Geisteswissenschaften/Philosophie

Address
Universitätsstr. 12
45117 Essen
Room
R12 V04 D11
Office hours
SoSe2025 ab 11.04.25; freitags 14-15 Uhr: Zoom-Meeting: 655 6715 5574; Kenncode: 339759

Functions

  • Professor/in, Philosophie

  • Geschäftsführende/r Direktor/in, Philosophie

Publications

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

2019 Guest Lectureship at the University of Liverpool
2016 Visiting Professorship at the University of Lublin
2012 Since 2012, Professor of Philosophy with a focus on Practical Philosophy at the University of Duisburg-Essen
2010 – 2011 Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science
2010 Acting Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Cologne
2009 – 2012 Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
2009 – 2010 Teaching activities at the University of Hamburg
2008 – 2009 Acting Professor of Ethics and Anthropology at the University of Duisburg-Essen
2007 – 2008 Teaching activities at the University of Cologne
2007 – 2012 Teaching activities as a private lecturer (Privatdozent) at the University of Düsseldorf
2007 Habilitation in Philosophy at the University of Düsseldorf
2001 – 2007 Research Assistant at the University of Düsseldorf
1997 – 2001 Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Düsseldorf
1995 – 1996 Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Hamburg
1995 PhD in Old German Studies at the University of Hamburg
1989 – 1994 Studies in German Studies, Philosophy, and English Studies at the University of Hamburg

Research Fields

  • Applied Ethics, especially Bioethics
  • Metaethics
  • Social Philosophy
  • Plato
  • Schopenhauer, Nietzsche