Dr. Stefan Knauß

Dr. Stefan Knauß, M.A.

Dr. Stefan Knauß is a research associate for Sustainable Landscape Development at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg and 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, funded by the DFG as "Eigene Stelle". Currently he is Principal Investigator (PI) of BIOdiversity GOvernance and VALUES (BioGoValues) @ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). 

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)