Odin Lysaker

Appointments

• Professor of Ethics, University of Agder (2016–).
• Associate Professor of Ethics, University of Agder (2011–2016).

Research Interests

• Philosophy of nature 
• Environmental ethics
• Environmental political theory 
• Political philosophy
• Moral philosophy
• Applied ethics 
• Social philosophy

Publications (Selected)

Books

Ecological Democracy: Caring for the Earth in the Anthropocene. Routledge (forthcoming, 2024). 

Martha C. Nussbaum: Det sårbare livet: Utvalgte essay (Lysaker ed. and introduction). Oslo: Cappelen Damm akademisk forlag (Cappelens upopulære), 2023.

Between Closeness and Evil: A Festschrift for Arne Johan Vetlesen (Lysaker ed.). Scandinavian Academic Press, 2020.

Verdier i konflikt: Etikk i et mangfoldig samfunn. (Lysaker co-ed. with Terje Emil Fredwall). Cappelen Damm akademisk forlag, 2020.

Recognition and Freedom: Axel Honneth's Political Thought (Lysaker co-ed. with Jonas Jakobsen). Brill, 2015.

Menneskeverdets politikk: Anerkjennelse av kroppslig krenkbarhet. Abstrakt forlag, 2013.

Habermas: Kritiske lesninger. (Lysaker co-ed. with Gunnar C. Aakvaag). Pax forlag, 2007.

Journal Articles

Planetary Ethics: Rereading Seyla Benhabib in Times of Climate Refugees. In: Jus Cogens: A Critical Journal of Philosophy of Law and Politics, 2023.

Oceanic Cosmopolitanism: The Complexity of Waiting for Future Climate Refugees. Journal of Global Ethics, No. 3, 2022.

Sivil ulydighet i økokrisens tid: En økosentrisk tilnærming, i: Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift, No. 3–4, 2022.

Bodily Felt Integrity: The Anarchic Core of Communication in Jürgen Habermas’s Democratic Thought, in: Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 1-22, 2021.

Miracles in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt and Refugees as 'Vanguard' (with Cindy Horst), in: Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 67–84, 2021.

Ecological Sensibility: Recovering Axel Honneth’s Philosophy of Nature in the Age of Climate Crisis, in: Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 205–221, 2020.

Økologisk demokrati og naturens iboende verdi: Klimasøksmål i miljøkrisens tidsalder, i: Etikk i praksis, nr. 2, ss. 41–58, 2019.

Institutional Agonism: Axel Honneth's Radical Democracy, in: Critical Horizon: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1–19, 2017.

The Dignity in Free Speech: Civility Norms in Post-Terror Societies (with Henrik Syse), in: Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 104–123, 2016.

Å leve et menneskeverdig liv: Martha Nussbaums globale helseetikk, i: Etikk i praksis, nr. 2, ss. 53–70, 2015.

Book Chapters

Transnational Struggle for Recognition: Axel Honneth on the Embodied Dignity of Stateless Persons. In: Schweiger, Gottfried (ed.): Migration, Recognition, and Critical Theory. Dodrecht: Springer Verlag, 2021.

Demokratisk ekskludering og moralsk hat: Utøya-overlevendes erfaringer, i: Odin Lysaker og Terje Emil Fredwall (red.) Verdier i konflikt: Etikk i et mangfoldig samfunn. Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2020.

Dignity in Natality: Hannah Arendt on Human Rights in Dark Times. In Jakob Lothe (ed.): Research and Human Rights. Novus Press, 2020.

Ecological Love: Reflections on Morality's Existential Preconditions. In: Odin Lysaker (ed.): Between Closeness and Evil: A Festschrift for Arne Johan Vetlesen. Scandinavian Academic Press, 2020.

Nowhere Home: The Waiting of Vulnerable Child Refugees, in: Margareta Dancus, Maria Karlsson, and Mats Hyvönen (eds.) Vulnerability in Scandinavian Art and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

Moralsk ytringsansvar i urolige tider, i: Henrik Syse (red.) Norge etter 22. juli: Forhandlinger om verdier, identiteter og et motstandsdyktig samfunn. Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2018.

Democratic Disagreement and Embodied Dignity: The Moral Grammar of Political Conflicts, in: Lysaker, Odin and Jonas Jakobsen (eds.): Recognition and Freedom: Axel Honneth's Political Thought. Brill, 2015.

Education

• PhD in Philosophy, University of Oslo (2011). Arne Johan Vetlesen was my supervisor. My PhD thesis investigates Axel Honneth's recognition theory concerning human dignity and statelesssness within the discourse on international political theory and transnational migration. The thesis was published as a book (in Norwegian) titled The Politics of Dignity: Recognition of Bodily Injurability (Abstrakt Press, 2013).
• PhD Fellow, CULCOM (Cultural Complexity in the New Norway), University of Oslo (2006–2010), lead by Thomas Hylland Eriksen.
• Associated PhD Fellow, The Ethics Program, University of Oslo (2006–2011).
• MA in Philosophy, University of Oslo (2004), with Arne Johan Vetlesen as supervisor. The master thesis was published as the research paper Eksistensiell erfaring og moralsk handling (Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift, 2005).
• BA in Philosophy, including studies in sociology, political science, and history, University of Oslo (2001). 

Research Projects

• Ecological Democracy: Caring for the Earth in the Anthropocene (2021–2024), funded by the Universituy of Agder and led by Odin Lysaker. The project will publish the monograph Ecological Democracy: Caring for the Earth in the Anthropocene (Routledge, forthcoming 2024).
• WAIT (Waiting for an Uncertain Future: The Temporalities of Irregular Migration (2017–2020), funded by the Research Council of Norway's SAMKUL program and led by Christine M. Jacobsen, University of Bergen.
• Values in Conflict: Ethics in a Diverse Society (2017–2020), funded by the University of Agder and private foundation Fritt Ord, and led by Odin Lysaker and Terje Emil Fredwall, University of Agder. The project published the book Verdier i konflikt: Etikk i et mangfoldig samfunn (Cappelen Damm akademisk forlag 2020).
• Reason and Affect in Divided Societies: The Nordic Case (2017–2018), funded by The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS ) and led by Lars Tønder, University of Copenhagen.
• NECORE (Negotiating Values: Collective Identities and Resilience in Post-Terror Norway) (2013–2017), funded by the Research Council of Norway's SAMKUL program and lead by Henrik Syse, PRIO (Peace Research Institute Oslo).
• CULCOM (Cultural Complexity in the New Norway) (2006–2010), a strategic and interdisciplinary research program funded by the University of Oslo and led by Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

Research Collaboration

• Research Affiliate, SUM (Centre for Development and the Environment), University of Oslo.
• Member of Working Group on Democracy, as part of The Earth System Governance Project.
• Leader of the Ethics and Philosophy Research Group.

Teaching

• Conflict and Reconciliation
• Applied Ethics
• Research Method and Theory of Science
• Religion and Gender
• Human Rights

Research Stays

• Uppsala University, Department of Government, invited by Professor Sofia Näsström (2022).
• Uppsala University, Department of Government, invited by Professor Sofia Näsström (2019).
• University of Oxford, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), invited by Professor Bridget Anderson (2017).
• Goethe University, Frankfurt, Institute of Philosophy and Research Centre Normative Orders, invited by Professors Axel Honneth and Rainer Forst (2016).
• Humboldt University, Department of Philosophy, invited by Professor Rahel Jaeggi (2012).
• Goethe University, Frankfurt, Institute of Philosophy and Department of Political Science, invited by Professors Axel Honneth and Rainer Forst (2008–2009).