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Coordinators
Marc Davidson (marc.davidson@ftr.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 |
|---|---|
| Robeyns, Ingrid | Utrecht University |
| Davidson, Marc | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| de Jong, Johan | Leiden University |
| Spahn, Andreas | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Taebi, Behnam | Delft University of Technology |
| Drenthen, Martin | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Bovenkerk, Bernice | Wageningen University |
| Stone, Taylor | Delft University of Technology |
| Hickey, Colin | Utrecht University |
| Veldman, Wouter | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Smith, Patrick | Twente University |
| Hendlin, Yogi | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Eilenberger, Hans-Georg | Tilburg University |
| Green, Fergus | Utrecht University |
| van Balen, Sophie | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Frey, Gideon | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Doeland, Lisa | |
| Bergman, Harriët | |
| Mullins, Benjamin James | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
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
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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