Philosophy

Matthew Braham has been Professor of Practical Philosophy at Universität Hamburg since 2017. His research is in all three PEP disciplines, focusing on power, freedom, causation, responsibility, Kant, libertarianism, and voting rules. Braham's research is characterized by the application of formal methods of game theory and social choice. His work is published in leading journals: Mind, The Journal of Philosophy,  Erkenntnis, Economics & Philosophy, The Economic Journal, International Journal of Law & Economics, Social Choice & Welfare, Journal of Theoretical Politics.

Ilaria Cozzaglio has been Junior Professor of Philosophy of Social Sciences since 2023. Her research focuses on the methods in political philosophy and theory, particularly how social and political reality affects our understanding of philosophical concepts such as legitimacy, trust, progress, democracy. Her research is published in leading journals such as European Journal of Philosophy, European Journal of Political Theory, Constellations, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Philosophy & Social Criticism, Social Theory and Practice, Journal of Social Philosophy, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Res Publica.

Thomas Kroedel has been Professor of Philosophy of Science at Universität Hamburg since 2017. He holds a B.Phil. and a D.Phil. degree from the University of Oxford. His areas of specialization are philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mind and metaphysics. He has published articles in leading journals such as Analysis, Noûs and The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and a monograph on mental causation with Cambridge University Press.

Judith Simon is Professor for Ethics in Information Technologies at Universität Hamburg. Holding a MA in psychology from the Free University of Berlin and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Vienna, her current research focuses on epistemological, ethical and political questions related to data analytics, artificial intelligence and digitalization in general. She is a member of the German Ethics Council as well as various committees of the DFG, BMBF and the Leopoldina.