CV
A full copy of my CV can be downloaded here.
Employment:
2018-2021. LSE Fellow in Government, London School of Economics and Political Science
Education:
2014-2019. DPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford
Title: Kant on Citizenship
Supervisors: Ralf Bader, Ralph Walker
Examiners: Jens Timmermann, Thomas Sinclair
2015-2016. Visiting student, Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main)
2012-2014. BPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford
2006-2011. BA (hons), Philosophy, University of Toronto
Papers:
Forthcoming. Active citizenship and Kantian republicanism, in Humanity and Personality in Kant: theoretical, moral and anthropological perspectives, eds. Luigi Caranti and Fernando Silva. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag.
2020. Whence 'honeste vive'?, European Journal of Philosophy. Advanced online publication.
2020. Kant on Welfare: 5 unsuccessful defences, Kantian Review 25 (1): 1-25.
2015. Child Euthanasia Should Be Allowed, in Opposing Viewpoints: Euthanasia, Gale: Cengage Learning. 35-40.
2014. A Kantian Defense of the Right to Health Care, in Kantian Theory and Human Rights, eds. Andreas Føllesdal and Reidar Maliks. New York: Routledge. 70-88.
Presentations:
2019
Kant on civil self-sufficiency
(i) Humanity and personality in Kant, University of Lisbon, and
(ii) New readings of Kant's political philosophy, University of Buenos Aires [invited]
2018
The feeling of honour in the Doctrine of Right
Kant and the contemporary world: philosophy, science, politics, University of Catania
Kant on the independence of citizens
Kant’s legal and political philosophy workshop, University of Oslo [invited]
2017
The Kantian Proviso
(i) ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo, and
(ii) Kant Colloquium, University of St. Andrews [invited]
Slavery and Self-ownership in the Doctrine of Right
Leuven Kant Conference, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven
Kant’s Two Arguments Against Self-Ownership
(i) Warwick Graduate Conference in Legal and Political Theory, and
(ii) The Ockham Society, University of Oxford and
(iii) LSE Graduate Political Theory Conference
2016
Commentary on L.P. Hodgson's Kantian Right and Ideal Justice
Kant, Rights and the State, University of Oxford
Whence ‘Honeste Vive’?
Annual PhD Kant Workshop, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenburg
2015
Grounding Human Rights
Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho
Kant’s Argument for the Formula of Humanity and the Dualism of Practical Reason
Leuven Kant Conference, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven
Are There Juridical Laws in Kant’s Moral Philosophy?
Graduate Workshop in Kant’s Political Philosophy, LSE
The Structure, Grounds and Content of Human Rights
Political Theory Research Seminar, University of Oxford
2014
Kant and the Freedom of Citizens
Moral and Political Philosophy Workshop, University College London
Child Euthanasia? Three Arguments Against, Criticised
Graduate Student and Alumni Speaker Series, Brasenose College, Oxford
2013
Emotion, Akrasia, and Decision-Making Capacity in Cases of Anorexia Nervosa
Practical Ethics Discussion Group, University of Oxford, Department of Philosophy
2012
A Kantian Defence of the Right to Health Care
(i) The Ockham Society, University of Oxford, and
(ii) Graduate Conference on Kant and Human Rights Jurisprudence, University of Oslo
2011
Kant’s Rejection of Leibniz’s Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles
Undergraduate Conference, Philosophy Department, State University of New York at Oneonta
Commentary on Joe Kirby’s Freedom and the Environmental Crisis
Graduate Conference, University of Toronto [invited]
‘If he has committed murder, he must die’?: Kant’s View of Punishment in the Doctrine of Right Philosophy Undergraduate Research Conference, University of Toronto
Aspect Perception and Understanding the Meaning of Words in the Philosophical Investigations
Critical Reflections, Philosophy Department, University of Windsor
Let Needs Increase that Rights May Prosper: Strengthening Henry Shue’s Account of Basic Rights Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, University of Toronto Scarborough
2010
Addicted Bodies, Disciplined Communities
Voices of Communities, the 21st Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference
Communicative Action, Disciplinary Power, and Addiction
Philosophy Undergraduate Research Conference, University of Toronto
A Critical Analysis of Robert Levine’s Concept of First-Person Informed Consent
Critical Reflections, Philosophy Department, University of Windsor
Awards and distinctions
2018. Thomas Bowman Fund, Merton College, Oxford.
2018. Doctoral Completion Bursary, Merton College, Oxford.
2017. Philosophy faculty graduate lecturing scheme participant, University of Oxford.
2017. Graduate research expense grant, Merton College, Oxford.
2017. Graduate research expense grant, Merton College, Oxford.
2017. Travel award, Philosophy department, University of Oxford.
2016. 2nd annual PhD Kant workshop participant, University of Halle.
2015. Graduate research expense grant, Merton College, Oxford.
2010-11. Socrates project participant, University of Toronto.
2010. C.L. Burton Scholarship, University College, University of Toronto.
2010. Winner, student abstract writing competition, Canadian Bioethics Society.
2009-10. Honours seminar participant, Philosophy department, University of Toronto.