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Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute (UniFR_ESH Institute)

The UniFR_ESH Institute places a special emphasis on the ethical issues arising from environmental practice and the challenges of the just distribution of environmental burdens - both in research and teaching.

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Collaboration with African Scholars on Climate and Sustainability Issues

Thierry Ngosso, Dominic Roser and Ivo Wallimann-Helmer from the Environmental Science and Humanities Institute are working on a proposal for a project on climate change and sustainability issues as part…

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Taking natural harms seriously in compassionate conservation

A new publication by Tristan Katz (UniFR_ESH)

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PhD position in environmental ethics (75%)

The University of Fribourg Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute (UniFR_ESH Institute) coordinates and promotes environmental and sustainability research and teaching at the University of Fribourg,…

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Study Programms

The teaching in environmental sciences and humanities conveys interdisciplinary thinking – as a valuable addition to any bachelor major or as a full master program.

Research

Research at the institute scrutinizes environmental challenges and methods for decision-making in the fields of sustainability and climate change from an ethical perspective.