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Mikko
Puumala

Philosophy
Postdoctoral Researcher, Philosophy
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)
VTT, DSocSci
Environmental Ethics for the Solar System

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Areas of expertise

Environmental ethics
space ethics
moral philosophy
climate ethics
philosophy of sustainability
philosophical methodology

Teaching

I have taught environmental ethics, philosophical methods, and moral philosophy in the philosophy unit, and sustainable development in Turku School of Economics.

Research

I'm currently a TIAS Postdoctoral Fellow (2025-2028), working on my project Environmental Ethics for the Solar System. The aim of the project is to lay the philosophical groundwork for rigorous, systematic, and multidisciplinary discussion on how humanity should treat the rest of the accessible Solar System, provide tools for designing sustainable space regulation, and support argumentation for space diplomacy. The research is in the fields of environmental philosophy and space ethics. The overarching questions addressed in the project include 1) what kind of environmental values diverse space environments of the Solar System possess, 2) what kind of sustainability issues and limits there are to treating those environments as resources, and 3) what kind of ways of managing those resources are justified.

I also serve as the Director of the Turku Environmental Ethics Research Center (TEERC).

Publications

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Mars as a Science Base: Towards a Small Permanent Outpost (2025)

Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; de Vera, Jean Pierre; Kereszturi, Akos; Mason, Nigel; Possnig, Carmen; Puumala, Mikko; Sivula, Oskari; Viso, Michel; Detrell, Gisela; Ditrych, Ondřej; Lee, Natuschka M.; Lehto, Kirsi; Persson, Erik; Runavot, Marie-Clotilde; Schmidt, Nikola; Vago, Jorge L.
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)

Perspectives for Crewed Missions to Mars: Exploration from Orbit and/or Short Stay (2025)

Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; de Vera, Jean-Pierre; Kereszturi, Akos; Mason, Nigel; Possnig, Carmen; Puumala, Mikko; Sivula, Oskari; Viso, Michel; Arnould, Jacques; Detrell, Gisela; Ewald, Reinhold; Freissinet, Caroline; Holynska, Malgorzata; Javaux, Emmanuelle; Lee, Natuschka M.; Lehto, Kirsi; Milligan, Tony; Siljeström, Sandra; Vago, Jorge L.
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)

Towards Permanent Settlements on Mars (from 1000 to 100,000 People) (2025)

Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; Clerc, Philippe; Kereszturi, Akos; Mason, Nigel; Persson, Erik; Possnig, Carmen; Poulet, Lucie; Puumala, Mikko; Sivula, Oskari; Brucato, John Robert; Cesari, Laetitia; Detrell, Gisela; Ditrych, Ondřej; Fornaro, Teresa; Gonçalves, Barbara; Gross, Christoph; Hedlund, Maria; Hofmann, Mahulena; Krassakis, Alexandros; Lee, Natuschka M.; Lehto, Kirsi; Meneghin, Andrea; Noack, Lena; Rückert, Patrick; Schmidt, Nikola; Selke, Stefan; Tikkanen, Mikko; Tønnessen, Morten; Tracht, Kirsten
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)

Methods for Plant Ethics (2024)

Aarnio, Jenna; Farzan, Mireille; Puumala, Laura; Puumala, Mikko M.; Sivula, Oskari; Topinoja, Tiia; Vaiste, Juho
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)

Methods for Plant Ethics (2024)

Aarnio, Jenna; Farzan, Mireille; Puumala, Laura; Puumala, Mikko M.; Sivula, Oskari; Topinoja, Tiia; Vaiste, Juho
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)
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