European Environmental Philosophy Series (EEPS)

Dates:

27 March 2026, 1pm-2:30pm CET
"Sustainability Research without Sustainability" by Markku Oksanen from the University of Eastern Finland

15 May 2026, 1pm-2:30pm CET
25 September 2026, 1pm-2:30pm CET
27 November 2026, 1pm-2:30pm CET

Sign up for the first talk and get the zoom-link by messaging lamakou@utu.fi

Information on registration details for following events tbc here.

CETE-P together with Turku Environmental Ethics Research Centre and University of Pardubice Centre for Ethics invites you to a bi-semester online talk series on environmental philosophy. The talk series supports and promotes research and networks in European environmental philosophy. The first talk called "Sustainability Research without Sustainability" by Markku Oksanen from the University of Eastern Finland will take place on 27 March, 1pm-2:30pm (CET).

Abstract:
Ever since the emergence of sustainable development and sustainability discourses in the 1980s, some people have decided to swim upstream and commenced a search for alternative concepts and frameworks. Among the most cited authors within (philosophical) sustainability research are researchers who avoid using sustainability concept and/or who unequivocally reject it. These authors relate to a large variety of disciplines and approaches, from such major figures as Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway and Timothy Morton to many less known environmental philosophers. The main purpose of the talk is to reflect whether their inclusion in the “canon” of the research (such as a textbook) can be justified.