Dr. E.R. (Eva) Meijer MA
Faculty of Humanities
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Postbus 94201
1090 GE Amsterdam
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Bio
Eva Meijer is a philosopher, visual artist, writer and singer-songwriter. They write novels, philosophical essays, academic texts, poems and columns, and their work has been translated into over twenty languages. Recurring themes are language (including silence), madness, nonhuman animals, and politics. Meijer currently works as postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam, with a Veni-grant awarded by the NWO (Dutch Research Council). The project is called The politics of (not) eating animals. They also write essays and columns for NRC newspaper, and are a member of the Multispecies Collective.
More information can be found here: evameijer.nl.
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Bookings, press requests and other enquiries
For bookings, please contact De Schrijverscentrale. For press and related enquiries, please contact Uitgeverij Cossee.
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Publications
- refereed (32)
- academic (9)
- professional (18)
- popular scientific (27)
- recognitions (11)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2025
Meijer, E. (2025). Multispecies Dialogues: Doing Philosophy with Animals, Children, the Sea and Others. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048564422 [details]
2024
- Meijer, E. (2024). A Daoist-inspired Approach to Multispecies Relations. Environmental Philosophy, 21(2), 199-221. https://doi.org/10.5840/envirophil2025115143 [details]
- Meijer, E. R. (2024). Missing Winter. Oxford Public Philosophy, 4. https://www.oxfordpublicphilosophy.com/environment/mg
- Meijer, E. R. (2024). Tierkunst als weltbildende Praxis. In Nichtmenschliche Ästhetik : Kuratieren jenseits des Menschlichen (pp. 39-50). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-68395-8_4
2023
- Meijer, E. (2023). Deep Listening and Democracy: Political Listening to Fellow Citizens and Other Beings. The Philosopher, 111(1), 53-60. https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/deep-listening-and-democracy [details]
- Meijer, E. (2023). Developing multispecies education with children and animals. On_Education, 16. https://doi.org/10.17899/on_ed.2023.16.2 [details]
- Meijer, E. (2023). Global injustice and animals: towards a multispecies social connection model. International Relations, 37(3), 497-513. https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178231191293 [details]
- Meijer, E. (2023). Speaking about Farming: Embodied Deliberation and Resistance of Cows and Farmers in the Netherlands. In J. Dugnoille, & E. Vander Meer (Eds.), Animals Matter: Resistance and Transformation in Animal Commodification (pp. 132-154). (Human-Animal Studies; Vol. 26). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004528444_008 [details]
2022
- Meijer, E. (2022). Diep luisteren en democratie: Over politiek luisteren naar medeburgers en andere wezens. Wijsgerig Perspectief, 62(3), 6-15. https://www.filosofie.nl/diep-luisteren-en-democratie/ [details]
- Meijer, E. (2022). Learning Hope in the Anthropocene: The Party for the Animals and Hope as a Political Practice. Animal Studies Journal, 11(1), 145-172. Article 8. https://doi.org/10.14453/asj.v11i1.7 [details]
- Meijer, E. (2022). Learning to See Mice: (Stray Philosophy III). Humanimalia, 13(1), 203-251. https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.11520 [details]
2021
- Leuven, J., Meijer, E., & Bovenkerk, B. (2021). Dubbel gevangen: Over slachtofferschap en dieren in het antropoceen. Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit, 11(1), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.5553/TCC/221195072021011001007 [details]
- Meijer, E. (2021). Sanctuary Politics and the Borders of the Demos: A Comparison of Human and Nonhuman Animal Sanctuaries. Krisis : Journal for contemporary philosophy, 41(2), 35-48. https://doi.org/10.21827/krisis.41.2.37174 [details]
- Meijer, E. R. (2021). Stray agency and interspecies care: The Amsterdam stray cats and their humans. In J. Keulartz, & B. Bovenkerk (Eds.), Animals in our midst Springer.
- Meijer, E. R., & Blattner, C. (2021). Animals and Climate Change. In Justice and food security in a changing climate (pp. 64-70). Wageningen Academics Publishers. https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/epdf/10.3920/978-90-8686-915-2_7?role=tab
- Meijer, E. R., & Bovenkerk, B. (2021). Taking animal perspectives into account in animal ethics. In J. Keulartz, & B. Bovenkerk (Eds.), Animals in our midst Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-63523-7_3
2020
- Meijer, E. (2020). Stray Philosophy II: Dog/Human Reflections on Education, Boundaries, Care, and Forming Interspecies Communities. Journal for Critical Animal Studies, 17(3), 3-30. http://journalforcriticalanimalstudies.org/jcas-volume-17-issue-3-may-2020/ [details]
2019
- Meijer, E. (2019). When Animals Speak: Toward an Interspecies Democracy. (Animals in contact). New York University Press. [details]
- Meijer, E. (2019). Political Nonhuman Animal Voices: Rethinking Language and Politics with Nonhuman Animals. In A. Barcz, & D. Łagodzka (Eds.), Animals and Their People: Connecting East and West in Cultural Animal Studies (pp. 221-234). (Human-Animal Studies; Vol. 21). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004386228_015 [details]
- Meijer, E. (2019). The melancholic animal: On depression and animality. Humanimalia, 11(1), 109-127. https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.9480 [details]
2018
- Meijer, E. (2018). Animals. Krisis : Journal for contemporary philosophy, 38(2), 5-7. http://krisis.eu/animals/ [details]
- Meijer, E. (2018). The Good Life, the Good Death: Companion Animals and Euthanasia. Animal Studies Journal, 7(1), 205-225. Article 10. https://ro.uow.edu.au/asj/vol7/iss1/10/ [details]
- Meijer, E. (2018). Worm Politics. In E. Cudworth, S. Hobden, & E. Kavalski (Eds.), Posthuman Dialogues in International Relations (pp. 128-142). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315613475-8 [details]
2017
- Meijer, E. (2017). Dierentalen en politiek. Wijsgerig Perspectief, 57(1), 6-15. https://www.filosofie.nl/nl/artikel/47314/dierentalen-en-politiek.html [details]
- Meijer, E. (2017). Interspecies Encounters and the Political Turn: From Dialogues to Deliberation. In A. Woodhall, & G. Garmendia da Trindade (Eds.), Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues (pp. 201-226). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54549-3_9 [details]
2016
- Meijer, E. (2016). Animal Activism and Interspecies Change. In G. Garmendia da Trindade, & A. Woodhall (Eds.), Intervention or Protest: Acting for Nonhuman Animals (pp. 97-130). Vernon Press. [details]
- Meijer, E. (2016). Filosofía del abandono: observaciones en el lenguaje, libertad y política acerca de la relación humano-perro. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Críticos Animales, 2(2), 133-159. https://revistaeca.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/6-meijer-con-formato-133-1594.pdf [details]
- Meijer, E. (2016). Interspecies Democracies. In B. Bovenkerk, & J. Keulartz (Eds.), Animal Ethics in the Age of Humans: Blurring boundaries in human-animal relationships (pp. 53-72). Springer. [details]
- Meijer, E. (2016). Speaking with Animals: Philosophical Interspecies Investigations. In M. Tønnessen, K. Armstrong Oma, & S. Rattasepp (Eds.), Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene (pp. 73-88). Lexington Books. [details]
2015
- Meijer, E. (2015). Stray Philosophy: Human-Dog Observations on Language, Freedom and Politics. Journal for Critical Animal Studies, 12(4), 105-135. http://issuu.com/icasonlinepublications/docs/final_jcas_12.4__1_/108 [details]
2014
- Meijer, E. (2014). La comunicazione politica con gli animali. Liberazioni, 4(16), 19-42. http://www.liberazioni.org/articoli/Liberazioni16web.pdf [details]
2013
- Meijer, E. (2013). Political Communication with Animals. Humanimalia, 5(1). http://www.depauw.edu/site/humanimalia/issue09/meijer.html [details]
2024
- Meijer, E. (2024). Люди и другие живые существа. Antropologicheskij Forum, (62), 75-78. https://doi.org/10.31250/1815-8870-2024-20-62-11-224 [details]
- Meijer, E. R. (2024). Bird’s-Eye Views: An interview with Pattrice Jones. Politics and Animals, 10. https://journals.lub.lu.se/pa/article/view/26766
2022
- Meijer, E. (2022). La bonne vie, la bonne mort : les compagnons animaux et l'euthanasie. Web publication or website, Animal sujet. https://www.animal-sujet.com/2022/04/la-bonne-vie-la-bonne-mort-les.html [details]
- Meijer, E. (2022). Tierrechtsaktivismus und Interspezies Wandel. Tierstudien, 21, 27-39. [details]
2016
- Meijer, E. (2016). Animal Activism and Interspecies Change: Challenging anthropocentrism in politics and liberation activism means understanding animal agency and forms of resistance. Web publication or website https://www.animalliberationcurrents.com/animal-activism-interspecies-change/ [details]
- Meijer, E. (Author). (2016). Communication politique avec les animaux. Web publication or website, Marceline Pauly. http://animalsujet2.blogspot.nl/2016/10/communication-politique-avec-les-animaux.html [details]
- Meijer, E. (Author). (2016). Dierentalenpolitiek. Web publication or website, . http://kib.be/articles/1322/dierentalenpolitiek [details]
2013
- Meijer, E. (2013). Politieke gesprekken met dieren. In C. Dolmans (Ed.), Geert Grote Pen 2013: Nederlandstalige masterscripties van 5 jonge filosofen (pp. 267-316). Deventer Universitaire Pers. http://www.geertgrotepen.nl/download/GGPen_2013_digi.pdf [details]
2012
- Meijer, E. (2012). Animal Politics and Political Animals [Review of: S. Donaldson, W. Kymlicka (2011) Zoopolis: a political theory of animal rights]. Krisis, 2012(2), 83-87. http://www.krisis.eu/content/2012-2/krisis-2012-2-13-meijer.pdf [details]
2025
- Meijer, E. (2025). Multispecies Assemblies. (Alternative states monograph; No. 1). Vine Press. [details]
- Meijer, E. (2025). Learning to Build Nests. In J. Maelfeyt, B. De Roo, G. Ganzevles, M. van Aalst, & G. Deliège (Eds.), Decentering Design : Practice in a More-than-human World Art Paper Editions.
- Meijer, E. (2025). The Politics of Co-creating Art with Other Animals: An Interview with G.C. Heemskerk and Jessica Ullrich. Politics and Animals, 11. https://journals.lub.lu.se/pa/article/view/27774 [details]
- Meijer, E. R. (2025). The Politics of not Eating Animals Zine. Web publication or website https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wT2UaOH22_wy7NkUpCIssJfYDlFlBEcp/view
- Meijer, E., Gzyra, D., & Szaj, P. (2025). Rethinking the Political with Other Animals. Eva Meijer in Conversation with Dariusz Gzyra and Patryk Szaj. Zoophilologica, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2025.15.17 [details]
2024
- Heemskerk, G. C., & Meijer, E. R. (2024). The Interspecies Collective. In L. Cull Ó Maoilearca, & F. Fitzgerald-Allsopp (Eds.), Interspecies Performance Centre for Performance Research.
2023
- Meijer, E. (2023). O papel da linguagem na política multiespécies: em direção a uma teoria das vozes animais políticas. In A. Caramuru Aubert, G. Laguardia Cheim, & M. Baptista Rosa (Eds.), Caminhos para a libertação animal: Coletânea interdisciplinar resultante do I Congresso Internacional do Centro de Estudos sobre Animais e o Antropoceno (pp. 175-194). (Direito & Interdisciplinaridade). Editora Fi . https://doi.org/10.22350/9786585725453 [details]
2022
- Meijer, E. (2022). Verwar het niet met afwezigheid: Over politieke stiltes. Uitgeverij Cossee. [details]
- Meijer, E. (2022). Linguaggio. Liberazioni, 13(50), 58-59. http://www.liberazioni.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Meijer-L-lib50.pdf [details]
- Meijer, E. (2022). New Customs for the Multispecies Community. Web publication or website, On things and thinking: design and nature. https://things-design-nature.net/new-customs-for-the-multispecies-community/#artikel [details]
- Meijer, E. R. (2022). Misschien is een ander woord voor hoop: Een pleidooi voor meerstemmigheid in het politieke en publieke debat. De Geus.
2021
- Meijer, E. (2021). Vuurduin: Aantekeningen bij een wereld die verdwijnt. Lemniscaat. [details]
- Meijer, E. (2021). Zoospeak: An interview with Gordon Mead. Politics and Animals, 7. https://journals.lub.lu.se/pa/article/view/23388 [details]
2020
- Bovenkerk, B., Meijer, E., & Nijland, H. (2020). Veganisme of menselijk diervoer? Een niet-antropocentrische benadering van het wereldvoedselprobleem. In I. de Zwarte, & J. Candel (Eds.), Tien miljard monden: Hoe we de wereld gaan voeden in 2050 (pp. 346-352). Prometheus. [details]
- Meijer, E. (2020). In gesprek met de zee: Een pleidooi voor vloeibaar denken. In L. Burgers, E. Meijer, & E. Nowak (Eds.), De stem van de Noordzee: een pleidooi voor vloeibaar denken (pp. 55-76). Boom. [details]
2017
- Meijer, E. R. (2017). De politiek van dierentalen. Splijtstof.
2016
- Meijer, E. (2016). Animal Deliberation: From Farm Philosophy to Playing with Pigs [Review of: C. Driessen (2014) Animal deliberation: The co-evolution of technology and ethics on the farm]. Krisis, 2016(1), 71-73. http://archive.krisis.eu/content/2016-1/krisis-2016-1-08-meijer.pdf [details]
- Meijer, E. (2016). Animal Rights, without Liberation? [Review of: (2012) Animal Rights without Liberation: Applied Ethics and Human Obligations]. Society & Animals, 24(3), 317-319. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341412 [details]
2025
- Meijer, E. R. (2025). Muizenleven. Uitgeverij Cossee.
- Meijer, E. R. (2025). Variaties op aanwezigheid. Uitgeverij Het Moet.
- Meijer, E. R. (2025). Living with lab mice. Nautilus. https://nautil.us/living-with-lab-mice-1202657/
- Meijer, E. R. (2025). The woman who saw birds as individuals. Nautilus. https://nautil.us/the-woman-who-saw-birds-as-individuals-1207714
2024
- Meijer, E. R. (2024). Dialogue. In Interspecies Future: A Primer Distanz.
2023
- Faber, Y., & Meijer, E. R. (2023). Neem de belangen van planten serieus. NRC. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/04/14/neem-de-belangen-van-planten-serieus-a4162140
- Meijer, E. R. (2023). De grote kwesties van deze tijd vragen om een nieuwe publieksfilosofie. NRC. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/08/17/de-grote-kwesties-van-deze-tijd-vragen-om-een-nieuwe-publieksfilosofie-a4172172
- Meijer, E. R. (2023). Geef mij maar dode filosofen, die geven nog altijd antwoord. NRC. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/07/28/geef-mij-maar-dode-filosofen-die-geven-nog-altijd-antwoord-a4170575
- Meijer, E. R. (2023). Identiteit gaat niet over hebben, maar over zijn. NRC. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/09/01/identiteit-gaat-niet-over-hebben-maar-over-zijn-a4173314
2022
- Meijer, E. R. (2022). De weer-wolf en de woorden. De Groene Amsterdammer, 2022(47).
- Meijer, E. R. (2022). Elke pad telt. NRC Handelsblad.
- Meijer, E. R. (2022). Niet-menselijke dieren moeten kunnen meepraten over de toekomst van de landbouw. Het Financieele Dagblad. https://fd.nl/opinie/1440929/niet-menselijke-dieren-moeten-meepraten-over-onze-landbouw
- Meijer, E. R. (Author). (2022). Voice, The animal turn podcast. Web publication or website https://www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s4-animals-and-sound-2/s4e5%3A-voice-with-eva-meijer
2021
- Janssens, M., & Meijer, E. (2021). Proefdieren hebben recht op een pensioen. NRC Handelsblad. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/10/07/proefdieren-hebben-recht-op-een-pensioen-a4061067
- Meijer, E. R. (2021). De weer-wolf en de schrijver: Anna Blamanlezing 2020.
- Meijer, E. R. (2021). Verwerelden. De Volkskrant. https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/inleven-is-de-sleutel-tot-beter-samenleven~b041b65a/
- Meijer, E. R. (Author). (2021). What’s On Animals’ Minds? with Eva Meijer. Web publication or website
2020
- Burgers, L. E., Meijer, E. R., & Nowak, E. (2020). De stem van de Noordzee: een pleidooi voor vloeibaar denken. Boom.
2019
- Meijer, E. R. (2019). De grenzen van mijn taal: Een klein filosofisch onderzoek naar depressie. Uitgeverij Cossee.
- Meijer, E. R. (2019). De koe die bleef groeten. nY, (41).
- Meijer, E. R. (2019). IJzer in de ziel. Gedachten over menstruatie. De Revisor, (24).
2018
- Meijer, E. (2018). Frances Power Cobbe: 'Oh, those poor brutes!'. In N. Peeters, & T. van Dijk (Eds.), Darwins engelen: vrouwelijke geleerden in de tijd van Charles Darwin (pp. 55-74). Atlas Contact.
- Meijer, E. R. (Author). (2018). Dierentuinbezoeker, kijk naar jezelf!. Web publication or website https://www.knack.be/nieuws/planet-earth/dierentuinbezoeker-kijk-naar-jezelf/article-opinion-1165313.html?cookie_check=1551182048
2017
- Meijer, E. R. (2017). De soldaat was een dolfijn: Over politieke dieren. Uitgeverij Cossee.
2016
- Meijer, E. (2016). Dierentalen. ISVW Uitgevers. [details]
2015
- Meijer, E. R. (2015). Damhertenpolitiek: van biomacht naar soevereiniteit. Argus. https://www.faunabescherming.nl/fb_argus/2015/Argus2015_2(7-9).pdf
- Meijer, E. R. (2015). Ganzenpolitiek: van vergassen naar communicatie. ThemaTijdschrift. http://www.thematijdschriften.nl/index.php/jaargang-2015
Prize / grant
- Meijer, E. (2020). Veni Grant.
- Meijer, E. (2020). ASCA Book Award.
- Meijer, E. (2018). Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize.
- Meijer, E. (2018). Hypatia Prize.
Membership / relevant position
- Meijer, E. (2024-2030). Co-chair of the OZSW Study Group for Animal Philosophy, OZSW Study Group for Animal Philosophy.
- Meijer, E. (2014-2023). Chair of the OZSW Study Group for Animal Philosophy, OZSW Study Group for Animal Philosophy.
Journal editor
- Meijer, E. (editor) (2020-2030). Politics and Animals (Journal).
Others
- Meijer, E. (other) (1-9-2024 - 1-6-2025). Long Covid+ Conversations (other).
- Quinn, E. (organiser) & Meijer, E. (organiser) (2023). Critical Misanthropy (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Meijer, E. (organiser) (26-3-2022 - 28-3-2022). Speaking about the humans: Animal perspectives on the multispecies world. https://asca.uva.nl/programme/workshops/speaking-about-the-humans/speaking-about-the-humans.html (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Meijer, E. (other) (2019 - 2021). Filosofische columns voor Trouw 2019-2021 (other).
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Meijer, E. (2025). Multispecies Dialogues: Doing Philosophy with Animals, Children, the Sea and Others. Amsterdam University Press.