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I am working on major philosophical problems raised by climate change, both from the perspective of political philosophy (principles of justice, duties of the States, institutional reforms) and ethics (individual climate duties, motivation to act, values).

I conceive the Anthropocene as a general theoretical framework for philosophical reflection on normative notions such as responsibility and harm. This new geological epoch pushes us to rethink our ethical theories and how to understand individual responsibility in the face of current ecological problems such as climate change and biodiversity loss.

By taking the Earth system sciences and their analyses of planetary boundaries as a starting point, this project contributes to four emerging fields of research: Metaethics in the Anthropocene, with a particular interest in the question of moral psychology; the ethics of procreation in the Anthropocene, with a call for a small family ethics; the ethics of geoengineering, with the idea that any intentional, large-scale intervention in the Earth system, designed to counter global warming, raises a host of challenging normative problems; and finally non-anthropocentric ethics, with a particular interest in the convergence between animal ethics and environmental ethics. The overall goal is not only to theorize major philosophical problems, but also to come up with practical solutions that individuals can use to live ethically in the Anthropocene, such as having fewer children, changing their diets, and adapting their lifestyles.

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I am also interested in theories of global justice, and more specifically in world poverty and the problems of moral and political philosophy linked to this topic. I support a human rights approach that not only highlights majors injustices caused by current institutional structures (for instance the ones that regulate the exploitation and the trade of natural resources), but that also proposes concrete solutions such as just and politically feasible institutional reforms.