Michiel Korthals started his carreer at Wageningen University in 1993. He studied philosophy, sociology, german and antroplogy at the University of Amsterdam and the Karl Ruprecht Universität in Heidelberg. After his PhD thesis about the Frankfurter Schule (1985) he studied the moral and social development of children and societies. At Wageningen University his courses and research are focussed on ethical issues about environment, animals, food and agriculture.

Board member:
Philosophy and Social Criticism (member of editorial board)
Journal of environmental and agricultural ethics

International Library of Agricultural and Food ethics (M. Korthals, Editor in Chief)

Science Committee, Genome Canada (M. Korthals)

Centre for Society and Genomics

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Bioethiek

Platform voor voeding en landbouw- (chair)

NWO: Program Ethics, research, Policy

Consumentenplatform, Ministerie LNV

Adviesraad VWA

Adviesraad MVO centrum

Ethics council AQUAMAX

Ethics council Bayer

FAO (M. Korthals, Leading ethics advisor)

Dutch Flemish Network for philosophy of science, Board