Dr. Giovanni Frigo
- Scientific staff
- Research group “Philosophy of Engineering, Technology Assessment, and Science”
- Room: 208 in Douglasstr. 24
- Phone: +49 721 608-26514
- giovanni frigo ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
- www.giofrigo.com
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Member of scientific staff at Research group “Philosophy of Engineering, Technology Assessment, and Science”
Fields of work
- Energy Ethics
- Philosophy of Energy
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Energy Humanities
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Professional background
| since 2019 | Postdoctoral researcher in the PhilETAS research group at ITAS (member of scientific staff at ITAS) |
| 2018 | Visiting assistant professor, Department of philosophy, Northern Michigan University (NMU), Marquette, MI, USA |
| 2013 - 2018 | Ph.D. Environmental Ethics, Department of philosophy & religion, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX, USA |
| 2017 | Graduate certificate in Energy, Department of mechanical & energy engineering, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX, USA |
| 2014 - 2018 | Teaching fellow, Department of philosophy & religion, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX, USA |
| 2013 - 2014 | Teaching assistant, Department of Philosophy & religion, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX, USA |
| 2008 - 2011 | M.A. Philosophical Sciences, University of Verona, Italy and Erasmus Program at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France |
| 2005 - 2008 | B.A. Philosophy, University of Verona, Italy |
Selected publications
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.; Hillerbrand, R.
Designing for Care: Changing Values in Energy Systems
Science and Engineering Ethics (forthcoming 2023)
Frigo, G.; Hillerbrand, R.
Energy Ethics, Justice and SDG7
in L. Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Cham: Springer 2022.
Frigo, G.; Baumann, M.; Hillerbrand, R.
Energy and the Good Life: Capabilities as the Foundation of the Right to Access Energy Services”
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 22 (1) 2021.
Publications
2024
Journal Articles
Delorme, D.; Calidori, N.; Frigo, G.
Ecological Virtuous Selves: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Environmental Virtue Ethic?
2024. Philosophies, 9 (1), Article no: 11. doi:10.3390/philosophies9010011
Ecological Virtuous Selves: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Environmental Virtue Ethic?
2024. Philosophies, 9 (1), Article no: 11. doi:10.3390/philosophies9010011
Frigo, G.; Ifanger, L. A.; Greco, R.; Kopnina, H.; Hillerbrand, R.
Shallow vs. Deep Geoethics: Moving Beyond Anthropocentric Views
2024. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 37 (1), Art.-Nr.: 2. doi:10.1007/s10806-023-09920-y
Shallow vs. Deep Geoethics: Moving Beyond Anthropocentric Views
2024. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 37 (1), Art.-Nr.: 2. doi:10.1007/s10806-023-09920-y
Wood, N.; van Uffelen, N.; Frigo, G.; Melin, A.; Milchram, C.; Lee, J.; Bessa, S.
Strengthening the foundations of energy justice scholarship: What can philosophy contribute?
2024. Energy Research & Social Science, 117, 103699. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2024.103699
Strengthening the foundations of energy justice scholarship: What can philosophy contribute?
2024. Energy Research & Social Science, 117, 103699. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2024.103699
2023
Journal Articles
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.; Hillerbrand, R.
Designing for Care
2023. Science and Engineering Ethics, 29 (3), 16. doi:10.1007/s11948-023-00434-4
Designing for Care
2023. Science and Engineering Ethics, 29 (3), 16. doi:10.1007/s11948-023-00434-4
Wuebben, D.; Meinhold, R.; Frigo, G.
SDGs and fictional energy utopias: Gauging sustainable energy transitions against Ecotopia (1975) and The Ministry for the Future (2020)
2023. Energy & Environment. doi:10.1177/0958305X231186849
SDGs and fictional energy utopias: Gauging sustainable energy transitions against Ecotopia (1975) and The Ministry for the Future (2020)
2023. Energy & Environment. doi:10.1177/0958305X231186849
Presentations
Frigo, G.; Düvel, E.; García-Portela, L.; Hillerbrand, R.; Milchram, C.; Poznic, M.; Schmidt, M. W.; Widyatmanto, J. N.
Current Issues in the Emerging Field of Normative Energy Ethics
2023. Helmholtz Energy Conference (2023), Koblenz, Germany, June 12–13, 2023
Current Issues in the Emerging Field of Normative Energy Ethics
2023. Helmholtz Energy Conference (2023), Koblenz, Germany, June 12–13, 2023
2022
Book Chapters
Frigo, G.; Hillerbrand, R.
Energy Ethics, Justice and SDG7
2022. Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Ed.: W.L: Filho, 1–11, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_135-1
Energy Ethics, Justice and SDG7
2022. Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Ed.: W.L: Filho, 1–11, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_135-1
Presentations
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.; Poznic, M.; Schmidt, M.; Hillerbrand, R.
An Ethical Assessment of Digital Mobility Transitions: Perspectives from Care Ethics
2022. 5th European Technology Assessment Conference (ETAC5 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25–27, 2022
An Ethical Assessment of Digital Mobility Transitions: Perspectives from Care Ethics
2022. 5th European Technology Assessment Conference (ETAC5 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25–27, 2022
2021
Journal Articles
Cao, U.; Frigo, G.
Of social movements, human rights and electricity access: Exploring an indigenous civil resistance in Chiapas, Mexico
2021. Energy Research and Social Science, 75, Art.-Nr.: 102015. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102015
Of social movements, human rights and electricity access: Exploring an indigenous civil resistance in Chiapas, Mexico
2021. Energy Research and Social Science, 75, Art.-Nr.: 102015. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102015
Frigo, G.; Baumann, M.; Hillerbrand, R.
Energy and the Good Life : Capabilities as the Foundation of the Right to Access Energy Services
2021. Journal of human development and capabilities, 22 (1), 218–248. doi:10.1080/19452829.2021.1887109
Energy and the Good Life : Capabilities as the Foundation of the Right to Access Energy Services
2021. Journal of human development and capabilities, 22 (1), 218–248. doi:10.1080/19452829.2021.1887109
Frigo, G.; Marthaler, F.; Albers, A.; Ott, S.; Hillerbrand, R.
Training responsible engineers. Phronesis and the role of virtues in teaching engineering ethics
2021. Australasian journal of engineering education, 26 (1), 25–37. doi:10.1080/22054952.2021.1889086
Training responsible engineers. Phronesis and the role of virtues in teaching engineering ethics
2021. Australasian journal of engineering education, 26 (1), 25–37. doi:10.1080/22054952.2021.1889086
Presentations
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.
Interspecies Energy Justice: Bringing the Nonhuman World into the Energy Transition Debate
2021. 4S Annual Meeting, Toronto, Kanada (2021), Online, October 6–9, 2021
Interspecies Energy Justice: Bringing the Nonhuman World into the Energy Transition Debate
2021. 4S Annual Meeting, Toronto, Kanada (2021), Online, October 6–9, 2021
2020
Book Chapters
Frigo, G.
Beyond the Capitalocene: An Ecocentric Perspective for the Energy Transition
2020. Ethics and Politics of Space for the Anthropocene. Ed.: A. Valtonen, 150–174, Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781839108709.00015
Beyond the Capitalocene: An Ecocentric Perspective for the Energy Transition
2020. Ethics and Politics of Space for the Anthropocene. Ed.: A. Valtonen, 150–174, Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781839108709.00015
Journal Articles
Bethem, J.; Frigo, G.; Biswas, S. D., C. Tyler; Pasqualetti, M.
Energy Decisions Within an Applied Ethics Framework: Analysis of Five Recent Controversies
2020. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 10 (1), Art. Nr.: 29. doi:10.1186/s13705-020-00261-6
Energy Decisions Within an Applied Ethics Framework: Analysis of Five Recent Controversies
2020. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 10 (1), Art. Nr.: 29. doi:10.1186/s13705-020-00261-6
Frigo, G.
Billboards and Petrocultures in West Texas
2020. MediaTropes, 7 (2), 67–104. doi:10.33137/mt.v7i2.33672
Billboards and Petrocultures in West Texas
2020. MediaTropes, 7 (2), 67–104. doi:10.33137/mt.v7i2.33672
Presentations
Frigo, G.; Hillerbrand, R.
The Right to Energy Access and the Capabilities Approach
2020. International Engager Workshop "Co-Creating the ’Right to Energy’ in Theory and Practice", Universität Groningen, Niederlande, 08.-09.01.2020 (2020), Groningen / Girona, January 8–9, 2020
The Right to Energy Access and the Capabilities Approach
2020. International Engager Workshop "Co-Creating the ’Right to Energy’ in Theory and Practice", Universität Groningen, Niederlande, 08.-09.01.2020 (2020), Groningen / Girona, January 8–9, 2020
2019
Journal Articles