Intro


​​I am an Associate Professor of Global Ethics 
​in the Department of Philosophy at the
​University of Birmingham (UK).
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I currently hold a Leverhulme Fellowship
on the moral value of Diversity and Inclusion. I am currently translating this research in a book. 

In addition, I am also interested in climate ethics,
environmental sustainability, moral philosophy, nonwestern ethics, and global justice.
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This is an exciting podcast episode about my project on
​Diversity and Inclusion:
The RE Podcast
S14E8: The One About EDI
​For policymakers, non-academic organisations and practitioners:
I am very interested in contributing and collaborating on the following topics.

Please see the dedicated pages "For policymakers and others" on my main areas of expertise:
  • Topics related to Diversity and Inclusion (including gender, sexual orientation, migration, and D&I in general)
  • ​Climate Ethics (including environmental ethics, climate policy, and sustainable development)

In addition, I am happy to contribute on:
  • Social and global justice (including welfare policies, sustainable development and poverty alleviation)
  • Bioethics (including public health, medical tourism, infectious diseases, pandemics)​
  • Nonwestern ethics (especially Ubuntu, Andean and Maori ethics, but also the methodology of how to discuss nonwestern ethics in a western setting)

By the way: I can deliver these contributions in both English and Dutch!

More about me
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Research
I obtained my PhD in Philosophy and Moral Sciences in 2014 from Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium). My dissertation examined the challenges climate change and other problems of environmental sustainability pose to our conceptions of individual freedom (the capabilities approach in particular) and responsibility (more specifically, common-sense morality).

My current research has two main strands: 
  1. Climate ethics, climate policy, sustainable development and environmental ethics
  2. Diversity and Inclusion (with the generous support of the Leverhulme Foundation)
More information on my research can be found on the Research Topics and Publications (under "For Academics").
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Online stuff

​I can be found here (in no particular order) as well: 
Teaching and Managerial Responsibilities
​I teach on modules in global ethics, environmental ethics, bioethics, and reasoning and propaganda (for some arbitrary reason, but I love it). 
I am happy to supervise students working on political philosophy, global (bio)ethics, climate change, environmental sustainability, intersubjective ethics, recognition theory, and the ethics of EDI. 

I was Head of Education and Assessment for the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the UoB when transitioning out of the pandemic. Currently, I am Assessment and Progress Lead for the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion.