Odin Lysaker

Guest researcher

Current research Interests

• Natural philosophy - e.g., ecocentric approach to nature; ecologic love; vulnerability and dependency as the basic preconditions for all existene; environmental ethics inspired by deep ecology, ecophenomenology, ecofeminism and animism.
• Green political theory - e.g., ecological democracy; ecological citizenship; political ecology; civil disobedience and citizens' councils as extra-parliamentary democratic activism.
• Environmental justice – e.g., environmental justice and ecological justice based on non-anthropocentric critical theory bridging redistribution, recognition, capabilities and participation for both human and non-human individuals and groups.

Present appointment and affiliations

• Professor of Ethics, University of Agder
• Guest Researcher, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo
• Associated member of the research group Law and Ethics at PRIO

Background

• PhD in Philosophy, University of Oslo
• PhD Fellow, CULCOM (Cultural Complexity in the New Norway), University of Oslo

Academic interests relevant to SUM

• Environmental ethics and philosophy of nature
• Green political theory
• Global health ethics and the capabilities approach
• Climate refugees

Research groups and other activities at SUM

• Leader of the Philosophy Reading Group
• Member of the research group Culture, Ethics, and Sustainability
• Co-organizer (with Nina Witoszek) of the Arne Naess Symposium
• Member of the Arne Naess Council for the Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment
• Supervising master's students, including several of the holders of the Arne Naess Master's Stipends

Courses taught 

• SUM 4030 – Environmental Humanities
• SUM 4100  – Research Methods and Project Design
• SUM 4200 – Key Issues in Development and Environment

Tags: Environmental ethics, Philosophy of nature, Green political theory, Global health ethics, Climate refugees