Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

Elias König

Elias König

Affiliate Scholar

E-Mail

eliaskonig [at] utwente [dot] nl

Elias König writes about social movements and climate justice and is involved in the Shell Must Fall alliance. His essays have appeared in The Ecologist, Truthout, New Bloom, analyse & kritik, der Freitag, and Klimareporter.de, among others. Most recently, he conducted research on environmental philosophy from a Chinese perspective as a Yenching Scholar at Peking University.

  • 2020-2022: M.A., Yenching Academy, Peking University.
  • 2020: B.A. Philosophy and Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin.
  • 2019-2020: Research Stay, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on "Ecology Beyond the Canon."
  • 2018-19 Study Abroad, Yale-NUS College, Singapore.
  • 2016: IB, United World College, Freiburg i. Br.

  • Environmental Philosophy
  • Climate Ethics
  • Critical Theory
  • Chinese Philosophy

Publications at the RIFS

Publications prior to joining the RIFS

Books

  • Koenig, Elias. Klimagerechtigkeit. Warum wir eine sozial-ökologische Revolution brauchen. Münster: Unrast, 2021. Academic
  • Koenig, Elias. "Towards a Theory of the Climate Strike article", in Socialism and Democracy (forthcoming)
  • Koenig, Elias. "Of Hearts and Kings: The Body Politic and Metaphor in Al-Farabi's Perfect State", Falsafa, Issue 2, Winter 2019. Link: https://falsafaorg.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/issue-2-02.pdf Other
  • Koenig, Elias und Louise Wagner. "Unter dem Ölteppich", Der Freitag, Februar 2022. Link: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/gastbeitrag-unter-dem-oelteppich
  • Koenig, Elias and Sylvie Ramakers. "Repairing the Ruins of Modernity: The Case of the Taitung Miramaer Resort." New Bloom Magazine, September 2021. Link: https://newbloommag.net/2021/09/06/taitung-miramar-resort/
  • Koenig, Elias und Mihir Sharma. "Indiens Bäuer:innenproteste gehen in die nächste Runde", Klimareporter, Januar 2021.
  • Koenig, Elias. "Warum Klimaungerechtigkeit kein Zufall ist", Klimareporter, Oktober 2020. Link: https://www.klimareporter.de/gesellschaft/warum-klimaungerechtigkeit-kein-zufall-ist
  • Koenig, Elias und Mihir Sharma. "250 Millionen gegen Modi", Analyse und Kritik, Januar 2020. Link: https://www.akweb.de/bewegung/250-millionen-gegen-modi/
  • The Ecologist: Diverse Artikel (2019-2022). Link: https://theecologist.org/profile/elias-koenig
  • Koenig, Elias. "Why the Mauna Kea Protests Are So Challenging to the Mainstream Climate Movement", Oktober 2019. Link: https://truthout.org/articles/why-the-mauna-kea-protests-are-so-challenging-to-the-mainstream-climate-movement/

  • "Climate Justice Beyond the Canon: Undoing Conceptual Imperialism." Privilege on a Warming Planet Conference, University of Antwerp, Center for European Philosophy, 23 and 24 September, 2021.
  • "Climate Justice as Epistemic Justice." Student Lecture Series, Institute of Philosophy, Free University of Berlin, June 11, 2020.
  • "Un-like-ly Futures: Revolutionary Narratives in the age of TINA." Together with Mihir Sharma. Presented at the Zukunft Gestalten conference, University of Flensburg, Norbert Elias Center, January 14-16, 2020.
  • "Why Global Philosophy Must Be Decolonial." Student Lecture Series, Institute of Philosophy, Free University of Berlin, November 26, 2020.
  • "Climate Crisis and Hope." Campus Conversation Series, Bard College Berlin, October 25, 2019.
  • "Islands Are Lies: Decolonizing the Greentopian Lexicon." Presented at "Greentopia. Ideas, Concepts and Institutional Proposals." University of Vienna, Institute for Philosophy, October 11-12, 2019.
  • "The Problem of Interconnectivity: Why the Climate Crisis is also a Philosophical Crisis." Presented at: 17th Conference for Young Researchers, Novosibirsk State University, Russia, September 24-25, 2019.
  • "Of Hearts and Kings: The Body Politic and Metaphor in Al-Farabi's Perfect State." Presented at: PhilCon 2019, Ashoka Philosophy Society, Sonipat, Haryana, India, 23 March 2019.