My research line, âExtending Justice and Citizenshipâ, aims at clarifying the demands of justice and citizenship in our aera of global environmental changes. It also investigates how these demands can guide just institutional reforms, steer responsible technological innovation, and encourage pro-environmental behaviour.
I am the PI of the Planetary Justice and Energy Transition Technologies project, which strengthens the normative foundations of the planetary justice framework and applies this framework to the energy transition. I am also co-leading a work package in the Horizon Re4Green project, which provides a framework for research and innovation to address overlapping issues in environmental ethics, climate ethics, and research ethics in the context of the European Green Deal. I am also co-coordinator of the Nature and Sustainability research line of the NWO ESDiT project, which develops a comprehensive philosophical understanding of technologies that are socially and conceptually disruptive.
Personal website:Â https://www.michelbourban.com/
Recent publications:
- Bourban, Michel (2024) "Eco-Anxiety: A Philosophical Approach", in Allegrante, John P., Hoinkes, Ulrich, Schapira, Michael I. and Struve, Karen  (eds.), Anxiety Culture: The New Global State of Human Affairs, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press: 55â69.
- Bourban, Michel (2023) "Mitigation Duties", in Pellegrino, Gianfranco and Di Paola, Marcello (eds.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Climate Change, Cham: Springer: 1â39.
- Bourban, Michel (2023) "Ecological Cosmopolitan Citizenship", Future Humanities (early view): 1â21.
- Bourban, Michel (2023) "Eco-Anxiety and the Responses of Ecological Citizenship and Mindfulness", in Kassiola, Joel J. and Luke, Timothy W. (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Politics and Theory, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan: 65â88.
- Bourban, Michel (2022) "Ethics, Energy Transition, and Ecological Citizenship", in Letcher, Trevor (ed.), Comprehensive Renewable Energy (2nd ed.), Vol.9, Oxford: Elsevier: 204â220.
- Bourban, Michel (2021) "Strong Sustainability Ethics", Environmental Ethics 43 (4): 291â314.
- Bourban, Michel and Rochel, Johan (2021) "Synergies in Innovation: Lessons Learnt from Innovation Ethics for Responsible Innovation", Philosophy & Technology 34 (2): 373â394.
Expertise
Social Sciences
- Climate
- Nationality
- Climate Change
- Approach
- Adaptation
- Theory
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Justice
- Finance
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2025
2024
2023
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Affiliated study programs
Courses academic year 2025/2026
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses academic year 2024/2025
- 201300088 - Master's Thesis PSTS
- 201300089 - Master's Thesis PSTS
- 201300283 - Master's Thesis Ethics and Technology
- 202000576 - Research Proposal Bachelor Thesis IBA
- 202000579 - Bachelor Thesis IBA
- 202400008 - Environmental Values & Sustainable Trans
- 202400101 - Bachelor Thesis IBA
- 202400106 - Bachelor Thesis IBA, DD with Múnster
- 202400423 - Reflection
Courses academic year 2023/2024
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