Recent talks
Migration, Self-Love and Gratitude (with Martin Sticker), Internationaler Workshop "Democracy and Citizenship in the Aetas Kantiana," Molise University, May 2025
Migration as a Challenge to Liberal Theory, Conference "Cosmopolitanism, Migration, and Climate Change", University of Cagliari, May 2025
Blinde Flecken in Kants Zweck-an-Sich-Formel des Kategorischen Imperativs [Blind-spots in Kant's End-in-itself Formula of the Categorical Imperative], Philosophisches Kolloquium, Universität Erfurt, April 2025; Online-Veranstaltungsreihe "Was ist Aufklärung", Forum Wissenschaftsstadt Bonn, Universität Bonn, November 2024; Philosophisches Kolloquium Prof. Anna Schriefl, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, October 2024; Philosophische Gesellschaft Bern (krino), April 2024
Migrants' Perspective as a Challenge for Liberal Theory, Forschungskolloquium Philosophie, ETH Zürich, Schweiz, April 2025; University of Pavia, February 2025
Kant, Migration and the Cosmopolitan Right Not to be Treated with Hostility, International Symposium "Warum jetzt Kant lesen?" Goethe-Institut Mumbai, November 2024; Tagung der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (SVRSP), "Zur kantischen Philosophie als Grundlage des Rechts", St. Gallen University, November 2024; Internationale Conference "War and Peace After Kant," University of Ljubljana), November 2024; Conference Keynote, Rethinking Migration - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Villa Vigoni Italien, February 2024
The Formula of Humanity and the Mistreatment of Migrants: Indifference, Hostility and Degradation (with Martin Sticker), Conference Keynote "Immanuel Kant, 300 years from now," University of Catania, October 2024
Le Cosmopolitisme d'Immanuel Kant, Cité des Sciences Tunis, Goethe-Institut Tunis, September 2024
Kantian Cosmopolitanism, Hostility and Disrespect (with Martin Sticker), 8. Aretai Konferenz "Ethos and virtue: theoretical and practical perspectives", University of Bari, September 2024
Kant on Poverty, 14. International Kant Congress "Kants Projekt der Aufklärung," University of Bonn, September 2024
Kant's Formula of Humanity and Migration, 14. International Kant Congress "Kants Projekt der Aufklärung," University of Bonn, September 2024; Workshop "Democracy and Rationality," University of Sarajevo, May 2024; Philosophy Colloquium, New School for Social Research, May 2024
Kant and Uber Drivers, Summer School "The Diversity of Human Rights. Human Rights and Inequalities", University of Dubrovnik (IUC), August 2024
Kant on Poverty, Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends, Südamerikanisch-deutsche Kant-Konferenz 2024: "Kant and Our Present Times: Climate Change, Poverty, Expertise, and Education," Digitales Kant-Zentrum NRW, online, August 2024
Rechts- und Tugendpflichten im Kontext von Migration [Duties of Right and Virtue in the Context of Migration], Internationale Tagung "Recht und Ethik in Kants Metaphysik der Sitten", Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, June 2024
Moderation of Colloquium, "Kant und die Antike," Universität Bonn, June 2024
Universal Citizenship & International Cooperation, "Kant Tischgespräche," Goethe-Institut Amsterdam, June 2024
Kant über Pflichten gegen andere und das Problem der Armut, Kant-Vortragsreihe: Kant und die Gegenwart. Digitalen Kant-Forum NRW / Universität Bonn, April 2024
Kant and Uber Drivers, Project workshop, Lancaster, November 2023
Kant, Migration and the Right not to be Treated with Hostility, Keynote Lecture, Conference "The Space of Feelings: Kant and His Legacy," University of Parma, August 2023
Recent relevant publications
2023 Two faces of dignity: a Kantian perspective on Uber drivers’ fight for decent working conditions (with Sophie Bernard). The Conversation.
2023 Beyond Non-Instrumentalization: Migration and Dignity within a Kantian Framework (with Garrath Williams), Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (special issue on Kant and Poverty, eds. C Mieth, M Sticker & G Williams), 26(2), 209-224
2022 Blindspots in the Formula of Humanity (with Jacob Rosenthal), in: C.Horn & R. dos Santos (eds.), Kant's Theory of Value. De Gruyter: Berlin, 89-104
2022 Poverty, Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends (with Garrath Williams), in: A. Cureton & J.-W. von de Rijt (eds.), Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends, Routledge, 206-223 [preprint here]
Short CV
Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research, Institute of Philosophy I, GA 3/136, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
Areas of specialization
Kant’s Moral Philosophy, John Rawls, Positive Duties, Human Rights, Human Dignity, Global Justice, Consumer Ethics, Political Utopia
Areas of competence
Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Ethics and Aesthetics
Academic positions (current and recent)
Chair/Full Professor of Practical Philosophy (W3), Institute of Philosophy I, Ruhr-University Bochum (since 2010)
Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (WIKO), Institute for Advanced Studies (2020-2021)
Dean, Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research, Ruhr-University Bochum (2014-2018)
Member of the Board of Directors, WBG Darmstadt (since 2018)
Member of the KWI (Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen) Board of Directors (2012-2020)
Executive Director (with Prof. Klaus Steigleder) of the Master programme in „Ethics - Economics, Law and Politics" (EELP) (since 2012)
Previous employment
Assistant Professor at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Christoph Horn, University of Bonn (February 2003-March 2010)
Corti-Fellowship, University of Zürich (April-June 2009)
Replacement for a W2-Research Professorship for Political Science at TU Darmstadt in the context of the Cluster of Excellence “Normative Orders” (October 2008-March 2009)
Research Fellow at “Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie ”, Hanover (October 2007-July 2008)
Research Assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Christoph Horn at the University of Bonn (April 2001-January 2003)
Ph.D. Scholarship of the Interdisciplinary Post Graduate Programme "Pragmatisierung - Entpragmatisierung der Literatur" in Tuebingen (November 1999-March 2001)
Student Research Assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Otfried Höffe, University of Tuebingen, subsequently Graduate Assistant (1996-1999)
University education
2009 Habilitation, University of Bonn, published as Positive Pflichten. Über das Verhältnis von Hilfe und Gerechtigkeit in Bezug auf das Weltarmutsproblem [Positive Duties: On the Relationship between Aid and Justice in Connection to the Problem of World Poverty] (de Gruyter, Berlin, 2012)
2002 PhD, University of Tuebingen, published as Das Utopische in Literatur und Philosophie. Zur Ästhetik Heiner Müllers und Alexander Kluges [The Utopian in Literature and Philosophy: On the Aesthetics of Heiner Müller and Alexander Kluges] (Francke, Tübingen/Basel, 2003)
1992-1999 MA, Studies in Philosophy and Contemporary German Literature, University of Tübingen
Academic awards/scholarships
Research-Fellowship at Fondation Maison des Sciences del' Homme (FMSH) in Paris (05th October 2022 - 10th November 2022)
Research Fellow an der Universität Rijeka (07th till 26th September 2022)
Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (WiKo) (September 2020 – June 2021)
Visiting Professorship, Trinity College Dublin (March 2019)
Corti-Fellowship, University of Zurich (April-June 2009)
Research-Fellowship, Research-Institute for Philosophy, Hanover (October 2007 – July 2008)
DFG-PhD scholarship (Promotionsstipendium), DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Pragmatisierung - Entpragmatisierung der Literatur", University of Tübingen (November 1999 – March 2001)
Research and teaching at universities abroad
University of Lucerne (Switzerland), University of Graz (Austria), University of Bari (Italy), University of Zagreb (Croatia)