I am a postdoctoral researcher and philosopher at the London School of Economics (LSE), specializing in theoretical frameworks that shaped ideas of what we colloquially call “social democracy” (although I prefer the term communitarian republicanism). My primary research interest lies in — what I call — the “left-Kantian” tradition of the nineteenth and twentieth century. This current is heavily influenced by Kant’s philosophy but replaces his individualist notion of freedom with a communitarian concept of freedom inspired by Marx. Although my work focuses on historical figures, I read them in dialogue with contemporary political theorists, particularly with neo-Marxists (Gerald A. Cohen), neo-Republicans (Philip Pettit), and Critical Theorists (Rainer Forst).
My research has been accepted and published in journals such as Ratio, Kantian Review, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, and Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie. I have extensively written and published on the left-Kantian tradition within the Marburg School, focusing on figures like Friedrich Albert Lange, Hermann Cohen, Rudolf Stammler, and Ernst Cassirer. This research was also the subject of my PhD thesis, which led to the publication of two monographs: one in English with De Gruyter and another in German with Königshausen und Neumann.
Currently, I work with Lea Ypi on examining left-Kantian currents at the beginning of the twentieth century. Beyond my research in political theory, I also think about teaching methods that help to broaden and diversify philosophical canons. Here, I draw inspiration from Quentin Skinner’s contextualism, the hermeneutical tradition of the nineteenth and twentieth century, and recent feminist epistemology.
Biography
- 2025-2028: Erwin Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics
- Currently: 2024-2025: NRW-Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo and the London School of Economics
- 2022-2024: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo
- 2022: Ph.D. in Philosophy with honors from the University of Vienna
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