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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Ivo Wallimann-Helmer at the Environmental Philosophy Summer School

From June 02-08, 2024, the Environmental Philosophy Summer School took place in Hejnice in the Czech Republic. In the rooms of a picturesque monastery, environmental ethicists from all over Europe met…

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Completed doctoral thesis: Hanna Schübel on the ethics of CDR

Last Friday, 15.03.2024, Hanna Schübel was the first to complete her doctorate at the Environmental Science and Humanities Institute of the University of Fribourg after successfully defending her thesis…

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Climate Lunch: Why climate protection is a complex issue

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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.

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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.

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Master Environmental Sciences and Humanities

  • Master Minor (30 ECTS)
  • Master Major (120 ECTS)

 

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Bachelor Minors in Environmental Sciences

  • Environmental Sciences (30 ECTS)
  • Environmental Law (60 ECTS)
  • Applied Environmental Management (60 ECTS)

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3rd Swiss Animal-Environmental Ethics Network Meeting

21.11.2024

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