Person
Senior Lecturer
- Human Rights Studies
- Department of History
Contact information
E-mail eric.brandstedtmrs.luse
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
Ph.D. in philosophy. My main research concerns the normative dimension of climate change, or more specifically, a fair distribution of the costs and benefits of dealing with climate change. A related research interest is intergenerational justice, that is, questions about justice between generations. In addition to that, I have a general interest in political and moral philosophy, and in particular their methodological underpinnings and John Rawls's theories and methods. I have also done research and teaching on human rights.
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
- Navigating Justice Claims: Between Riots, Strikes and Business as Usual (research leader)
- The Construction of a Sustainable Development in Times of Climate Change
- 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 (10)
- Brandstedt, E. & Brännmark, J. (2020). Rawlsian Constructivism : A Practical Guide to Reflective Equilibrium. Journal of Ethics, 24, 355-373. Springer.
- Green, F. & Brandstedt, E. (2020). Engaged Climate Ethics. Journal of Political Philosophy. Wiley-Blackwell.
- 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 (3)
- 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 (2)
- 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 (10)
- 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.
- Brandstedt, E. & Brülde, B. (2019). Ett orättvist pensionssystem är också ohållbart. ETC.
- Brandstedt, E. & Thorén, H. (2019). Er klimatpolitik håller inte, Ulf Kristersson. Aftonbladet.
- Brandstedt, E., Andersson, H. & Torpman, O. (2019). Visst vågar forskare studera folkökningens betydelse för klimatet. Dagens nyheter (DN debatt).
- 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 (1)
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
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30