Dr M.A.M. Drenthen (Martin)
Associate professor of philosophy - Institute for Science in Society
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Martin Drenthen is environmental philosopher. He was awarded a VIDI Innovation Research Incentive Grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for a 5-year project “Reading the Landscape: A Hermeneutic Approach to Environmental Ethics.” The overall purpose of this project was to develop a new approach to environmental ethics that is better able to deal with moral conflicts arising from ongoing, large-scale landscape changes in Europe, notably as result of rewilding. The project developed a novel approach to environmental ethics, that recognizes the role of narratives in human relations with environments and acknowledges the close relation between landscape interpretations and notions of (moral) identity.
His most recent research focuses on ethical issues involving the resurgence of large animals, notably the wolf.
He has published many papers in edited academic volumes and peer reviewed journals and edited several edited academic volumes on environmental Philosophy.