ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
Scope & Guideline
Fostering Insightful Research in Environmental Values
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Interdisciplinary Environmental Ethics:
The journal focuses on the ethical implications of environmental issues, integrating perspectives from philosophy, sociology, economics, and cultural studies to explore how values shape our interactions with the environment. - Cultural and Historical Contexts:
It emphasizes the importance of cultural and historical contexts in understanding environmental values, examining how different societies perceive and value nature across time and space. - Political Ecology and Social Justice:
The journal addresses the intersections of environmental issues with social justice, exploring themes such as colonialism, gender, and race in environmental discourse. - More-than-Human Perspectives:
A core area of focus includes more-than-human ethics, which considers the rights and values of non-human entities and ecosystems in environmental discussions. - Pragmatic Approaches to Environmental Issues:
The journal encourages pragmatic approaches that blend theoretical insights with practical solutions to contemporary environmental challenges, fostering discussions around sustainability and ecological governance.
Trending and Emerging
- Decolonization and Indigenous Perspectives:
There is an increasing emphasis on decolonizing environmentalism, showcasing Indigenous knowledge systems and perspectives that challenge colonial narratives in environmental governance. - Emotional and Affective Dimensions of Environmentalism:
Recent works highlight the role of emotions and affective politics in environmental movements, exploring how love, care, and emotional engagement influence environmental ethics and activism. - Degrowth and Economic Alternatives:
The concept of degrowth is gaining traction, with discussions focusing on alternative economic models that prioritize ecological sustainability and social equity over traditional growth metrics. - Technological Ethics and Environmental Futures:
Emerging themes include the ethical implications of technology in environmental contexts, critically examining the role of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and digital media in shaping environmental values. - Intersectionality in Environmental Justice:
The journal is increasingly addressing intersectional issues within environmental justice, exploring how various social identities and power dynamics influence environmental policies and practices.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Economic Valuation Methods:
There is a noticeable decrease in the focus on conventional economic valuation methods, such as cost-benefit analyses, as the journal increasingly prioritizes relational and ethical frameworks that challenge conventional economic paradigms. - Anthropocentric Environmental Philosophy:
Themes rooted in anthropocentric perspectives are becoming less prominent, as the journal shifts towards more ecocentric and biocentric approaches that prioritize the intrinsic value of nature beyond human interests. - Generalized Environmental Policy Analysis:
Discussions centered around generic environmental policy analysis appear to be waning, giving way to more nuanced explorations of specific case studies that highlight local and contextual values.
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