1. Purpose and thematic scope
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae (SEeB) is an interdisciplinary academic journal devoted to the humanistic study of the ecological crisis and the relationships between human beings, society, and the natural world. Established in 2003, the journal has grown out of the research tradition of the Centre for Ecology and Ecophilosophy at the Institute of Philosophy of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw. It reflects a methodological approach that combines empirical inquiry with humanistic and philosophical reflection on environmental issues.
The journal publishes research in environmental ethics, ecophilosophy, and the philosophical, social, cultural, political, religious, and ecotheological dimensions of contemporary ecological challenges. It promotes interdisciplinary dialogue grounded in a critical and interpretative approach to environmental issues.
SEeB is particularly interested in contributions that go beyond description and offer theoretical, ethical, or policy-oriented perspectives on contemporary environmental problems. The journal gives priority to articles that interpret environmental phenomena, examine their underlying assumptions, and analyse their implications for values, social structures, public policy, and cultural contexts.
Empirical or technical studies are considered for publication only when they are placed within a broader interpretative framework and explicitly address ethical, philosophical, social, or political questions. Purely descriptive, narrowly technical, or data-driven studies that do not meet this condition generally fall outside the journal’s scope.
The journal welcomes contributions from different disciplines, provided that they advance scholarly reflection on the ethical, philosophical, social, or political dimensions of the relationship between human beings and the natural world.
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2. Journal data
The quarterly “Studia Ecologiae et Biothicae” is currently published by the Institute of Philosophy in cooperation with the Centre for Ecology and Ecophilosophy at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw. It is available in the following scientific repositories:
3. History
The journal “Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae” was established in 2003, together with the Institute of Ecology and Bioethics of UKSW, being a platform for the exchange of thoughts and experiences of the academics employed at the Institute, scientists cooperating with them, and all those, who saw the hope of improving the state of our planet through interdisciplinary research of environmental crises. The frequency of the journal’s publication changed with its development. In the years 2003–2008, the journal was published as an annual, in the years 2009–2010 as a half-yearly, and since 2011 as a quarterly. As a result of structural changes that took place at UKSW in 2020, the journal was transferred to the Institute of Philosophy and is currently published in cooperation with the Centre for Ecology and Ecophilosophy at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland.
The history of each institution is written by people. It is worth mentioning those who have contributed to the creation and development of the journal. The editors, their deputies and secretaries had the greatest contribution to shaping its profile. The first editor-in-chief was prof. Józef Marceli Dołęga (2003-2014) and the deputy editor-in-chief - first prof. Wojciech Bołoz (2003-2010) and later assoc. prof. Zbigniew Łepko (2010-2020). In the years 2014-2020 the editor-in-chief was prof. Janusz Uchmański and his deputy remained assoc. prof. Zbigniew Łepko. The function of the editorial secretary was subsequently performed by Jacek W. Czartoszewski (2003-2010), Dominika Dzwonkowska, PhD (2011-2016) and Michał Latawiec, PhD (2013-2020). From February 6, 2020, the editor-in-chief has been assoc. prof. Ryszard F. Sadowski, his deputy is assoc. prof. Krassimira Ilieva-Makulec and the secretary is Jacek Meller PhD.
The following persons took part in the editorial work on the preparation of individual volumes: Andrzej Abdank-Kozubski (2003-2008), Aneta Afelt (2024-), Ivana Bendra (2022-), Krzysztof Biernat (2003-2017), Wojciech Bołoz (2003-2010), Jana Dlouhá (2022-), Józef M. Dołęga (2003-2014), Dominika Dzwonkowska (2006-2016), Jacek W. Czartoszewski (2003-2017), Stanisław Dziekoński (2003-2008), Grzegorz Embros (2009-2014), Adam Filipowicz (2006-2007), Krassimira Ilieva-Makulec (2014-), Ján Kaliský (2020-), Leszek Karski (2011-2017), Agnieszka Klimska (2009), Marcin Klimski (2009), Inna Koblianska (2021-), Agata Kosieradzka-Federczyk (2020-), Jan Krupka (2003-2008), Michał Latawiec (2009-2022), Jadwiga Leśniewska (2003-2009), Zbigniew Łepko (2011-2020), Jacek Meller (2020-), Monika Nová (2021-2023); Ryszard Sadowski (2011-2014; 2020-), Lidia Sakelarieva (2020-), Jan Sandner (2006-2009), Antoni Skowroński (2003-2010), Jarosław Sokołowski (2003-2010), Bożena Sosak-Świderska (2003-2010), Joanna Stępczyńska (2007), Sławomir Śledziewski (2003-2008), Jacek Tomczyk (2003-2008; 2011-2014), Wojciech Trempała (2024-), Janusz Uchmański (2011-2020), Bernadetta Wójtowicz (2003-2007).
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
Editor-in-Chief: Assoc. Prof. Ryszard F. Sadowski
Editorial Team
10.21697/seb
English
Język Polski
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