I am an associate editor of Kantian Review and a postdoctoral researcher and philosopher at the London School of Economics (LSE), specializing in the theoretical frameworks that have shaped what we colloquially call “social democracy” (though I prefer the term communitarian republicanism). My primary research interest lies in what I call the “left-Kantian” tradition of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 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 engage with them in dialogue with contemporary political theorists, particularly neo-Marxists (such as Gerald A. Cohen), neo-Republicans (such as Philip Pettit), and Critical Theorists (such as 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 written and published extensively on the left-Kantian tradition within the Marburg School, focusing on figures like Friedrich Albert Lange, Hermann Cohen, Rudolf Stammler, and Ernst Cassirer. I also work on Kant and the early post-Kantians.
Currently, I am collaborating with Lea Ypi to examine left-Kantian currents at the beginning of the twentieth century. Beyond my research in political theory, I am also interested in teaching methods that help broaden and diversify philosophical canons. In this area, I draw inspiration from Quentin Skinner’s contextualism, the hermeneutical tradition of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and recent feminist epistemology. I serve on the APA committee for the diversification of syllabi and am currently editing a special issue on “Canonical Pluralism.”
Biography
- 2025-2028: Erwin Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics
- 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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