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Torsten Meireis teaches ethics, systematic theology and hermeneutics at the Theological Faculty of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he also serves as director of the Berlin Institute for Public Theology. Prior to the Berlin engagement he has taught systematic theology and ethics of sustainability at Berne University and Berne’s Centre for Development and Environment. Research interests include ethics of sustainability, political ethics, economic ethics and social philosophy.
He is a member of IRI THESys since 2018.
Research Interests
- Ethics of Sustainability
- Political Ethics
- Economic Ethics
Selected Publications
Sustainable development and the concept of culture – an ethical view, in: Torsten Meireis, Gabriele Rippl (eds.), Cultural Sustainability, London, New York (Routledge) 2019, 47–59.
A tale of love and fallout: Lauren Redniss’ graphic narrative and the ecological imaginary (with Gabriele Rippl), in: Torsten Meireis, Gabriele Rippl (eds.), Cultural Sustainability, London, New York (Routledge) 2019, 208–219.
Ethik, in: Kluwick, Ursula, Zemanek, Evi (Hg.), Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär. Konzepte, Diskurse, Praktiken, Wien u.a. (Böhlau) 2019, 279–294.
Nachhaltigkeit. Ethische Perspektiven auf das Recht, in: Michael Meyer Blanck (Hg.), Christentum und Europa. XVI. Europäischer Kongress für Theologie (10.-13. September 2017 in Wien), Leipzig (EVA), 2019, 542–559.
Avatar. Nachhaltigkeitsethik, Kultur und Theologie, in: Brigitte Bertelmann, Klaus Heidel (Hg.), Leben im Anthropozän. Christliche Perspektiven für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit, München (oekom) 2018, 211–227.
