To register for this group, please contact the study group coordinator through the e-mail below.
Coordinators
Marc Davidson (marc.davidson@ru.nl)
Upcoming activities of this group
Past activities of this group
Topic & aim
The study group Environmental Philosophy aims to bring together ethicists and philosophers in the Netherlands and Flanders who deal with environmental issues. Research subjects include e.g.:
- Intergenerational and international justice, and our duties towards the non-human world.
- Climate change, the loss of biodiversity, ecosystems and landscapes, nuclear energy, and genetically-modified organisms.
- Conceptions of and attitudes towards nature, and fundamental origins of our ecological crisis.
- Conceptual analysis of sustainability and sustainable development.
Goal is to further the environmental debate, to help develop joint activities and to explore opportunities for international cooperation.
Set-up & practicalities
The study group convenes every 2 months at Utrecht University for a 2-3 hour meeting, generally started by a presentation by one of its members. Activities of the study group include the organization of:
- A national symposium (once a year) for a broad audience, the ‘Dag van de milieufilosofie’.
- The ‘Wouter Achterberg award’ (once every two years) for the best master thesis on the subject of environmental philosophy or animal ethics written by a student from the Netherlands or Flanders.
- PhD-courses in Environmental philosophy and Ethics under the umbrella of the OZSW.
OZSW members who belong to this group
| Member | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Binder, Constanze | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Wieland, Jan Willem | VU University Amsterdam |
| Davidson, Marc | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Taebi, Behnam | Delft University of Technology |
| Drenthen, Martin | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Bovenkerk, Bernice | Wageningen University |
| Hendlin, Yogi | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| van Meurs, Boris | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Eilenberger, Hans-Georg | Tilburg University |
| Lemmens, Pieter | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| van Balen, Sophie | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Frey, Gideon | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Doeland, Lisa | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Bergman, Harriët | University of Antwerp |
| Mullins, Benjamin James | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Govers, Laura | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Guven, Irem | Leiden University |
| van Dijk, Ludger | University of Antwerp |
| Kirloskar-Steinbach, Monika | VU University Amsterdam |
| Gammon, Andrea | Delft University of Technology |
| Richie, Cristina | Delft University of Technology |
Other people who belong to this group
Silvia Blok (WUR), Clemens Driessen (WUR), Sanne van der Hout (RU), Stijn Neuteleers (KULeuven), Louke van Wensveen (Oikos), Kári Driscoll, Wendela de Raat, Linde de Vroey, Joost van Herten, Sophia de Vries, Ryan van Nood, Colin von Negenborn, Alexandria Poole, Dominic Lenzi, Eva Meijer, Jozef Keulartz, Keje Boersma, Lowieke Vermeulen, Onno Sand, Petra van der Kooij, Roland Mees
Members of the sub-group Animal Ethics
| Member</strong< | University |
| Bernice Bovenkerk | Wageningen University |
| Clemens Driessen | Wageningen University |
| Frederike Kaldewaij | Universiteit Utrecht |
| Franck Meijboom | Universiteit Utrecht |
| Floris van den Berg | Universiteit Utrecht |
| Jan Boersema | Universiteit Leiden |
| Bram van Liere | Partij voor de Dieren, Provincie Noord-Holland |
| Harry Wels | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Susan Boonman Berson | Wageningen University |
| Eva Meijer (Chair) | Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| Hanneke Nijland | Wageningen University |
| Joachim Nieuwland | Universiteit Leiden |
| Joost Leuven | Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| Willem Vermaat | Universiteit Utrecht |
| Janneke Vink | Universiteit Leiden |
| Eveline Boter | Universiteit Utrecht |
| Erno Eskens | ISVW |
