My research focuses on ethics and political philosophy in the Anthropocene, especially related to climate justice, deliberative democracy, environmental values and valuation, and biodiversity conservation.
Expertise
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Justice
- Sustainability
- Ecosystem Services
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Social Sciences
- Climate Change
- Climate
Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Emissions
- Policy
Organisations
Publications
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2026
Convergences and Gaps between Environmental Ethics, Climate Ethics, and Research Ethics: A Scoping Review (2026)Science and engineering ethics, 32. Article 11. Bourban, M., Lenzi, D., Sørensen, M. P., Fishberg, R., Mehlich, J., Fischbach, F., Molina, J. L., Poague, K. I. H. M., Csábi, A., Heffernan, R., Hastings, R. & Rességuier, A.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00575-8
2025
Navigating diverse human–nature worldviews for more inclusive conservation (2025)Conservation biology. Article e70144 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Murali, R., Anderson, C. B., Muraca, B., Arias-Arévalo, P., Gould, R. K., Lenzi, D., Zent, E., Athayde, S., Kenter, J., Raymond, C. M. & Vatn, A.https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70144Sufficientarianism and the economics of climate change (2025)Politics, Philosophy and Economics. Article 1470594X251340973 (Accepted/In press). Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X251340973The Earth System in the Anthropocene and the Primacy of Joint Collective Ownership (2025)Journal of Social Philosophy (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1111/josp.12608Correction to: Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values (2025)BioScience, 75(2), 188-188. Himes, A., Muraca, B., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Beery, T., Cantú-Fernández, M., González-Jiménez, D., Gould, R. K., Hejnowicz, A. P., Kenter, J., Lenzi, D., Murali, R., Pascual, U., Raymond, C., Ring, A., Russo, K., Samakov, A., Stålhammar, S., Thorén, H. & Zent, E.https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae024Editorial Introduction to the Collection: 'The ethics of Carbon Dioxide Removal' (2025)Global Sustainability, 8. Article e37. Schübel, H., Heyward, C., Lenzi, D. & Wallimann-Hellmar, I.https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2025.10017The concepts of irreversibility and reversibility in research on anthropogenic environmental changes (2025)PNAS Nexus, 4(1). Article pgae577. Buhr, L., Lenzi, D. S., Pols, A. J. K., Brunner, C. E., Fischer, A., Staal, A., Hofbauer, B. P. & Bovenkerk, B.https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae577
2024
Sustainability-aligned values: exploring the concept, evidence, and practice (2024)Ecology and society, 29(4). Article 18. Martin, A., Balvanera, P., Raymond, C. M., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Eser, U., Gould, R. K., Guibrunet, L., Harmáčková, Z. V., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Koessler, A. K., Kumar, R., Lenzi, D., Merçon, J., Nthenge, A., O'farrell, P. J., Pascual, U., Rode, J., Yoshida, Y. & Zafra-Calvo, N.https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15498-290418Assessing multiple values of nature in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (2024)People and Nature, 6(3), 1355-1365. Murali, R., Lliso, B., Mannetti, L. M., Filyushkina, A., Amaruzaman, S., Amin, A. M., Hyldmo, H. d. S., Koessler, A.-K., Lenzi, D., Lutti, N. & Yiu, E.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10645Building on Spash's critiques of monetary valuation to suggest ways forward for relational values research (2024)Environmental Values, 33(2), 139-162. Gould, R. K., Himes, A., Anderson, L. M., Arias-Arévalo, P., Chapman, M., Lenzi, D., Muraca, B. & Tadaki, M.https://doi.org/10.1177/09632719241231422The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene (2024)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(5), e2301531121. Article e2301531121. Rockström, J., Kotzé, L., Milutinović, S., Biermann, F., Brovkin, V., Donges, J., Ebbesson, J., French, D., Gupta, J., Kim, R., Lenton, T., Lenzi, D., Nakicenovic, N., Neumann, B., Schuppert, F., Winkelmann, R., Bosselmann, K., Folke, C., Lucht, W., … Steffen, W.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301531121An earth system governance research agenda for carbon removal (2024)Earth System Governance, 19. Article 100204. Low, S., Boettcher, M., Asayama, S., Baum, C., Borth, A., Brown, C., Clingerman, F., Dauvergne, P., De Pryck, K., Gupta, A., Honegger, M., Lenzi, D., Reitsma, R., Schenuit, F., Scott-Buechler, C. & Valenzuela, J. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2024.100204Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values (2024)BioScience, 74(1), 25-43. Himes, A., Muraca, B., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Beery, T., Cantú-Fernández, M., González-Jiménez, D., Gould, R. K., Hejnowicz, A. P., Kenter, J., Lenzi, D., Murali, R., Pascual, U., Raymond, C., Ring, A., Russo, K., Samakov, A., Stålhammar, S., Thorén, H. & Zent, E.https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad109
2023
Hope, Pessimism, and the Shape of a Just Climate Future (2023)Ethics and International Affairs, 37(3), 344-361. Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0892679423000254An inclusive typology of values for navigating transformations towards a just and sustainable future (2023)Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 64. Article 101301. Raymond, C. M., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Vatn, A., Amin, A. M., Arias-Arévalo, P., Christie, M., Cantú-Fernández, M., Gould, R. K., Himes, A., Kenter, J. O., Lenzi, D., Muraca, B., Murali, R., O'Connor, S., Pascual, U., Sachdeva, S., Samakov, A. & Zent, E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101301Justice, sustainability, and the diverse values of nature: why they matter for biodiversity conservation (2023)Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 64. Article 101353. Lenzi, D., Balvanera, P., Arias-Arévalo, P., Eser, U., Guibrunet, L., Martin, A., Muraca, B. & Pascual, U.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101353Climate Engineering and the Future of Justice (2023)In Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies: An Introduction (pp. 83-112). Open Book Publishers. Taebi, B., Lenzi, D., Buhr, L., Claassen, K., Gerola, A., Hofbauer, B., Paiusco, E. & Rijssenbeek, J.https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0366.04Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies: An Introduction (2023)[Book/Report › Book]. Open Book Publishers. van de Poel, I., Frank, L. E., Hermann, J., Hopster, J., Lenzi, D., Nyholm, S., Taebi, B. & Ziliotti, E.https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0366Diverse values of nature for sustainability (2023)Nature, 620(7975), 813-823. Pascual, U., Balvanera, P., Anderson, C. B., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Christie, M., González-Jiménez, D., Martin, A., Raymond, C. M., Termansen, M., Vatn, A., Athayde, S., Baptiste, B., Barton, D. N., Jacobs, S., Kelemen, E., Kumar, R., Lazos, E., Mwampamba, T. H., Nakangu, B., … Zent, E.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06406-9Improving Arguments for Local Carbon Rights: The Case of Forest-Based Sequestration (2023)Journal of Applied Philosophy. Heyward, C. & Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12628
Research profiles
Courses academic year 2025/2026
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