Research interests
Find out about our areas of research and staff interests
Use this information to identify potential supervisors for your project. It is a good idea to get in touch with potential supervisors ahead of your application. Please note that individual supervisors will not be able to admit you to the programme. You still need to apply through our admissions process.
| Dr Mahrad Almotahari | History of Medieval Islamic Thought |
| Dr Fedor Benevich | Metaphysics, epistemology, mind in Islamic thought |
| Dr Damian Caluori | Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Neoplatonism |
| Dr Inna Kupreeva | Aristotle, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy & Science |
Find out more about the History of philosophy research area.
| Professor Matthew Chrisman | Social Epistemology, Epistemic Normativity,Theories of Knowledge, Social & Feminist Epistemology |
| Dr Beri Marušić | Practical Reason, Epistemic Normativity |
| Dr Wolfgang Schwarz | Formal Epistemology, Decision Theory |
| Professor Martin Smith | Justification, Evidence in Law, Decision Theory |
| Dr Nick Treanor | Epistemic Normativity |
Find out more about the Epistemology research area.
| Professor Michael Cholbi | Normative Ethics and Applied Ethics |
| Professor Matthew Chrisman | Meta-Ethics |
| Dr Alix Cohen | Kantian Ethics |
| Professor Guy Fletcher | Normative Ethics, Well-Being, Meta-Ethics |
| Professor Michael Gill | Humean Moral Philosophy, Moral Pluralism |
| Dr David Levy | Phenomenological Ethics, Moral Anti-Theory |
| Dr Beri Marušić | Philosophy of Action |
| Professor Michael Ridge | Meta-Ethics, Moral Judgment, Moral Naturalism |
| Dr Debbie Roberts | Meta-Ethics, Moral Psychology |
| Dr Patrick Todd | Moral responsibility, the ethics of blame |
Find out more about the Ethics research area.
| Dr Alix Cohen | Kant, Kantian Ethics, 18th century philosophy |
| Dr Jonny Cottrell | 17th & 18th French and British Philosophy, Hume |
| Professor Michael Gill | Hume |
| Dr Jen Marušić | Locke, Hume, British Empiricism |
| Professor Michela Massimi | Kant, Kant’s philosophy of nature |
| Professor Pauline Phemister | Rationalism, esp. Leibniz and Spinoza |
Find out more about the History of philosophy research area.
| Dr David Levy | Simone Weil |
| Dr Beri Marušić | Jean Paul Sartre |
| Dr Filipa Melo Lopes | Simone de Beauvoir |
| Dr Dave Ward | Maurice Merleau-Ponty |
| Dr Mahrad Almotahari | Philosophy of Language |
| Dr Brian Rabern | Philosophy of Language, Semantics, Logic |
| Dr Wolfgang Schwarz | Philosophy of Language, Logic, Probability Theory |
| Dr Patrick Todd | The problem of future contingents |
| Dr David Levy | Wittgenstein |
Find out more about the Logic and language research area.
| Dr Mahrad Almotahari | Ontology and Identity |
| Dr Brian Rabern | Modality |
| Dr Alasdair Richmond | Philosophy of Time and Time Travel |
| Dr Wolfgang Schwarz | Modality, Metametaphysics, Metaphysics of Mind |
| Dr Patrick Todd | Free will, The Open Future, Theism/Atheism, Philosophy of Religion |
| Dr Nick Treanor | Metaphysics of content |
| Dr Jo Wolff | Metaphysics of Science, Metametaphysics, Naturalism |
| Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta | Computational Neuroscience, Perception |
| Dr Alistair Isaac | Perception, History & Philosophy of Psychology, AI |
| Dr Suilin Lavelle | Cognitive Science, Social Cognition |
| Dr Beri Marušić | Philosophy of Action |
| Dr Mark Sprevak | Computation, Consciousness, Metaphysics of Mind |
| Dr Nick Treanor | Metaphysics of Mind |
| Professor Till Vierkant | Social Cognition, The Will, Mental Actions |
| Dr Dave Ward | Embodied Cognition |
Find out more about the Mind and cognition research area.
| Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta | History of Philosophy of Science, Phil. of Neuroscience |
| Dr Alistair Isaac | Measurement, Models, Methodology |
| Dr Suilin Lavelle | Philosophy of Psychology |
| Professor Michela Massimi | General Phil Science, Epistemology of Science |
| Dr Alasdair Richmond | Philosophy of Time, Metaphysics of Science |
| Dr Wolfgang Schwarz | Humeanism, Objective Probability |
| Dr Mark Sprevak | Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of AI |
| Dr Jo Wolff | Measurement, Metaphysics of Science, General Phil Science |
Find out more about the Philosophy of science research area.
| Professor Matthew Chrisman | Democratic Legitimacy, Civil Disobedience |
| Professor Tommy Curry | Critical Race Theory, Black Male Studies |
| Professor Guy Fletcher | Well-being and distributive justice |
| Dr Barry Maguire | Politics, Economics, and Metaethics of Socialism |
| Dr Aidan McGlynn | Feminism, Objectification, Epistemic Injustice |
| Dr Filipa Melo Lopes | Feminism, Philosophy of Race and Gender |
| Professor Pauline Phemister | Environmental Philosophy, Deep Ecology |
| Professor Mike Ridge | Philosophy of Games, Philosophy of Play |
Find out more about the Ethics research area.