Adaptation limits as sufficiency entitlements of justice
31.01.2025
A new publication by Ivo Wallimann-Helmer and Simon Kräuchi
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DACH Climate Ethics Network
24.01.2025
The first DACH Climate Ethics Network meeting took place in Kiel, Germany, from 8-10 January. The aim of the annual network meeting is to promote collaboration in the field of climate ethics, particularly…
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19.12.2024
The Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute is pleased to announce two new Master's programmes. In the future, the Institute will also offer the programmes "M.Sc. Major Environmental Humanities…
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The winner of the 2024 Environmental Research Prize is Sopie Bucher
18.12.2024
The prize committee congratulates Sophie Bucher on her master's thesis entitled "The Virtue Ethics of Shrub Encroachment on Cultural Landscapes. Extensive Subalpine Grasslands in the Valais, Switzerland…
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Collaboration with African Scholars on Climate and Sustainability Issues
26.09.2024
Thierry Ngosso, Dominic Roser and Ivo Wallimann-Helmer from the Environmental Science and Humanities Institute are working on a proposal for a project on climate change and sustainability issues as part…
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Taking natural harms seriously in compassionate conservation
19.09.2024
A new publication by Tristan Katz (UniFR_ESH)
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PhD position in environmental ethics (75%)
18.09.2024
The University of Fribourg Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute (UniFR_ESH Institute) coordinates and promotes environmental and sustainability research and teaching at the University of Fribourg,…
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Ivo Wallimann-Helmer at the Environmental Philosophy Summer School
19.07.2024
From June 02-08, 2024, the Environmental Philosophy Summer School took place in Hejnice in the Czech Republic. In the rooms of a picturesque monastery, environmental ethicists from all over Europe met…
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Completed doctoral thesis: Hanna Schübel on the ethics of CDR
22.03.2024
Last Friday, 15.03.2024, Hanna Schübel was the first to complete her doctorate at the Environmental Science and Humanities Institute of the University of Fribourg after successfully defending her thesis…
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