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Culture, ethics and sustainability

About the group

This research group explores several research areas:

• Environmental philosophy and ethics
• Social and ethical aspects of sustainable modernity
• Sustainability of the Nordic Model
• Green Democracy
• Nature and ideology
• Cultural innovation for a sustainable future.
• The relation between nature, culture and identity
• The role of civil society in authoritarian countries

One of our concerns is to reflect on how the history of human-nature relationships can be put to use in a contemporary setting.

• How can one imagine a sustainable, good life in our time?
• Can limits to growth be handled if we cement ideas from the past with ideas in the present?
• What resources can be found in the historical canon with which to think through our current predicament?

The research group also flags The Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment involving the annual Arne Næss Symposium, and three recipients of the Arne Næss stipend who work on a joint research project.

Academic programmes and courses

• SUM4030 - Environmental Humanities
• SUM4200 - Key Issues in Development and Environment

Publications

Find more recent publications here