Georges Alexandre (Alex) Lenferna is a South African Fulbright Scholar and PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy. In academic year 2017-18, Alex is working as a research assistant for a National Science Foundation Project entitled Geoengineering, Political Legitimacy and Justice. The grant aims to “to foster the creation of an international research community that focuses on the ethical and political issues concerning geo-engineering”.  

Alex's own research takes a philosophically-grounded interdisciplinary approach to issues of climate change, global justice, poverty, and inequality. His MA thesis focused on climate justice and migration, and his PhD thesis is focusing on developing a moral case for rapidly but equitably ending the fossil fuel era. He has also done research into geoengineering, fossil fuel divestment, carbon taxes, climate reparations, global poverty, and the rights of nature. Alex regularly contributes to media and public scholarship. His writing, research, and public scholarship are freely available here.

Alex also volunteers in several climate justice advocacy roles. For more information about his advocacy please visit his personal website. 

Previously, at UW, Alex has worked as: a Research Assistant for the Program on Values in Society; a lecturer and teaching assistant in the Philosophy Department; a research associate at the UW's Program on Ocean Change; and as research assistant for Prof Stephen Gardiner. Additionally, Alex is busy completing the Program on Climate Change Graduate Certificate in Climate Science, and is a graduate fellow in the Center for Environmental Politcs.