Person
Senior Lecturer
- Human Rights Studies
- Department of History
Contact information
E-mail eric.brandstedtmrs.luse
Room LUX:A216
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
Senior lecturer in human rights studies and associate professor in philosophy. My research concerns the normative dimension of climate change, more specifically, what is a fair distribution of the costs and benefits of dealing with climate change, and intergenerational justice. I also have a general interest in political and moral philosophy, and in particular methodological questions and John Rawls's theories and methods. I'm also interested in the concept of human rights and what role it can play in international politics.
Currently, I'm the PI of an interdisciplinary research project (funded by the Swedish Energy Agency) about a just transition to a low-carbon future. The project addresses the following research questions: (1) What kinds of grievances does the transition to a low-carbon economy give rise to?; (2) What moral principles should be used to systematise and explain these grievances?; and (3) how can these grievances be dealt with in a fair way?
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- The Construction of a Sustainable Development in Times of Climate Change
- Navigating Justice Claims: Between Riots, Strikes and Business as Usual (research leader)
- Constructive Climate Ethics. How to Make Ethical Theorising Relevant to Climate Policy (research leader)
- LUCID - Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability
- Sustainable Welfare - Theme, Pufendorf IAS
Books (1)
Articles (15)
- Brandstedt, E. (2022). Att stödja tvärvetenskapliga doktoranders frigörelse från disciplinära föreställningar. Högre utbildning, 12, 5-12. Swednet.
- Brandstedt, E., Busch, H. & Ramasar, V. (2022). Om orättvisor i omställningen till en fossilfri framtid. Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, 26. Thales.
- Ramasar, V., Busch, H., Brandstedt, E. & Rudus, K. (2022). When energy justice is contested: A systematic review of a decade of research on Sweden's conflicted energy landscape. Energy Research and Social Science, 94. Elsevier.
- Andersson, H., Brandstedt, E. & Torpman, O. (2021). The Ethics of Population Policies. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP). Taylor & Francis.
- Brandstedt, E. & Brülde, B. (2021). Om betydelsen av rättvisa för hållbara pensionssystem : En analys och kritik av det svenska pensionssystemet. Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 123, 223-247. Fahlbeckska stiftelsen.
- Green, F. & Brandstedt, E. (2021). Engaged Climate Ethics. Journal of Political Philosophy, 29, 539-563. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Brandstedt, E. & Brännmark, J. (2020). Rawlsian Constructivism : A Practical Guide to Reflective Equilibrium. Journal of Ethics, 24, 355-373. Springer.
- Brännmark, J. & Brandstedt, E. (2019). Rawlsian Constructivism and the Assumption of Disunity. Journal of Political Philosophy, 27, 48-66. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Brandstedt, E. (2019). Non-Ideal Climate Justice. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 22, 221-234. Taylor & Francis.
- Brandstedt, E. & Brülde, B. (2019). Towards a Theory of Pure Procedural Climate Justice. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 36, 785-799. Wiley.
- van Basshuysen, P. & Brandstedt, E. (2018). Comment on ‘The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions’. Environmental Research Letters, 13. IOP Publishing.
- Brandstedt, E. (2017). The Savings Problem in the Original Position : Assessing and Revising a Model. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 47, 269-289. Taylor & Francis.
- Brandstedt, E. (2015). The Circumstances of Intergenerational Justice. Moral Philosophy and Politics, 2, 33-56. De Gruyter.
- Brandstedt, E. (2014). An Interview with Professor Simon Caney. De Ethica : A Journal of Philosphical, Theological and Applied Ethics, 1, 71-84. Linköping University Electronic Press.
- Brandstedt, E. & Bergman, A.-K. (2013). Climate Rights : Feasible or Not?. Environmental Politics, 22, 394-409. Taylor & Francis.
Book chapters (4)
- Brandstedt, E. (2021). The Just Savings Principle. In Gardiner, S. (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics. Oxford University Press.
- Brandstedt, E. (2018). I kraft av att vara människa : Om begreppet mänskliga rättigheter. In Arvidsson, M., Halldenius, L. & Sturfelt, L. (Eds.) Mänskliga rättigheter i samhället (pp. 17-34). Bokbox förlag.
- Brandstedt, E. & Emmelin, M. (2016). The Concept of Sustainable Welfare. In Koch, M. & Mont, O. (Eds.) Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics, Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare (pp. 15-28), 42. Routledge.
- Brandstedt, E. & Mont, O. (2016). The Future is Not What It Used to Be : On the Roles and Function of Assumptions in Visions of the Future. In Koch, M. & Mont, O. (Eds.) Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics, Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare (pp. 59-74), 42. Routledge.
Reviews (3)
- Brandstedt, E. (2022). Joseph Heath: Philosophical Foundations of Climate Change Policy : New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. Hardback (ISBN 978-0-197- 56798-2) $65.12. Viii + 339 pp. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 25, 169-171. Springer.
- Brandstedt, E. (2018). Why are we waiting? The logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 21, 405-408. Taylor & Francis.
- Brandstedt, E. (2016). Om Klimatetik av Bengt Brülde och Göran Duus-Otterström. Filosofisk tidskrift. Thales.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Newspaper articles (14)
- Brandstedt, E. (2022). Regeringen förvärrar konflikt mellan vind- och kärnkraft. ETC.
- Brandstedt, E. & Zackari, K. (2022). SD:s nationalkonservativa ideologi står i direkt konflikt med mänskliga rättigheter. Sydsvenskan. Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
- Brandstedt, E. (2021). EU:s återhämtningsfond v/s kommande generationer. Dagens arena.
- Brandstedt, E. & Brülde, B. (2021). Principerna för rättvisa pensioner måste diskuteras. Dagens nyheter (DN debatt). Dagens Nyheter.
- Brandstedt, E. & Andersson, H. (2020). Slopa bidrag är inte effektiv klimatpolitik. Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm. Svenska Dagbladet.
- Brandstedt, E. (2019). Höjt pris på bensinen är inte alls orättvist. Aftonbladet. Aftonbladet Hierta AB.
- Brandstedt, E. & Brülde, B. (2019). Ett orättvist pensionssystem är också ohållbart. ETC.
- Brandstedt, E. & Thorén, H. (2019). Er klimatpolitik håller inte, Ulf Kristersson. Aftonbladet. Aftonbladet Hierta AB.
- Brandstedt, E., Andersson, H. & Torpman, O. (2019). Visst vågar forskare studera folkökningens betydelse för klimatet. Dagens nyheter (DN debatt). Dagens Nyheter.
- Brandstedt, E. (2018). Helt orimligt att låta raffinaderi växa. Svenska Dagbladet. Svenska Dagbladet.
- Brandstedt, E. & Thorén, H. (2017). Hög tid att handla i klimatfrågan. ETC.
- Brandstedt, E. & Thorén, H. (2016). En realistisk klimatomställning kräver en flygskatt. Sydsvenskan. Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
- Brandstedt, E. (2014). Klimatfrågan måste brytas ner i hanterbara konflikter. Dagens arena.
- Brandstedt, E. & Jansson, T. (2014). Praktisk kunskap saknas för att hantera klimathotet. Göteborgs-Posten. Tidningsaktiebolaget Stampen.
Miscellaneous (4)
- Brandstedt, E. (2022). Wanted : a low-carbon and fair reset. UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.
- Brandstedt, E. (2021). Om att möta klimathotet genom att minska antalet människor. Svensk filosofi.
- Halldenius, L. & Brandstedt, E. (2021). Att vara filosof i en tvärvetenskaplig miljö. Svensk filosofi.
- Brandstedt, E. (2016). Svar till Ingmar Nordins “Rationella beslut i klimatpolitiken”.
Other tasks and qualifications
Research grants:
- The Swedish Energy Agency. Project title: 'Navigating Justice Claims: Between Riots, Strikes, and Business as Usual". Running time: 2020-2022. Role: PI. Budget: 7 918 000 SEK.
- Formas. Project title: 'Population and the Sustainable Development Goals: An Ethical Evaluation'. Running time: 2019. Role: Participating researcher. Budget: 1 164 510 SEK.
- From the Swedish Research Council. Project title: 'Constructive Climate Ethics: How to Make Ethical Theorising Relevant to Climate Policy'. Running time: 2015-2018. Individual research project (international postdoc). Budget: 3 000 000 SEK.
Senior Lecturer
- Human Rights Studies
- Department of History
Contact information
E-mail eric.brandstedtmrs.luse
Room LUX:A216
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30