Personal profile
Biography
Kian Mintz-Woo works on moral and normative issues, both fundamental (in moral ontology and philosophical methodology) and applied (in climate ethics and climate economics). Recently, he has been working on questions related to carbon taxes in the context of COVID-19; the role of philosophers in public policy; global versus local social costs of carbon; and loss and damage in the post-Paris climate policy space. Until August of 2020, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University at the University Center for Human Values. Since then, he has been an honorary Guest Research Scholar at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Austria. Since September 2020, he is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) and since 2024, Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor) at University College Cork, Ireland.
In 2025, he was named Early-Career Researcher of the Year at University College Cork.
His favourite food is lemon sorbet
External positions
Guest Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
1 Apr 2021 → …
UCC Futures (primary)
- Sustainability Institute
Other research affiliations
- UCC Futures - Sustainability Institute
- Centre for Law and the Environment
- UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures
- Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century (ISS21)
PhD Supervision
- Available for PhD supervision
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Justice considerations in climate research
Zimm, C., Mintz-Woo, K., Brutschin, E., Hanger-Kopp, S., Hoffmann, R., Kikstra, J. S., Kuhn, M., Min, J., Muttarak, R., Pachauri, S., Patange, O., Riahi, K. & Schinko, T., Jan 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 1, p. 22-30 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate change and the threat to civilization
Steel, D., DesRoches, C. T. & Mintz-Woo, K., 18 Oct 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 42, e2210525119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Debate
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What do climate change winners owe, and to whom?
Mintz-Woo, K. & Leroux, J., 23 Nov 2021, In: Economics and Philosophy. 37, 3, p. 462-483 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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On Parfit’s Ontology
Mintz-Woo, K., 3 Sep 2018, In: Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 48, 5, p. 707-725 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Explicit Methodologies for Normative Evaluation in Public Policy, as Applied to Carbon Budgets
Mintz-Woo, K., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Applied Philosophy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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C-PREE Bradford Seminar: Justice Considerations in Climate Research
5/09/24
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What is societal collapse? Lessons from the past can help us understand our future, but only to a point
5/09/24
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What is societal collapse? Lessons from the past can help us understand our future, but only to a point
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‘I think therefore I am … a climate activist’: Philosophy in times of crisis
2/07/24
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