dr. M. Bourban (Michel)

I work in moral, political, and legal philosophy. I carry out research in fields such as environmental ethics, environmental politics, climate justice, animal ethics, and responsible innovation. I currently work on topics such as citizenship, sustainability, ecoanxiety, geoengineering, and energy transition.

Personal website: https://www.michelbourban.com/

Recent publications:

- Bourban, Michel (2022) "Ethics, Energy Transition, and Ecological Citizenship", in Letcher, Trevor (ed.), Comprehensive Renewable Energy (2nd ed.), Vol.9, Oxford: Elsevier: 204–220.

- Bourban, Michel (2021) "Strong Sustainability Ethics", Environmental Ethics, 43 (4): 291–314.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Ethical Aspects

Social Sciences

# Climate
# Climate Change
# Climate Policy

Arts & Humanities

# Liberty
# Reappropriation
# Small Islands
# Synergy

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), Philosophy (WIJSB)

Bourban, M. (2022). Ethics, Energy Transition, and Ecological Citizenship. In T. M. Letcher (Ed.), Comprehensive Renewable Energy (2 ed., Vol. 9, pp. 204-220). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819727-1.00030-3

Bourban, M. (2022). Strong Sustainability Ethics. Environmental Ethics, 43(4), 291-314. https://doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics202211332

Bourban, M., & Rochel, J. (2021). Synergies in Innovation: Lessons Learnt from Innovation Ethics for Responsible Innovation. Philosophy & technology, 34, 373–394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-020-00392-w

Bourban, M. (2021). Climate Justice in the Non-Ideal Circumstances of International Negotiations. In Principles of Justice and Real-World Climate Politics (pp. 59-88). Rowman & Littlefield International.

Bourban, M. (2021). Promoting justice in global climate policies. In É. Laurent, & K. Zwickl (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of the Environment (pp. 226–242). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367814533-19

Bourban, M. (2021). Rawls et Rousseau: Liberté, citoyenneté et stabilité. Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale, 112(4), 545-565. https://doi.org/10.3917/rmm.214.0545

Bourban, M., & Broussois, L. (2020). The Most Good We Can Do or the Best Person We Can Be? Ethics, Policy and Environment, 23(2), 159-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2020.1848175

Baatz, C. , & Bourban, M. (2019). Distributing scarce adaptation finance across SIDS: Effectiveness, not efficiency. In C. Klöck, & M. Fink (Eds.), Dealing with climate change on small islands: Towards effective and sustainable adaptation (pp. 77–99). Universitätsverlag Göttingen. https://doi.org/10.17875/gup2019-1212

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