NEEN25 Conference

Call for Papers: NEEN25 conference

24–26 September 2025 / Turku, Finland

The Nordic Environmental Ethics Network (NEEN) will hold its annual conference on 24–26 September 2025 in the University of Turku, Finland, in collaboration with the Turku Environmental Ethics Research Center (TEERC).

We welcome abstract submissions and presentations on any topic related to environmental ethics. We hope to bring together scholars from a variety of fields such as environmental ethics and philosophy, sustainability sciences, environmental humanities, and environmental social sciences to present their work and discuss sustainability and environmental issues from an ethics perspective. We particularly welcome research pertaining to Nordic environments.

Research presentations comprise the heart of the conference. The program will also include keynotes, a networking session where participants can pitch their ongoing or planned research or projects, and a pre-conference panel discussion on September 24th on environmental wars with Just and Unjust Environmental Wars (JUEW) project’s artists and researchers.

Keynote speakers:

  • Elisa Aaltola (The Animal Rights Academy; University of Turku)
  • Stephen M. Gardiner (University of Washington)

Panel Discussion:

  • Just and Unjust Environmental Wars project (Juha Mäkinen, Laura Puumala, Raisa Foster, Teemu Mäki)

Please submit your abstract (300-500 words) via email to Mikko Puumala mimapuu[at]utu.fi by April 15th 2025. If you don’t have a paper and would like to participate, please submit a short bio (150 words). Decisions will be announced before the end of April.

Also, please indicate if you are interested in presenting your (ongoing or planned) research project in the networking session. For all participants (with or without a paper), this is a good opportunity to meet colleagues and introduce your work and research interests. A certificate for participation in the session can be given for travel allowance eligibility purposes.

For more information on TEERC: https://sites.utu.fi/teerc/en/teerc/

The participation fee will be 50€ regular and 25€ reduced fee (e.g., for students, unemployed).