Koen Kramer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3709029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Koen Kramer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Koen |
| FAMILY NAME | Kramer |
| SIGNATURE | KRAMER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7135-6691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Attitudes towards Genome Editing in Farmed Animals – a Cross-Cultural Study
Animal agriculture faces increasing moral and societal scrutiny. The GEroNIMO project aims to address challenges such as sustainability, welfare, and genetic diversity through genomic innovations. The ongoing debate about genome editing is mostly driven by experts from few disciplines with an emphasis on technical and science-based arguments resembling consequentialist reasoning without making systematic comparisons. To increase the range of argu…
When Is Something an Alternative? A General Account Applied to Animal-Free Alternatives to Animal Research
The first “R” from animal research ethics prescribes the replacement of animal experiments with animal-free alternatives. However, the question of when an animal-free method qualifies as an alternative to animal experiments remains unresolved. Drawing lessons from another debate in which the word “alternative” is central, the ethical debate on alternatives to germline genome editing, this paper develops a general account of when something qualifi…
How Do Technologies Affect How We See and Treat Animals? Extending Technological Mediation Theory to Human-animal Relations
Human practices in which animals are involved often include the application of technology: some farmed animals are for example milked robotically or monitored by smart technologies, laboratory animals are adapted to specific purposes through the application of biotechnologies, and pets have their own social media accounts. Animal ethicists have raised concerns about some of these practices, but tend to assume that technologies are just neutral in…
The Ethics of Innovations in Genomic Selection: On How to Broaden the Scope of Discussion
The use of genomic selection in agricultural animal breeding is in academic literature generally considered an ethically unproblematic development, but some critical views have been offered. Our paper shows that an important preliminary question for any ethical evaluation of (innovations in) genomic selection is how the scope of discussion should be set, that is, which ethical issues and perspectives ought to be considered. This scope is determin…
Using Breeding Technologies to Improve Farm Animal Welfare: What is the Ethical Relevance of Telos
Some breeding technology applications are claimed to improve animal welfare: this includes potential applications of genomics and genome editing to improve animals’ resistance to environmental stress, to genetically alter features which in current practice are changed invasively (e.g. by dehorning), or to reduce animals’ capacity for suffering. Such applications challenge how breeding technologies are evaluated, which paradigmatically proceeds fr…
Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems: The historical case of livestock intensification in the Netherlands
Termeer, C. J. A. M., P. H. Feindt, T. Karpouzoglou, K. J. Poppe, G. J. Hofstede, K. Kramer, L. Ge, E. Mathijs, and M. P. M. Meuwissen. 2019. Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems: the historical case of livestock intensification in the Netherlands. Ecology and Society 24(4):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11206-240415
Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests
Recent studies projecting future climate change impacts on forests mainly consider either the effects of climate change on productivity or on disturbances. However, productivity and disturbances are intrinsically linked because 1) disturbances directly affect forest productivity (e.g. via a reduction in leaf area, growing stock or resource-use efficiency), and 2) disturbance susceptibility is often coupled to a certain development phase of the fo…
A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change
Yousefpour, R., C. Temperli, J. B. Jacobsen, B. J. Thorsen, H. Meilby, M. J. Lexer, M. Lindner, H. Bugmann, J. G. Borges, J. H. N. Palma, D. Ray, N. E. Zimmermann, S. Delzon, A. Kremer, K. Kramer, C. P. O. Reyer, P. Lasch-Born, J. Garcia-Gonzalo, and M. Hanewinkel. 2017. A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change. Ecology and Society 22(4):40. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09614-220440
A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change
Yousefpour, R., C. Temperli, J. B. Jacobsen, B. J. Thorsen, H. Meilby, M. J. Lexer, M. Lindner, H. Bugmann, J. G. Borges, J. H. N. Palma, D. Ray, N. E. Zimmermann, S. Delzon, A. Kremer, K. Kramer, C. P. O. Reyer, P. Lasch-Born, J. Garcia-Gonzalo, and M. Hanewinkel. 2017. A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change. Ecology and Society 22(4):40. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09614-220440
Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests
Recent studies projecting future climate change impacts on forests mainly consider either the effects of climate change on productivity or on disturbances. However, productivity and disturbances are intrinsically linked because 1) disturbances directly affect forest productivity (e.g. via a reduction in leaf area, growing stock or resource-use efficiency), and 2) disturbance susceptibility is often coupled to a certain development phase of the fo…
A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change
Yousefpour, R., C. Temperli, J. B. Jacobsen, B. J. Thorsen, H. Meilby, M. J. Lexer, M. Lindner, H. Bugmann, J. G. Borges, J. H. N. Palma, D. Ray, N. E. Zimmermann, S. Delzon, A. Kremer, K. Kramer, C. P. O. Reyer, P. Lasch-Born, J. Garcia-Gonzalo, and M. Hanewinkel. 2017. A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change. Ecology and Society 22(4):40. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09614-220440
Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems: The historical case of livestock intensification in the Netherlands
Termeer, C. J. A. M., P. H. Feindt, T. Karpouzoglou, K. J. Poppe, G. J. Hofstede, K. Kramer, L. Ge, E. Mathijs, and M. P. M. Meuwissen. 2019. Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems: the historical case of livestock intensification in the Netherlands. Ecology and Society 24(4):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11206-240415
Using Breeding Technologies to Improve Farm Animal Welfare: What is the Ethical Relevance of Telos
Some breeding technology applications are claimed to improve animal welfare: this includes potential applications of genomics and genome editing to improve animals’ resistance to environmental stress, to genetically alter features which in current practice are changed invasively (e.g. by dehorning), or to reduce animals’ capacity for suffering. Such applications challenge how breeding technologies are evaluated, which paradigmatically proceeds fr…
How Do Technologies Affect How We See and Treat Animals? Extending Technological Mediation Theory to Human-animal Relations
Human practices in which animals are involved often include the application of technology: some farmed animals are for example milked robotically or monitored by smart technologies, laboratory animals are adapted to specific purposes through the application of biotechnologies, and pets have their own social media accounts. Animal ethicists have raised concerns about some of these practices, but tend to assume that technologies are just neutral in…
The Ethics of Innovations in Genomic Selection: On How to Broaden the Scope of Discussion
The use of genomic selection in agricultural animal breeding is in academic literature generally considered an ethically unproblematic development, but some critical views have been offered. Our paper shows that an important preliminary question for any ethical evaluation of (innovations in) genomic selection is how the scope of discussion should be set, that is, which ethical issues and perspectives ought to be considered. This scope is determin…
When Is Something an Alternative? A General Account Applied to Animal-Free Alternatives to Animal Research
The first “R” from animal research ethics prescribes the replacement of animal experiments with animal-free alternatives. However, the question of when an animal-free method qualifies as an alternative to animal experiments remains unresolved. Drawing lessons from another debate in which the word “alternative” is central, the ethical debate on alternatives to germline genome editing, this paper develops a general account of when something qualifi…
Attitudes towards Genome Editing in Farmed Animals – a Cross-Cultural Study
Animal agriculture faces increasing moral and societal scrutiny. The GEroNIMO project aims to address challenges such as sustainability, welfare, and genetic diversity through genomic innovations. The ongoing debate about genome editing is mostly driven by experts from few disciplines with an emphasis on technical and science-based arguments resembling consequentialist reasoning without making systematic comparisons. To increase the range of argu…
Biology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Animal welfare (3 works) · Engineering ethics (3 works) · Forest Management and Policy (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works)