MARKKU OKSANEN

University Lecturer

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Markku Oksanen is Senior Lecturer in philosophy in the department of social sciences, Kuopio. Oksanen has been Academy Research Fellow (2009-14) and Academy Post-Doc Researcher (1999-2002) and many temporary posts before completing the doctoral studies at University of Turku in 1998. Doctoral studies also at Cardiff University (1992-93) and post-doc studies at Lancaster University (2000). Shorter research visits to the Netherlands, Canada, Great Britain and the USA. Oksanen was a member/vicemember of Animal Experiment Board in Finland (2006-18) and Council on the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes TOKES (2013-18). Current research interest include environmental human rights and rights of nature, philosophical aspects of conservation science, philosophy of climate change and the interface of morality and politics in Finnish eduskunta.

Contact info

Organization

Department of Social Sciences, Philosophy

Email

markku.oksanen@uef.fi

Phone

+358 40 355 3271

Keywords

animal ethics applied ethics biodiversity climate change climate crisis climate ethics environmental ethics environmental philosophy ethics human rights intellectual property rights moral philosophy philosophy philosophy of ownership social and political philosophy

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