Ian Douglas

Peter Timmerman

Harold A. Mooney

Mostafa K. Tolba

Josep G. Canadell

Michael C. MacCracken

Ted Munn

John S. Perry

THE DEFINITIVE RESOURCE The Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change is the first major reference work in this multi-disciplinary field, and presents... * Outstanding authorship and high quality editing * Comprehensive coverage with over 3,800 pages in 5 volumes * Over 500 articles, 100 biographies, 150 definitions and 100 acronyms * Extensive bibliographies with up-to-date references ABOUT THE ENCYCLOPEDIA The Wiley Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change has been published to meet the need for a comprehensive integrated reference in this burgeoning field. It consists of five volumes of inter-related material: Volume 1: The Earth System: Physical and Chemical Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Volume 2: The Earth System: Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Volume 3: Causes and Consequences of Global Environmental Change Volume 4: Responding to Global Environmental Change Volume 5: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change * Each volume contains articles of between 1,000 and 10,000 words on major topics * Articles contain an abstract written for the non-specialist, followed by the main text which provides greater detail for the specialist * Biographies of distinguished environmental scientists discuss their contributions to a better understanding of global environmental change * Definitions of international terms and descriptions of acronyms of international and regional programs and agencies provide a quick reference source for the environmental scientist and student * Presents a thematic approach and includes theory, empirical studies and applications emphasising the inter-relationship between various disciplines and systems

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This interdisciplinary work draws on research from psychology and behavioral economics to evaluate the plausibility of moral contract theory. In a compelling manner with implications for moral theory more broadly, the author’s novel approach resolves a number of key contingencies in contractarianism and contractualism. Acting in accordance with principles that we could all agree to under certain conditions requires that agents are capable of taking up the perspectives of others. Research in social and developmental psychology shows just how challenging this can be. The author discusses in detail what implications findings on perspective-taking have for contract theory. He concludes with cautious optimism that, despite our limitations, it lies within our power to become better at perspective-taking and to adopt a contractarian or contractualist mode of moral thinking. This does however require us to be much more attentive to the standpoints of others than we tend to be. Contract theorists also assume that agents can be moved to comply with principles that would be the object of agreement, with some arguing they can be so moved out of their own interest. The book show that, in contrast to the suspicion of many philosophers, this idea is largely supported by research on the dynamics of trust and our ability to distinguish trustworthy from untrustworthy others. Bringing a welcome dose of realism to the debate on contract theory, the author shows the value of assessing moral theories from an empirical perspective.

An Empirical Perspective

Moral Contract Theory and Social Cognition

In zijn oratie belicht Peter Timmerman het vakgebied van therapeutische vaccins, een vrij nieuwe vorm van immuuntherapie die nog in ontwikkeling is, maar mogelijk toepassing gaat vinden voor behandeling van kanker. Therapeutische vaccins activeren het immuunsysteem om antistoffen te maken tegen hormonen die overgereguleerd zijn. Deze hormonen stimuleren tumorgroei. Door ze weg te vangen met behulp van antilichamen kan de tumorgroei afgeremd worden. De werking van therapeutische vaccins lijkt sterk op die van therapeutische antilichamen, die in toenemende mate een vast onderdeel vormen van bestaande antikankertherapieën. Eiwit-mimics staan in de oratie van Timmerman centraal. Hij ontwikkelde de CLIPS-technologie. Daarmee kunnen flexibele peptides gefixeerd worden, zodat ze het eiwit waarvan ze zijn afgeleid beter nabootsen. Dit heeft kortgeleden geleid tot de ontwikkeling van een therapeutisch vaccin tegen het groeihormoon VEGF, dat massaal door tumoren wordt uitgescheiden om tumorgroei te stimuleren.

Hetzelfde maar dan Anders

Peter G. Brown

Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene provides an urgently needed alternative to the long-dominant neoclassical economic paradigm of the free market, which has focused myopically—even fatally—on the boundless production and consumption of goods and services without heed to environmental consequences. The emerging paradigm for ecological economics championed in this new book recenters the field of economics on the fact of the Earth's limitations, requiring a total reconfiguration of the goals of the economy, how we understand the fundamentals of human prosperity, and, ultimately, how we assess humanity's place in the community of beings. Each essay in this volume contributes to an emerging, revolutionary agenda based on the tenets of ecological economics and advances new conceptions of justice, liberty, and the meaning of an ethical life in the era of the Anthropocene. Essays highlight the need to create alternative signals to balance one-dimensional market-price measurements in judging the relationships between the economy and the Earth's life-support systems. In a lively exchange, the authors question whether such ideas as "ecosystem health" and the environmental data that support them are robust enough to inform policy. Essays explain what a taking-it-slow or no-growth approach to economics looks like and explore how to generate the cultural and political will to implement this agenda. This collection represents one of the most sophisticated and realistic strategies for neutralizing the threat of our current economic order, envisioning an Earth-embedded society committed to the commonwealth of life and the security and true prosperity of human society.

An Emerging Paradigm

Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene

Governance of the EU: The Reform Debate on European Agencies Reignited

Peter Timmerman

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