What are you going to work with at IFIKK?
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at UiO (2022-2025), working on rights of nature and relational values as a part of the research project Dynamic Territory (PI Alejandra Mancilla). My research reflects and continues my prior research commitments on environmental ethics and epistemology, but extends those topics to also scrutinize the concept of 'rights' and the possibilities of ascribing rightful claims to entities in nature, or nature itself. I will also investigate the possible obligations arising out of relations to nature. In short, the project will investigate the foundations and flexibility of rights, and the normative relevance of relations to places and ecosystems.
Can you tell us a bit about your research interests?
I have a background in applied philosophy, most predominantly in environmental ethics and climate justice. I have previously investigated ethical topics related to biodiversity (during my first postdoc, 2017-2019), epistemological and justice issues related to energy scenarios (during my second postdoc 2020-2022), and research ethics related to citizen science. My dissertation (2016) analyzed conceptual, ethical, and epistemological issues related to climate change adaptation specifically, and sustainability more generally.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
As a father of a six year old, I enjoy building Lego and spending time in what could be most appropriately called ’nature’. Additionally, I enjoy reading books (and I am getting better at reading fiction), and listen to music from various genres.