Odin Lysaker

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