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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 |
| Robeyns, Ingrid | Utrecht University |
| Davidson, Marc | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Spahn, Andreas | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Taebi, Behnam | Delft University of Technology |
| Drenthen, Martin | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Bovenkerk, Bernice | Wageningen University |
| Veldman, Wouter | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Hendlin, Yogi | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Eilenberger, Hans-Georg | Tilburg University |
| 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 |
| Guven, Irem | Leiden University |
| van Dijk, Ludger | University of Antwerp |
| Kirloskar-Steinbach, Monika | VU University Amsterdam |
Other people who belong to this group
Silvia Blok (WUR), Clemens Driessen (WUR), Sanne van der Hout (RU), Bram van Liere (Partij voor de Dieren), Stijn Neuteleers (KULeuven), Louke van Wensveen (Oikos), Carolina Sánchez-De Jaegher, Kári Driscoll, Wendela de Raat, Linde de Vroey, Andrea Gammon, Jacqueline Bos, Joost van Herten, Roel Veraart, Fergus Green, Sophia de Vries, Ryan van Nood
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 |
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