Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • 2014: Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Edinburgh (UK).
  • 2006: PhD in Philosophy, University of Vienna (Austria).
  • 2003: MA in Philosophy* and Political Science, University of Vienna.
  • 2001–2002: Studies in Philosophy and Political Science, Université de Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).
  • 1997–2001: Studies in Philosophy and Political Science, University of Vienna, interrupted from 1999–2000 by one full year of civil service in a refugee camp.
  • 1989–1997: High School “Wien VIII”.

Scholarships, Grants and Awards

  • 2019: SSSHARC International Fellowship, University of Sydney. [10,000 AUD]
  • 2013–2017: Marie Curie Career Integration Grant, Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community. [100,000 EUR]
  • 2014: Innovation Initiative Grant for the “Democracy Lab”, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh. [1,500 GBP]
  • 2013: Knowledge Exchange Grant for a podcast series, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh (with Jamie Cross): Link. [3,500 GBP]
  • 2012: Gulbenkian Award for the best paper published in an international journal in the past two years by a social scientist under the age of 40 (in all fields except Economics) from a Portuguese institution: “Political Judgment Beyond Paralysis and Heroism.” European Journal of Political Theory 10, no. 2 (2011): 225–253. [5,000 EUR]
  • 2011: Nomination for the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize, European Consortium for Political Research, for an outstanding paper presented at the Joint Sessions (St. Gallen).
  • 2011: Joint Sessions Grant for Professionals, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). [600 EUR]
  • 2010: Theodor Körner Preis, Theodor Körner Fonds (Austria). [1,500 EUR]
  • 2010: Canada-Europe Award, International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS). [10,000 CAD]
  • 2009: Travel grant, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. [1,500 EUR]
  • 2009: Travel grant, Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft. [1,500 EUR]
  • 2008–2009: Max-Weber-fellowship, European University Institute, Florence (declined). [38,000 EUR]
  • 2006–2007: Postdoctoral scholarship, Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Culture. [55,000 EUR]
  • 2005: Research grant, Austrian Marshallplan Fund. [5,000 EUR]
  • 2003–2005: PhD scholarship, Austrian Academy of Sciences (doc). [48,000 EUR]
  • 2001–2002: Erasmus scholarship, European Student Exchange Programmes. [7,000 EUR]
  • 1998–1999: Scholarship for excellent studies, University of Vienna. [5,000 EUR]

Academic Positions

  • 2016–: Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh (UK). [permanent position]
  • 2012–2016: Chancellor’s Fellow, Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh (UK).
  • 2013–: Associated Researcher, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal).
  • 2008–2012: Senior Researcher (“Investigador Auxiliar”), Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal).
  • 2009–2012: Sessional Lecturer at the Departments of Philosophy of the University of Vienna and the University of Klagenfurt (Austria).
  • 2010: Visiting Scholar, Centre de Recherche en Ethique de l’Université de Montréal (Canada).
  • 2007: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
  • 2006–2007: Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto (Canada).
  • 2005–2006: Tutor, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna.

Visiting Positions

  • 2019: Visiting Scholar, Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre, University of Sydney (Australia).
  • 2019: RIPPLE Visiting Scholar, KU Leuven (Belgium).
  • 2019: Sabbatical Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh (UK).
  • 2012: Visiting Scholar, Centre for Political Ideologies, University of Oxford (United Kingdom).
  • 2005: Visiting Scholar, Institute for European Studies, UC Berkeley (USA).
  • 2004: Junior Visiting Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna.

Editorial Board Membership

  • 2008–2012: Scientific member of the editorial board of e-cadernos ces.
  • 1998–2012:Scientific member of the editorial board of polylog: Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren (web-version: http://www.polylog.org).

Research Projects

Principal Investigator

  • 2013–2017: “Judging Political Violence: Histories, Norms and Contestations” (financed through the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community). [100,000 EUR]
  • 2010–2011: “The Reasonable Accommodation of Minorities: Lessons from Canada” (financed through the International Council for Canadian Studies). [10,000 CAD]

Co-Investigator and Team Member

  • 2015–2019: “Political Settlements Research Programme” (financed through the UK Department for International Development; PI: Christine Bell, University of Edinburgh). [4.5m GBP]

Languages

  • German: native.
  • English: excellent in speaking, reading and writing.
  • French: excellent in speaking and reading, advanced in writing.
  • Portuguese: advanced in speaking and reading, basic in writing.
  • (Latin).

Radio and Podcast Interviews

  • 12/10/2013, interviewer for the Global Conversation podcast series with Duncan Green (Oxford) as interview partner: Link.
  • 12/3/2013, interviewer for the Global Conversation podcast series with Louise Chappell (Sidney) as interview partner: Link.
  • 4/5/2012, interviewer for the CES Podcast Series with Alessandro Ferrara (Rome) as interview partner: Link.
  • 1/25/2011, interviewer for the CES Podcast Series with Axel Gosseries (Louvain) as interview partner: Link.
  • 7/12/2010, interviewer for the CES Podcast Series with Boaventura de Sousa Santos (Coimbra) as interview partner: Link.
  • 5/17/2009, interview partner for the radio show “Philosophische Brocken” (Radio Orange): “Moralische Politik oder Politische Moral?” (Moral Politics or Political Morality?): Link.
  • 7/14/2004, interview partner for the radio show “Philosophische Brocken” (Radio Orange): “Menschenrechte zwischen Universalismus und Relativismus”: Link.

Administrative and Management Activities

  • 2018–, Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh: Member of the Teaching Committee.
  • 2017–, University of Edinburgh: member of the Steering Committee of the University’s Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History.
  • 2016–, Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh: Programme Director of MSc degree in International Political Theory.
  • 2015–2016, Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh: member of the PhD scholarship committee.
  • 2015–, University of Edinburgh: member of the Steering Committee of the University’s Centre for Security Research (CESER).
  • 2014–, University of Edinburgh: Deputy Director of the University’s Global Justice Academy.
  • 2012–, University of Edinburgh: member of the Steering Committee of the University’s Global Justice Academy.
  • 2015, University of Edinburgh: member of hiring committees for five positions at the Law School, within the Political Settlements project (PI: Christine Bell).
  • 2013–2014, University of Edinburgh: convener of the Political Theory Research Group.
  • 2010–2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra: co-coordinator of the academic observatory POLICREDOS (Politics of Cultural and Religious Diversity in Southern Europe).
  • 2009–2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra: vice-president of the General Assembly of Researchers.

Organizer Activities

  • 5/30-6/1/2019, University of Edinburgh, organizer (with Fabian Hilfrich, Juliet Kaarbo and Louis Fletcher) of a conference entitled “Peace among the Ruins”, with, amongst others, Duncan Bell (Cambridge), Patricia Owens (Sussex) and Erez Manela (Harvard).
  • 5/11/2018, University of Edinburgh, organizer (with Toby Kelly and Nicola Perugini) of a workshop entitled “Politics in the Face of Death”, with, amongst other, Banu Bargu (UC Santa Cruz) and Achille Mbembe (Witwatersrand).
  • 11/18–11/19/2016, University of Edinburgh and University of St Andrews: organizer (with Mihaela Mihai and Vassilios Paipais) of a workshop and panel entitled “Political Ontology, Critique and Democratic Politics”, with (amongst others) Aletta Norval (Essex), Lois McNay (Oxford), Oliver Marchart (Vienna) and Sergei Prozorov (Helsinki).
  • 4/24–4/28/2016, Scuola Normale Superiore, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the University of Pisa: organizer (with Mihaela Mihai) of a workshop entitled “Imagining Political Violence”, during the ECPR Joint Sessions 2016.
  • 6/24–6/26/2015, University of Edinburgh (UK): organizer (with Niall Whelehan) of the Summer School “Political Violence: Perspectives from Law, History and Political Theory” with Christine Bell (Edinburgh), Donald Bloxham (Edinburgh), Elizabeth Frazer (Oxford), John Horne (Dublin), Kimberly Hutchings (London) and Manfred Nowak (Vienna).
  • 11/27/2014, University of Edinburgh (UK): co-organizer (with five of my undergraduate students) of a panel on teaching and democracy, with (amongst other) David Held (Durham).
  • 9/3-6/2014, University of Glasgow (UK): organizer (with Thomas Fossen) of a panel on pragmatist approaches in contemporary political theory, with Matthew Festenstein (York), Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt) and Eva Erman (Uppsala), during the ECPR General Conference.
  • 6/20/2014, University of Edinburgh (UK): organizer of a workshop on “Spectating and Acting” with Jeffrey Green (Philadelphia), Carol Gould (New York), Mihaela Mihai (York) and Andrew Schaap (Exeter).
  • 6/9/2013, Science Po Bordeaux (France): organizer (together with Mihaela Mihai) of a panel on political judgment with Claudio Corradetti (Oslo), Alessandro Ferrara (Rome) and Linda Zerilli (Chicago), during the ECPR General Conference.
  • 5/2–5/3/2013, University of Edinburgh (UK): organizer of two talks by Judith Lichtenberg (Washington, D.C.) and David Luban (Washington, D.C.).
  • 2011–2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): organizer of a regular introductory course to the bibliography management tool “Zotero”.
  • 2008–2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): organizer of the monthly “Tuesday Seminar” series.
  • 7/4–7/6/2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Lisbon (Portugal): organizer (together with Teresa Toldy) of the Summer School “Secularism, Gender and Democracy” with Veit Bader (Amsterdam), Rajeev Bhargava (New Delhi) and Chia Longman (Ghent).
  • 1/23–1/26/2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): organizer (together with Mihaela Mihai and Giuseppe Ballacci) of the “Semana da Filosofia Política” with Alessandro Ferrara (Rome) and Serdar Tekin (Izmir).
  • 1/11/2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): organizer of a workshop on academic publishing strategies.
  • 1/5/2012, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (Portugal): organizer of a talk by Tariq Ramadan (Paris/Oxford) on “Challenges Facing European Muslims Today”.
  • 8/26/2011, Reykjavik (Iceland): organizer (together with Mihaela Mihai) of a panel on the relationship between democracy and memory, during the ECPR General Conference.
  • 6/3–5/2011, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): scientific coordinator of the international conference “Challenging Citizenship” with, amongst others, James Tully (Victoria), Simone Chambers (Toronto), Rainer Bauböck (Florence) and Rajeev Bhargava (New Delhi).
  • 4/26/2011, CES-Lisboa, Lisbon (Portugal): organizer (together with João Rodrigues) of a one-day workshop on: “As possibilidades da democracia económica” (On the potential of economic democracy) with Axel Gosseries (Louvain).
  • 2/19/2011, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil): organizer (together with Mihaela Mihai) of a panel on political apologies during the first IPSA-ECPR joint conference.
  • 11/19/2010–11/20/2010, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): organizer of the advanced training course “Secularism: Theory and Practice in Dialogue”.
  • 11/19/2010, Mosteiro de Santa Clara-a-Velha, Coimbra (Portugal): organizer of a roundtable with Fernando Catroga (Coimbra) and Abdoolkarim Vakil (London), Teresa Toldy (Oporto) and Silas Oliveira (Lisbon).
  • 10/4/2010–6/12/2010, organizer of the weekly film series “Fé?” at the Teatro da Cerca de São Bernardo, Coimbra (Portugal).
  • 9/17/2007, one-day workshop for the Pedagogical Institute Vienna; title: “Die Entstehung der Menschenrechte: Eine genealogische Betrachtung” (The Evolution of Human Rights: A Genealogical Survey).
  • 6/16/2004, one-day workshop for the summer school of ATTAC (Austria); title: “Braucht die Politik überhaupt Moral? Zum prekären Verhältnis zwischen Politik und Moral am Beispiel von NGOs” (Does Politics Need Morality?).
  • 12/3–12/4/2004, Co-organization of the international conference “Human Rights between Economy, Law and Ethics” in Vienna.

Public Talks

2019

  • 4/4/2019, KU Leuven (Belgium): “Peace as a Minor, Grounded Utopia”.
  • 1/29/2019, University of York (UK): “Bleak Dreams, not Nightmares: Critical Dystopias and the Necessity of Melancholic Hope”.
  • 1/17/2019, University of Oxford (UK): “Bleak Dreams, not Nightmares: Critical Dystopias and the Necessity of Melancholic Hope”.

2018

  • 11/8/2018, University of Cambridge (UK): “Peace as a Minor, Grounded Utopia”.
  • 11/8/2018, University of East Anglia (UK): “Peace as a Minor, Grounded Utopia”.
  • 10/19-21/2018, University of Leiden (Netherlands): “Bleak Dreams, not Nightmares: Critical Dystopias and the Necessity of Melancholic Hope” , during a workshop organized by Herman Siemens.
  • 10/12/2018, Vienna (Austria), talk on the concept of “freedom” during the exhibition opening at Belvedere gallery.
  • 9/1/2018, Boston (USA): “Reconciliation through Estrangement”, during the APSA General Conference.

2017

  • 9/6-9/2017, University of Oslo (Norway), “Reconciliation through Estrangement”. during the ECPR General Conference.
  • 6/21-23/2017, Monash University Prato (Italy): “Reconciliation through Estrangement”. [invited]
  • 6/9/2017, University of Vienna (Austria): “Peace as a Minor, Grounded Utopia”. [invited]
  • 5/18/2017, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic): “Hope Abjuring Hope: On the Place of Utopia in Realist Political Theory”, during the Critical Theory conference “Philosophy and Social Sciences”.
  • 4/12/2016, Strathclyde University (UK): “Peace as a Minor, Grounded Utopia”, during the PSA General Conference.

2016

  • 12/7/2016, University of Edinburgh (UK): “Hope Abjuring Hope: On the Place of Utopia in realist Political Theory”, organized by the Political Theory Research Group, University of Edinburgh.
  • 11/19/2016, University of St Andrews (UK): “Hope Abjuring Hope: On the Place of Utopia in realist Political Theory”, during the workshop “What Is to Be Done? Political Ontology, Critique and Democratic Politics”.
  • 6/9-6/10/2016, Durham University (UK): “Political Theory and its Audience: Reflections on a Contentious Relationship”, during the “Political Responsibility” workshop.
  • 1/22/2016, University of Cambridge (UK): “Imagining Violence”, invited talk organized by the Department of German.

2015

  • 9/3-9/6/2015, San Francisco (US): “Unhinged Frames: When Hypotheticals About Torture Go Wrong”, during the APSA General Conference.
  • 7/2/2015, University of Edinburgh (UK): “Unhinged Frames: When Hypotheticals About Torture Go Wrong”, during the Ethics of War workshop organized by the Just World Institute.
  • 3/30/2015, Sheffield (UK): “Unhinged Frames: When Hypotheticals About Torture Go Wrong”, during the PSA General Conference.
  • 1/28/2015, University of Edinburgh (UK): “Unhinged Frames: When Hypotheticals About Torture Go Wrong”, organized by the Political Theory Research Group, University of Edinburgh.

2014

  • 9/4/2014, University of Glasgow (UK): “A Pragmatist Defence of the Ban on Torture”, during the ECPR General Conference.
  • 6/24/2014, University of Westminster (UK): “Discursus Interruptus: Revisiting James Tully’s Democratic Conception of Public Philosophy”.
  • 6/12/2014, University of Copenhagen (Denmark): “A Pragmatist Defence of the Ban On Torture”.
  • 5/23/2014, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic): “A Pragmatist Defence of the Ban on Torture”, during the Critical Theory conference “Philosophy and Social Sciences”.
  • 4/11/2014, University of Southampton (UK): Presentation of the JUDGEPOL project, organized by the Political Thought Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association.
  • 2/26/2014, University of Edinburgh (UK): “A Pragmatist Defence of the Ban On Torture”, organized by the Political Theory Research Group, University of Edinburgh.

2013

  • 11/12/2013, University of York (UK): “On Time in Just War Theory”.
  • 6/9/2013, Science Po Bordeaux (France): “On Time in Just War Theory”, during the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research.
  • 7/12/2103, University of St. Andrews (UK): “Law in Larry May”.
  • 24/6/2013, University of Stirling (UK): “Political Imagination and the Crimes of Crimes”, during the Annual Conference of the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy.
  • 5/23/2013, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic): “Political Imagination and the Crime of Crimes”, during the Critical Theory conference “Philosophy and Social Sciences”.
  • 13/3/2013, University of York (UK): “Flexible Banister? Hannah Arendt and the Pragmatist Ethos”.
  • 6/3/2013, University of Edinburgh (UK): “On Time in Just War Theory: From Chronos to Kairos”, organized by the Political Theory Research Group, University of Edinburgh.
  • 2/28/2013, University of Edinburgh (UK): “Violence”, during the “Adventure Lunch”-workshop series at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

2012

  • 5/29/2012, Galeria Santa Clara, Coimbra (Portugal): “Hannah Arendt”, during the public lecture series “Vidas e Vozes”.
  • 5/4/2012, Universidade do Minho (Portugal): “Political Imagination and the Crime of Crimes: Coming to Terms with ‘Genocide’”, during the 3rd Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy.
  • 4/12/2012, University of Newport (UK): “Political Imagination and the Crime of Crimes: Coming to Terms with “Genocide'”, during the conference Ideals and Reality in Social Ethics.
  • 3/27/2012, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster (UK): “Historical Injustice and the Politics of Apology”.
  • 3/1/2012, University of Oxford (UK): “Just Pretending: Political Apologies for Historical Injustice and Vice’s Tribute to Virtue”.

2011

  • 10/21/2011, Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland): participation in the workshop “The Public Management of Religion: From State Building to New Forms of Minorities’ Mobilization”, organized by the ESF research networking programme RECODE – Responding to Complex Diversity in Europe and Canada.
  • 8/26/2011, Reykjavik (Iceland): “Can Political Apologies be Sincere?”, during the ECPR General Conference.
  • 8/17/2011, Universidade do Porto (Portugal): “Resisting Definitional Denial: The Tragic Uses of ‘Genocide'”, during the 3rd Global International Studies Conference.
  • 6/15/2011, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto (Portugal): “Resisting Definitional Denial: The Tragic Uses of ‘Genocide'”, during the international conference “Construir a Paz”.
  • 5/9/2011, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal): “Can Borders be Justified? Two Normative Approaches to Migration and Cosmopolitanism”.
  • 4/12-17/2011, Universität St. Gallen (Switzerland): participation in the ECPR Joint Sessions; workshop “Sincerity in Ethics, Politics and International Relations”.
  • 2/19/2011, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil): “Just Pretending: Political Apologies for Historical Injustice and Vice’s Tribute to Virtue”, during the first IPSA-ECPR joint conference.

2010

  • 12/10/2010, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Direitos Humanos, Universidade do Minho (Portugal): “The Right to Just Membership: Human Rights, Migration and Cosmopolitanism”.
  • 9/30/2010, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto (Portugal): “Two Conceptions of Secularism: A Normative Proposal for Complex Realities”, during the international conference “Religions and Migrations”.
  • 3/19/2010, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): “Deep Contextualism and Radical Criticism: The Argument for a Division of Labor”.
  • 2/11/2010, Centre de Recherche en Ethique de l’Université de Montréal (Canada): “On the Relationship between Realism, Normativity and Critique: Some Thoughts about Raymond Geuss’s Political Philosophy”.

2009

  • 10/22/2009, Texas A&M University, College Station (USA): “From Public Reason to Reasonable Accommodation”, during the 2009 Association for Political Theory Conference.
  • 10/20/2009, Arizona State University, Phoenix (USA): “Political Judgment beyond Paralysis and Heroism”.
  • 9/5/2009, Toronto (Canada): “Political Judgment beyond Paralysis and Heroism”, during the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA).
  • 6/27/2009, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): “Secularism in Europe: Conceptions and Realities”.
  • 6/19/2009, Centro de Estudos Humanísticos (CEHUM), Universidade do Minho (Portugal): “From Public Reason to Reasonable Acommodation”, during the first “Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy”.
  • 4/24/2009, Centro de Estudos Humanísticos (CEHUM), Universidade do Minho (Portugal): “Political Judgment and Distant Suffering”.

2008

  • 11/28/2008, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): “Postsecular Justifications for Human Rights: The Case for a Discursive and Dynamic Modus Vivendi”, during the conference “Challenges to Human Rights and Global Justice”.
  • 9/16/2008, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal): “Political Judgment beyond Paralysis and Heroism: Deliberation, Decision, and the Crisis in Darfur”.
  • 2/19/2008, Institute for European Studies and International Relations, Comenius University Bratislava (Slovakia): “Chantal Mouffe’s Realist Critique of Cosmopolitanism”.

2007

  • 5/3/2007, McGill University (Montreal): “The Illusion of Purity: Revisiting the Realist Critique of Cosmopolitanism”.
  • 4/2/2007, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto: “Who is Afraid of Moralization? Normativity, Critique and the Ear of the Prince”.
  • 3/13/2007, Trinity College, University of Toronto: “Can we be Critical without Moralizing?” (“Trinity One” lecture).

2006

  • 2/3/2006, Department of Social Sciences, Roskilde University (Denmark): “Towards a Political Semantics of ‘Moralization'” (during the 3rd International Conference of the Danish Network on Political Theory: “Normative Implications of the Conceptual Turn”).

2004

  • 12/9/2004, Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna): “Clashing Claims, from Baghdad to Belgrade: Humanitarian Intervention between Law, Morals and Politics”.
  • 11/16/2004, Depot (Vienna): “Antworten auf den Kulturrelativismus”.
  • 9/23/2004, Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna): “Justifying, Founding and Instituting. Towards an Archaeology of Moral Arguments in the Political Realm”.
  • 5/14/2004, Institut für Höhere Studien (Vienna): “Machiavelli und Kant” (during the international conference “New Impulses for Political Science in Austria”).

2003

  • 11/17/2003, Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Vienna): “Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and Interculturality”.

2000

  • 5/16/2000, Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Vienna): “Integration and Interculturality”.

Comments

  • 4/25/2014: University of St. Andrews (UK): Comment on Josiah Ober’s paper “What is Democracy? What is it Good For?”.
  • 6/20/2012, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) on Paulo Barcelos: “Monsieur: vous êtes mon égal! – O desafio da pobreza mundial”.
  • 5/17/2011, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) on Valerio Nitrato Izzo: “A ideia de desacordo entre direito e política: para uma crítica da centralidade do consenso”.
  • 11/8/2010, CES-Lisboa, Lisbon (Portugal) on Axel Gosseries: “Theories of Intergenerational Justice: A Synopsis”.
  • 10/21/2010, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) on Júlia Garraio: “O violador muçulmano”.
  • 1/19/2010, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) on Roberto Merrill (Universidade do Minho, Portugal): “Paternalism and Illiberal Minorities”.
  • 2/17/2009, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) 2009 on João Cardoso Rosas (Universidade do Minho, Portugal): “How Are We to Think About Which Rights Should Be Human Rights?”.
  • 12/3/2004, Büchereien der Stadt Wien on Jan Sokol during the international conference “Menschenrechte zwischen Wirtschaft, Ethik und Recht: Theoretische und praktische Perspektiven”.
  • 10/23/2004, Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Vienna) on Chantal Mouffe during the seminar “The Public in Question”.
  • 10/9/2004, Institut für Ethnologie, Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Universität Wien on Mark Bell and Mieke Verloo during the workshop “Differentiated Equality”.

Panel Participations

  • 10/9/2013, University of Edinburgh (UK): panel on the ethics of humanitarian intervention in Syria, organized by the Amnesty International Society.
  • 10/20/2013, University of Edinburgh (UK): panel on political realism, organized by the Edinburgh Peace Initiative.
  • 11/20/2013, University of Edinburgh (UK): panel on “Israel: Democracy, Religion, Politics”, organized by the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.

Manuscript Refereeing

  • American Political Science Review.
  • Constellations.
  • Development and Change.
  • e-cadernos CES.
  • European Journal of Political Theory.
  • International Journal of Transitional Justice.
  • Journal of International Political Theory.
  • Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft.
  • Political Studies.
  • Polity.
  • polylog.
  • Relações Internacionais.
  • Res Publica.
  • Review of International Studies.
  • Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais.

Refereeing for Publishing Houses

  • Macmillan.
  • Palgrave.
  • Polity Press.
  • Routledge.
  • Oxford University Press.

Refereeing for Funding Agencies

  • Australian Research Council.
  • Economic and Social Research Council (UK) – member of the Peer Review College.
  • EURIAS Fellowship Programme.
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Vlaanderen (Research Foundation Flanders).
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Commission.

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).
  • Member of the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy (UK).
  • Member of the American Political Science Association (USA).
  • Member of the Association for Political Theory (USA).
  • Member of the Association for Political Thought (UK).
  • Member of the European Consortium for Political Research.