Dr. Stefan Knauß
Dr. Stefan Knauß, M.A.
Dr. Stefan Knauß is a research group leader for socio-ecological transformation at the Just Transition Center (JTC) Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg and guest scientist at the Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). He studied Political Science, Media and Communication Science in Halle, Catania and Parma and received his PhD in Philosophy 2015 from the University of Halle for the dissertation "From Conquista to Responsibility while Protecting - The Debate of Humanitarian Justified Warfare from a Latin American Perspective". He was Principal Investigator (PI) for the project "A physiocentric foundation of law - With the Latin American Buen Vivir on the way to a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature?" at the University of Erfurt and BIOdiversity GOvernance and VALUES (BioGoValues) @ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).
Dr. Stefan Knauß, Halle (Saale)
Contact
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
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Interests
Environmental ethics (governance, values)
Political philosophy (intercultural and de-colonial philosophy, Latin America)
Philosophy of law (human rights, humanitarian intervention, rights of nature)
About
curriculum vitae
Education
(2015) Dissertation Philosophy, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
(2009) Magister Artium (M.A.) Political Science, Media- and Communication Studies, Philosophy (Halle, Catania, Parma)
Professional career
(since 2023) Reasearch Associate, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
(since 2022) Postdoc, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig
(since 2021) Research Associate (100%), Geography, MLU Halle
(2019-2021) Associated Junior Fellow, Max-Weber-Kolleg, Erfurt
(2017-2020) Research Associate (100%), Philosophy, DFG-Eigene Stelle, Erfurt
(2016-2017) Research Associate (100%), Philosophy, MLU Halle
(2015-2016) Postdoc Research Fellow, Society and Culture in Motion, Halle
(2010-2014) PhD, Graduate School, Society and Culture in Motion, Halle
(2010) Research Associate (50%), Political Science, MLU Halle
Visiting Appointments
(2023) Instituto Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires
(2020) New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, University of Auckland
(2019) PYDLOS, Universidad de Cuenca
(2019) Universitá di Parma
(2018) Emory University, Atlanta
(2016) PYDLOS, Universidad de Cuenca
(2014-2015) Universitá Federico II, Naples
(2012) Centro de Investigaciones Filosoficas (CIF), Buenos Aires
(2011) Instituto Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires
(2010) Universidad de Bahia, Salvador da Bahia
(2009-2010) Universitá di Catania, Catania
Memberships
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil)
Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP)
International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE)
Association for Philosophy and Literature (APL)