Konrad Ott was born in 1959 in
Bergkamen,
West Germany. From 1982 to 1986, he studied philosophy, history and German
philology at the
Goethe University Frankfurt. He completed his PhD thesis on
Menschenkenntnis als Wissenschaft. Über die Entstehung und Logik der Historie als der Wissenschaft vom Individuellen under the supervision of
Jürgen Habermas at the same institution in 1989. He is regarded as a representative of the
Frankfurt School's third generation. Ott is currently Professor for Philosophy and Ethics of the Environment at
Kiel University. From 2000 to 2008 he was a member of the
German Advisory Council on the Environment. From 1997 to 2012 Ott was professor for environmental ethics at the
University of Greifswald. Ott is also known as a critic of mass migration to Europe. Regarding migration from Africa
via the Mediterranean, Ott postulated in 2018 that "this route must be dried out"; the merit of Italy's Home Office Secretary
Matteo Salvini should be acknowledged "at least [...] to have made this route less attractive". == Bibliography ==