About me

since July 2017

Post-Doc in Philosophy, University of Magdeburg

Research-Project: ‘Aesthetics of Law’, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Eva Schürmann, Institute of Philosophy, University of Magdeburg.

2014 – 2017

Independent Post-Doctoral Research in Philosophy, Berlin

Research-Project: ‘Aesthetics of Law: Between Democratic Legitimation and Populist Abuse’, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Eva Schürmann, Institute of Philosophy, University of Magdeburg.

2009 – 2014

PhD in Philosophy, University of Leeds

Thesis title:

‘The Aesthetic Expression of Moral Character: Moral Beauty in the Eighteenth Century’

Supervisors: Prof. Matthew Kieran, Prof. Aaron Meskin, and Prof. Gregory Currie

2008 – 2009

Master of Research in Philosophy, University of Manchester

MRes-Dissertation: ‘The Relationship between Aesthetic and Moral Emotions’

Supervisors: Prof. Peter Goldie and Prof. Julian Dodd

2004 – 2008

Master of Arts (Hons.) in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

MA-Dissertation:

Part 1:‘The Role of Aesthetics and Emotions in Morality’

Part 2: ‘Why Would a Moral Property Merit a Certain Moral Response?’