-Generation and Disciplinary Identity, in Constructivists Foundations, Vol 13, No. 1
19. Køster, Allan, (2017): Mentalization, embodiment and Narrative: Critical comments on the social ontology of mentalization theory, in Theory and Psychology Vol 27 issue 4, https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354317711031
20. Køster, Allan (2017): Narrative self-appropriation: embodiment, alienness and personal responsibility in the context of borderline personality disorder, in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol 38, No 6. doi: 10.1007/s11017-017-9422-z.
21. Køster, Allan (2017): Personal history, beyond narrative: an embodied perspective, in Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, Vol 48. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691624-12341327
22. Køster, Allan (2017): Trauer als Pathologie: zu einer Kontroverse in Dänemark, in Sozialpsychiatrische Information. Zeitschrift für kritische Psychiatrie, Vol 3, no 47.
23. Køster, Allan (2016): Narrative and Embodiment: a scalar approach, in Phenomenology and the Cognitive sciences, Vol 16, No 5. DOI 10.1007/s11097-016-9485-8
24. Kristensen, Søren Tange & Køster, Allan (2014): Contextualising eating problems in individual diet counselling, in Health, Vol 18, No. 3. DOI: 10.1177/1363459313516136

Books and bookchapters

1. Køster, Allan & Emily Hughes (2025): Embodiment, narrative and metaphor in regulating basic affect, in Experiencing Agency in Feeling. The Phenomenology of Emotion Regulation“, ed. Fuchs Thomas & Schmidt . Oxford University Press
2. Køster, Allan (2023/in progress): Sorgens Verden: Et eksistentielt perspektiv på Død, Sorg og Trøst Akademisk Forlag/Lindhart & Ringhoff (The world of grief: An existential perspective on Death, Grief and Consolation) 
3. Køster, Allan & Kofod, Ester Holte (Eds.) (2021): Grief Experience: Cultural, Existential and Phenomenological Dimensions. Routledge. London ISBN 9780367568115
4. Kofod, Ester Holte & Køster, Allan (2021): Introduction, in Grief Experience: Cultural, Existential and Phenomenological Dimensions. Ed. Køster, A. & Kofod, Holte Ester. Routledge. London ISBN 9780367568115
5. Køster, Allan (2021): What is a phenomenological perspective on grief? in Grief Experience: Cultural, Existential and Phenomenological Dimensions. Ed. Køster, A. & Kofod, Holte Ester. Routledge. London ISBN 9780367568115
6. Køster, Allan (2021): Longing: a phenomenological analysis in Grief Experience: Cultural, Existential and Phenomenological Dimensions. Ed. Køster, A. & Kofod, Holte Ester. Routledge. London ISBN 9780367568115
7. Køster, Allan (2021): Loss and the Meaning of Profound Feelings of Emptiness: an existential- phenomenological analysis, in Time and Body: Phenomenological and psychopathological approaches. (Eds.) Stangellini, G. & Tewes C. Cambridge University Press doi.org/10.1017/9781108776660
8. Køster, Allan (2021): Krop og sorg: Om kropshukommelsens rolle i sorgprocesser, i Menneskets Sorg. Ed. Petersen, Anders & Brinkmann Svend. Forlaget Klim. ISBN13:9788772047263
9. Fernandez, Anthony & Køster, Allan (2019): The Subject Matter of Phenomenological Psychopathology, in The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychopathology, Oxford University Press
10. Køster, Allan & Winther Lindqvist, Ditte (2018): Personal History and historical selfhood: a phenomenological perspective, in Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge doi/10.1017/9781316662229.030
11. Køster, Allan (2016): Embodied Selfhood and Narrative: phenomenological investigations. Ph.d. dissertation. Aarhus University. Aarhus
12. Kristensen, Søren Tange & Køster, Allan (2015): Sociologi og Vejledning: en narrativt funderet samtalepraksis, i Madsociologi. Ed. Fuglsang & Stamer. Munksgaard ISBN:9788762812147

Podcasts and newspaper articles

1. Expert source on Danish National Television and Radio as expert source. 27/12 2024. Focus on a broader conception of grief: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/sallys-urne-staar-hjemme-paa-reolen-jeg-foelte-mig-helt-amputeret
2. Expert source in the article: Tiden læger alle sår, siger man. Passer det? Published in Kristelig Dagblad, Section Liv & Sjæl pp. 1/3
3. Køster, Allan (2023/11): Existential loneliness, alienation and disconnection in bereavement, Podcast at the Good Grief Festival, UK. https://www.youtube.com/@griefchannel
4. Køster, Allan (2023): Om børn og sorg, i podcast serien ”Barn på Vagt”. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5c1nGQEJMU4HPofqgs1O5c?si=7c5c0e00e6d24cc9
5. Køster, Allan (2022): Allan Køster (særafsnit), i podcastserien ”Jeg plejede at tro på for evigt”, Radio 24/7. Frigivet den 10/2-2022. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uPP32Pjsja0FOSbcA1HWb?si=b7e981409edc4787
6. Køster Allan (2022): Fanget under vand, kronik i Weekend Avisen 14 januar 2022
7. Girju, Roxana [host]/ Køster, Allan (2022) The Felt Sense of the Other: Phenomenology and immersive technologies, in The Creative Language Technologies podcast series (review of my research). https://open.spotify.com/episode/108tW7XhxBLsCohcNgaA6U?si=6b4212c8e26f4d8f

Keynotes and conference proceedings (selection)

1. Consolation 2025/5: an existential category. Talk given at workshop ”Self & Suffering: Theoretical and Methodological Advancements” University of Southern Denmark
2. Køster, Allan 2025/4: ”Existential re-orientation through creative writing” keynote given at the Department of Literature University of Oslo
3. Køster, Allan (2025): Remembering and Forgetting a Person, Invited talk at the workshop “Grief, Time and Memory” at Université Grenoble Alpes & University of Edinburg
4. Køster, Allan (2025): Existence as a burden, Invited talk at the workshop “Pessimism, Nihilism and Misantropy”, Nottingham University. Hosted by Professor James Ian Kidd
5. Køster, Allan (2024): Body memory and continuing Bonds, Talk given at the European Grief Conference, by Bereavement network Europe in Dublin
6. Køster Allan (2024): World Distancing, invited talk at The Northern Workplace Bereavement conference in York
7. Køster Allan (2024): Consolation: a fundamental existential category. Invited talk at the conference “understanding oneself through others” at the University of Birmingham: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/understanding-oneself-through-others-epistemic-injustice-in-healthcare-x-distributed-cognition
8. Køster, Allan (2024): Loss Identity and the sense of self. Invited talk for the conference “Uncovering the Familiar – Philosophical Approaches to an Ubiquitous and Elusive Phenomenon”, University of Heidelberg, Germany, hosted by Professor Thomas Fuchs https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/fileadmin/zpm/psychatrie/fuchs/Uncovering_the_Familiar_Program_and_abstracts_final.pdf
9. Køster, Allan (2024/3): Interviewing: A toolbox for phenomenologically grounded research, Talk given at the Universtiy of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain. Hosted by associate professor Thomas Byrne
10. Køster, Allan (2023/11): Isolation på intensivafdelinger under første bølge COVID, Oplæg ved AURORA konference afholdt ved Det Nationale Sorgcenter
11. Køster, Allan (2023/10): Sorgens verden i et børneperspektiv: Kroppen og det ordløse (The world of grief from the perspective of children: The body and the ineffable). Talk given at the conference: Nuancerede forståelser af børn i sorg, at KP University College Copenhagen.
12. Køster, Allan (2023/9): Body, Body memory and Grief: a perspective on how we can help children of critically ill in a hospice setting. Talk given at the annual ERFA conference, for Hospice staff. Gudenå Hospice, Vejsøhus Hotel and conference center   
13. Køster, Allan (2023/June): Grief as a cultural phenomenon at ”Folkemødet”, Bornholm
14. Køster, Allan (2023/June 8^th): The Role of Surveys in Phenomenologically Grounded Qualitative Research. Invited talk for the conference “The Nuts and Bolts of Qualitative Research”, University of Southern Denmark, Hosted by assistant professor Anthony Fernandez
15. Køster, Allan (2023/June 1^th): The psychological effects of isolation in intensive care. Talk given at Rigshospitalet (Danish national Hospital), Copenhagen
16. Køster, Allan (2023): Loss, Identity and Longing. Invited talk for the conference “The phenomenology of loss, York University England hosted, by Professor Matthew Ratcliffe
17. Køster, Allan (2022): Experiences of being isolated in intensive care, Keynote at Conference for Intensive Care Nurses, Copenhagen Region
18. Køster, Allan (2022): The existential and social dimension of Loss, Opening Keynote at the inaugural European Grief Conference hosted by Bereavement Network Europe
19. Køster, Allan (2022): Experiences of radical objectification in intensive care units. Symposium Medical Humanities and Covid/post Covid Challenges, Linköping University Sweden. Invited speaker hosted by Prof. Kristin Zeiler
20. Køster, Allan (2022): Interviewing: a basic hermeneutics for phenomenologically grounded qualitative research. Talk given at the department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark
21. Køster, Allan (2022): Isolation på intensivafdelingen – patienternes erfaringer, talk given at Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen
22. Køster, Allan & Fernandez, Anthony (2021): Phenomenologically grounded research: the basics. Paper presented at the SPEP conference (Society for phenomenology and existential philosophy
23. Køster, Allan (2021): Om Længsel (Keynote speaker). Talk at the Danish National Conference on grief
24. Køster Allan (2020): On feeling the Other – lessons from bereavement experiences. The Department of Philosophy, York University. Invited speaker hosted by Prof. Matthew Ratcliffe. December 7-9th
25. Køster, Allan, (2020): On phenomenologically grounded qualitative research, The Department of Psychology Aarhus University. Invited speaker. In Aarhus: 9th November
26. Køster Allan (2020): Sorg og kroppens hukommelse hos børn. Keynote speaker at Anniversary Conference for the National Center for Grief. Copenhagen October 29th
27. Køster Allan (2020): Betydningen af følelser af tomhed. Talk given at the annual conference of the national network for bereavement research. Hosted by the Danish School of education. September 18th
28. Køster Allan (2019): Loss and the meaning of profound feelings of emptiness, presented as part of the symposium “experiencing the death of the other” at the International Society for Theoretical Psychology conference in Copenhagen: 19-23 August 2019
29. Køster, Allan & Fernandez Anthony (2019): Investigating altered modes of being-in-the world in qualitative research interviews, presented at the conference Phenomenology and qualitative health research, Oxford University (invited speaker) 20.06.2019
30. Køster, Allan (2019): Kropshukommelse og Sorg (body memory and grief). Presentation given at the conference” Omsorg i sorgen”. Seminarer.dk. 19.06.2019
31. Køster Allan & Fernandez, Anthony (2019): Investigating modal alterations of existentials in qualitative research interviews, presented at the Nordic Society for Phenomenology conference at University of Copenhagen 25-27 April 2019
32. Køster, Allan (2018): Body Memory and Bereavement: Longing for Concreteness, presented at the conference “Time, the body and the Other: Phenomenological and Psychopathological Approaches” 13-15 September in Heidelberg
33. Køster, Allan (2017): The affective depth of bereavement: some preliminary remarks. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society, Lisbon Portugal
34. Køster, Allan & Winther-Lindqvist, Ditte (2017): Investigating the pre-reflective, embodied dimensions of grief: a phenomenological perspective. Paper presented at the International Society for theoretical Psychology conference in Tokyo Japan.
35. Køster, Allan (2015): From mentalization to enaction in understanding the Other: an enactive- narrative critique of the concept of mentalization. Paper presented at the International Society for Theoretical Psychology conference in Coventry England.
36. Køster, Allan (2015): Narrative History and Self: Critical comments on the role of narrative in psychology. Paper presented at the International Society for Theoretical Psychology conference in Coventry England.