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Publications:

Persson, Erik (2005) “Report from a Socratic Dialogue on the Concept of Risk” in Blennow, K. (ed.): Uncertainty and Active Risk management in Agriculture and Forestry SLU pp.35-39. ISBN 91-576-6883-3

Persson, Erik (2006) What is Wrong with Extinction? – The Answer from Anthropocentric Instrumentalism. Licentiate thesis Lund University

Persson, Erik (2007) Review of "Precautionary politics – principle and practice in confronting environmental risk" by Kerry H Whiteside Philosophy of Risk Newsletter 8 (1)

Persson, Erik (2008) What is Wrong with Extinction? Doctorate thesis Lund University

Aronsson, Mora; Black-Samuelsson, Sanna; Edqvist, Margareta; Persson,Erik; Ståhlberg, David; Weibull, Jens (2012) Kulturväxtsläktingar– något att bry sig om Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 106:309-318

Persson, Erik (2012) The Moral Status of Extraterrestrial Life Astrobiology 12:976-984. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0787

Dunér, David; Parthemore, Joel; Persson, Erik; Holmberg, Gustav (eds.) (2013) the history and philosophy of Astrobiology. Cambridge Scholars

Persson, Erik: (2013) “Interplanetär etik” [Interplanetary ethics] in Dunér, D. (ed.): Extrema världar – Extremt livPufendorfinstitutet pp.123-132

Persson, Erik (2013) “Philosophical aspects of astrobiology” in Dunér, D.; Parthemore, J.; Persson, E.; Holmberg, G. (eds.): The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology Cambridge Scholarspp.29-48

Persson, Erik (2013) “Vad är Liv?” in Dunér, D. (ed.): Extrema världar – Extremt liv. Pufendorfinstitutet pp.73-83

Solberg, Svein Øivind; Breian, Line; Ansebo, Lena; Persson, Erik (2013) Cultural relict plants - a living heritage Nordisk Museologi 1:24-35

Andréasson, Anna; Jakobsson, Anna; Gräslund Berg, Elisabeth; Heimdahl, Jens; Larsson, Inger; Persson, Erik (eds.) (2014) Sources to the history of gardening: Four interdisciplinary seminars 2010-2013 arranged by the Nordic Network for the Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Gardening (NTAA) SLU

Blennow, Kristina; Persson, Erik; Lindner, Marcus; Pacheco Faias, Sònia; Hanewinkel Marc (2014) Forest owner motivations and attitudes towards supplying biomass for energy in Europe Biomass and Bioenergy 67:223-230. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.05.002

Blennow, Kristina; Persson, Johannes; Wallin, Annika; Vareman, Niklas; Persson, Erik (2014) Understanding risk in forest ecosystem services: implications for effective risk management, communication and planning. Forestry 87:219-228. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpt032

Persson, Erik (2014) What does it take to establish that a world is uninhabited prior to exploitation? – A question of ethics as well as science Challenges 5:224-238. doi:10.3390/challe5020224

Persson, Erik(2014) “What’s in a name? – Exploring the definition of ‘Cultural Relict Plant’” in Andréasson, A.; Jakobsson, Anna; Larsson, I.; Persson, E.(eds.): Sources to the history of gardening SLU pp.289-299

Persson, Erik; Ansebo, Lena; Solberg, Svein Øjvind (2014) “Cultural Relict Plants in the Nordic Region” in Andréasson, A.; Jakobsson, Anna; Gräslund Berg, E.; Heimdahl, J.; Larsson, I.; Persson, E. (eds.): Sources to the history ofgardening SLU pp.299-312 https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/12372/11/andreasson_a_etal_150623.pdf

Persson, Erik (2015) “Citizens of Mars Ltd.” In Cockell, C. (ed.): Human Governance Beyond Earth – Implications for Freedom Springer pp.121-137

Persson, Erik (2015) Sokratisk dialog som pedagogisk metod [SocraticDialogue as a pedagogical method] FilosofiskTidskrift 36:13-19

Blennow, Kristina; Persson, Johannes; Persson, Erik; Marc Hanewinkel (2016) Forest Owners' Response to Climate Change: University Education Trumps ValueProfile PLoS ONE 11(5): e0155137. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155137

Persson, Erik (2016) Option Value, Substitutable Species, and Ecosystem Services Environmental Ethics 38(2)165-181. doi:10.5840/enviroethics201638214

Persson, Erik (2016) What are the core ideas behind the Precautionary Principle? Science of the Total Environment 557-558:134–141. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.034

Abbott, Jessica; Persson, Erik (eds.) (2017) LIV – Utomjordiskt, Syntetiskt, Artificiellt. Pufendorfinstitutet

Abbott, Jessica; Persson, Erik (2017) “Vad är liv?Jakten på en ny definition av liv” in Abbott, J.;Persson, E.: LIV – Utomjordiskt, Syntetiskt, Artificiellt. Pufendorfinstitutet pp.21-33

Persson, Erik (2017) Ethics and the potential conflicts between astrobiology, planetary protection and commercial use of space. Challenges 8(1)12. doi:10.3390/challe8010012

Persson, Erik (2017) “Skapat liv och livets värde” in Abbott, J.; Persson, E.: LIV – Utomjordiskt, Syntetiskt, ArtificielltPufendorfinstitutet pp.217-237

Persson, Erik; Abbott, Jessica (2017) “Förord” in Abbott, J.;Persson, E.: LIV – Utomjordiskt, Syntetiskt, Artificiellt. Pufendorfinstitutet pp.7-9. ISBN 978-3-319-96265-8

Ansebo, Lena; Bjerregaard, Tino Hjorth; Persson, Erik; Solberg, Svein Øivind (2018) “Cultural relict plants –living ancient monuments and how to conserve them” in Persson, Erik;Olsson, Patrik; Bengtsson, Torrid; Thelander, Helena (eds.): Det Gröna Kulturarvet SLU pp.28-35

Čápová, Klara Anna; Persson, Erik; Milligan, Tony; Dunér David (eds.) (2018) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today. Springer

Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; Čápová, Klara Anna; Persson, Erik (2018) “Technological Innovation and Commerce” inČápová, K.A.; Persson, E.; Milligan, T.; Dunér D. (eds.) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today Springer pp.37-39. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319962641

Dunér, David; Čápová, Klara Anna; Gargaud, Muriel; Geppert, Wolf; Kereszturi, Akos; Persson, Erik (2018) “Astrobiology and Society in Europe” in Čápová, K.A.; Persson, E.; Milligan, T.; Dunér D. (eds.) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today Springer pp.7-10. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319962641

Li, Yuan; Persson, Erik (2018) Rice Epigenetic Pathways: Great Genetic Variation and implication for Rapid Rice Breeding Journal of Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 1(1):40-46

Milligan, Tony; Čápová, Klara Anna; Dunér, David; Persson, Erik (2018) “Afterword” in Čápová, K.A.; Persson, E.; Milligan, T.; Dunér D. (eds.) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today Springer pp.55-60

Milligan, Tony; Čápová, Klara Anna; Dunér, David; Persson, Erik (2018) “Introduction” in Čápová, K.A.; Persson, E.; Milligan, T.; Dunér D. (eds.) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today Springer pp.1-6

Persson, Erik; Anglés, Angelica; Billings, Linda; Nabulya, Eve; Ramos, Sandra; Smith, Kelly; Tirard, Stephan (2018) “The International Context of Astrobiology” in Čápová, K.A.; Persson, E.; Milligan, T.; Dunér D. (eds.) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today Springer pp.11-17

Persson, Erik; Li, Yuan (2018) “Det gröna kulturarvet” in Persson, E.; Olsson, P.; Bengtsson, T; Thelander, H (eds.) Det Gröna Kulturarvet SLU pp.4-8

Persson, Erik; Li, Yuan (2018) “The Green Heritage” in Persson, E.; Olsson, P.; Bengtsson, T; Thelander, H (eds.) Det Gröna Kulturarvet SLU pp.9-13

Persson, Erik; Martínez-Frías, Jesus; Milligan, Tony; Arnould, Jacques; Kminek, Gerhard (2018) “Environment and Sustainability” in Čápová, K.A.; Persson, E.; Milligan, T.; Dunér D. (eds.) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today. Springer pp.25-30

Persson, Erik; Olsson, Patrik; Bengtsson, Torrid; Thelander, Helena (eds.) (2018) Det Gröna Kulturarvet SLU. https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/15790/

Persson, Erik (2019) “A philosophical outlook on potential conflicts between planetary protection, astrobiology and commercial use of space” in Lehmann-Imfeld, Z; Losch, A. (eds.) Our Common Cosmos. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp.141-160

Persson, Erik (2019) “Ethics for an uninhabited planet” in Szocik, Konrad (ed.) The Human Factor in a Mission to Mars – An Interdisciplinary Approach. Springer pp.201-216. ISBN978-3-030-02058-3

Persson, Erik (2019) Review of “The Ethics of Space Exploration” by James S.J. Schwartz & Tony Milligan (eds.). Environmental Ethics 41(2)181-184

Persson, Erik; Abbott, Jessica; Balkenius, Christian; Cabak Redei, Anna; Čápová, Klara Anna; Dravins, Dainis; Dunér, David; Gunneflo, Markus; Hedlund, Maria; Johansson, Mats; Melin, Anders; Persson, Petter (2019) How will the emerging plurality of lives change how we conceive of and relate to life? Challenges 10(1)32. doi:10.3390/challe10010032

Persson, Erik; Čápová, Klara Anna; Li, Yuan (2019) Attitudes towards the scientific search for extraterrestrial life among Swedish high school and university students International Journal of Astrobiology 18(3)280-288

Szocik, Konrad; Abood, Steven; Impey, Chris; Shelhamer, Mark; Haqq-Misra, Jacob; Persson, Erik; Oviedo, Lluis; Capova, Klara Anna; Braddock, Martin; Rappaport, Margaret Boone; Corbally, Christopher (2020) Visions of a Martian Future. Futures 117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102514

Knaggård, Åsa; Persson, Erik; Eriksson, Kerstin (2020) Sustainable Distribution of Responsibility for Climate Change Adaptation. Challenges 11(1). doi.org/10.3390/challe11010011

Persson, Erik (2021) Astrobiologins filosofi - Några frågor rörandeteoretisk filosofi Filosofiska Notiser 8(2)3-23. http://www.filosofiskanotiser.com/Persson_8_2_1.pdf

Persson, Erik (2021) Astrobiologins filosofi - Några frågor rörandepraktisk filosofi Filosofiska Notiser 8(2)25-38. http://www.filosofiskanotiser.com/Persson_8_2_2.pdf

Persson, Erik (2021) Synthetic life and the value of life. Frontiers in Bioengineering and biotechnology 9:701942. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2021.701942

Persson, Erik (2021) The axiological dimension of planetary protection In Chon Torres, Octavio A.; Seckbach, Joseph; Gordon, Richard; Peters, Ted (eds.) Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy Wiley

Persson, Erik; Eriksson, Kerstin; Knaggård, Åsa (2021) A Fair Distribution of Responsibility for climate Adaptation -Translating Principles of Distribution from an International to a Local Context. Philosophies 6(3)68. Doi: 10.3390/philosophies/6030068