Justice in a Multispecies World

Eva Bernet Kempers (she/her/hers) studied cultural anthropology, green criminology, and environmental law at Utrecht University. She combines perspectives from different disciplines in her current PhD-research under the auspices of the Animal & Law Chair at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Eva is particularly interested in the way in which law approaches non-human entities, and aims to develop a principle of animal dignity that can help to foster the trend towards a more-than-human legality.

Darko Lagunas (he/his) is an urban sociologist and action-researcher that focuses on socio-environmental issues. He is particularly interested in how western knowledge reproduces dualities and systems of supremacy. In his work, he collaborates with- and combines perspectives and methodologies from (social) scientists, artists and non-western thinkers such as indigenous actors.

There is no doubt that the dunes of Schouwen-Duiveland have a story to tell. It's just a matter of looking closely. In a certain sense they are also a measure of how we as humans are doing and where we are going. Artist Marinus (68 years old) has been working and playing with the dunes since elementary school and has never stopped doing so. He tells the story of the dunes on Schouwen-Duiveland.

Burundi-born Olave Nduwanje (she/her/hers) identifies as a non-binary trans femme. She is a published author, legal scholar, activist (anti-racism, LGBTQI+ rights, anti-capitalism, disability rights, anti-ecocide, etc.). Nduwanje has provided literary contributions to the following titles: Zwart-Afro-Europese literatuur uit de Lage Landen (2018), De Goede Immigrant (2020) and Being Imposed Upon (2020). You can find her on Instagram (@Nduwanje), Twitter (@OlaveTalks) and Youtube (@OlaveTalks). She has been based in Brussels since 2019.