Academic
You can also find a list of our staff, by area of specialisation, on the Research page. Here, they are listed alphabetically.
Academic permanent staff
- Dr Shai Agmon: Political Philosophy
- Dr Simona Aimar: Ancient Philosophy, Metaphysics, Semantics
- Dr Clara Bradley: Philosophy of Science / Philosophy of Physics
- Prof Tim Button: Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mathematics, Metaphysics
- Dr Sam Carter: Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Logic
- Dr Giulia Cavaliere: Applied Ethics, Feminist Theory, Political Philosophy.
- Dr Colin Chamberlain: 17th- and 18th-century European Philosophy
- Dr Andreas Ditter: Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Language
- Prof Peter Fritz: Logic, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language.
- Dr Ulrike Heuer: Philosophy of Action, Ethics
- Dr Joe Horton: Ethics, Political Philosophy
- Prof John Hyman: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Art, Epistemology, Ethics, Wittgenstein
- Prof Mark Eli Kalderon: Ancient philosophy (Aristotle & Empedocles), Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Colour
- Dr Fiona Leigh: Ancient Philosophy (particularly Plato’s metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind)
- Dr Rory Madden: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind
- Prof Véronique Munoz-Dardé: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Rawls, Rousseau
- Prof Lucy O’Brien: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Emotion, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind
- Dr Rory Phillips: German Idealism, Philosophy of Religion
- Dr Pavel Reichl: German Idealism and Latin-American Philosophy
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: Philosophy of Language, Linguistic Semantics
- Dr Robert Simpson: Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, Social Epistemology
- Prof Tom Stern: Aesthetics, 19th-century German Philosophy
- Dr Han van Wietmarschen: Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Prof James Wilson: Normative Ethics, Public Health Ethics, Philosophy of Public Policy
- Prof José Zalabardo: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophical Semantics, Wittgenstein
Research fellows
- Dr Jonathan Gingerich: ERC / UKRI Research Fellow
- Dr Tom Ralston: Jacobsen Fellow (University of London)
- Dr Oliver Spinney: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
- Leora Sung: Society of Applied Philosophy Postdoctoral Fellow
Associate Lecturers
- Dr Seb Bishop (Political Philosophy)
- Dr James Brown (Ethics and Metaethics)
- Dr Florent Dumont (Metaphysics)
- Dr Ariel Melamedoff (History of Metaphysics, Mind, and Epistemology)
- Dr Will Moorfoot (Metaphysics and Epistemology)
- Dr Zoe Walker (Ethics, Aesthetics, and Mind)
Affiliated academic staff
- Dr Richard Breheny (Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences)
- Prof Robyn Carston (Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences)
- Prof Sarah Edwards (Dept of Science & Technology Studies)
- Prof Jeffrey Howard (Dept of Political Science)
- Dr Nathan Klinedinst (Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences)
- Prof George Letsas (Faculty of Laws)
- Dr Saladin D Meckled-Garcia (Dept of Political Science)
- Prof David J Pym (Department of Computer Science and Institute of Philosophy, University of London)
- Prof Mary C. Rawlinson (Institute of Advanced Studies)
- Prof Philip Schofield (Faculty of Laws)
- Prof Yasutada Sudo (Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences)
- Prof John Vorhaus (UCL Institute of Education)
Honorary and Emeritus
- Prof Rachel Barney (Visiting Professor)
- Prof Malcolm Budd (Emeritus Grote Professor)
- Prof Timothy Clarke (Honorary Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Nilanjan Das (Honorary Associate Professor)
- Dr Donald Franklin (Honorary Research Fellow)
- Prof Sebastian Gardner: (Emeritus Professor)
- Prof Marcus Giaquinto (Honorary Emeritus)
- Dr Nils Kürbis (Honorary Research Fellow)
- Prof Michael Martin (Honorary Professor)
- Dr Allison Murphy (Honorary Lecturer)
- Dr Sarah Richmond (Honorary Associate Professor)
- Dr Barry Stocker (Honorary Senior Research Associate)
- Dr Arnold Zuboff (Honorary Senior Research Associate)
Administrative
The Department Office is located in room 101 of 19 Gordon Square and is open for student enquiries 10am to 12 midday and 2 to 4pm.
Department Manager
Amarjit Sagoo
a.sagoo@ucl.ac.uk
Senior Teaching and Learning Administrator (Postgraduate)
Richard Edwards
r.edwards@ucl.ac.uk
Senior Teaching and Learning Administrator (Undergraduate)
Daniela Dyson
daniela.dyson@ucl.ac.uk
BA Teaching and Learning Administrators
Angel Chan & Iye Turay
philosophy@ucl.ac.uk
BA Student Adviser
Karthik Sundaram
k.sundaram@ucl.ac.uk
- Head of Department: Dr Joe Horton
- Departmental Tutors:
- Undergraduate Yr 1 tutor: Dr Rory Madden
- Undergraduate Yr 2 tutor: Dr Clara Bradley
- Undergraduate final year tutor: Dr Sam Carter
- MA tutor: Dr Rory Phillips
- MPhil Stud tutor: Dr Andreas Ditter
- PhD tutor: Professor Mark Eli Kalderon
- Admissions Tutors:
- Undergraduate admissions: Dr Giulia Cavaliere
- MA admissions: Dr Rory Phillips
- Graduate research students (MPhil Stud; PhD): Prof José Zalabardo
- Director of Education / Director of Programmes (except Philosophy & Computer Science): Prof John Hyman
- Director of Philosophy & Computer Science Programmes: Prof Daniel Rothschild
- Careers officer: Dr Ulrike Heuer (Term 1 Dr Han van Wietmarschen)
- Chair of Departmental Teaching Committee: Dr Rory Madden
- EDI Lead: Prof Lucy O'Brien
- Head of Quality / Chair of Examiners: Prof Peter Fritz
- Head of Student Engagement: Dr Clara Bradley
- Co-chair of Staff Student Consultative Committee: Dr Clara Bradley
- Outreach / Widening Participation Officer: Dr Sam Carter
- Placement Coordinator (PGR Students): Dr Fiona Leigh
- E-Learning Champion: Richard Edwards
- NSS Liaison Officer: Daniela Dyson
- Green Champion: TBC
- Shai Agmon - Tuesdays, 11.30 - 1.30 (room 3.3 in Torrington Place, 33-35)
- Simona Aimar - by appointment
- Seb Bishop - Fridays, 1-3 pm (B08 - 16-18 Gordon Sq)
- Clara Bradley - Mondays 2-3pm (302 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- James Brown - Fridays 2-4pm (G01 - 18 Gordon Sq)
- Sam Carter - by appointment
- Giuli Cavaliere - Thursdays 3 to 4 pm & by appointment (404 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Andreas Ditter - Tuesdays 11am – 12pm (B07 - 18 Gordon Sq)
- Florent Dumont - Wednesdays 11am-12pm (B06 - 18 Gordon Sq)
- Peter Fritz - Mondays 2-3pm (401 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Ulrike Heuer - Mondays, 4:30-5:30pm (B01 – 19 Gordon Square)
- Joe Horton - by appointment
- John Hyman - Mondays, 16.00-18.00 (202 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Mark Kalderon - Tuesdays 2-3pm (B02 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Fiona Leigh - Wednesdays 11am - 1pm (2.1: 33-35 Torrington Pl)
- Rory Madden - Tuesdays 2pm - (401 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Ariel Melamedoff - TBC (B06 - 18 Gordon Sq)
- Will Moorfoot - PHIL0003: 2pm-3pm on Mondays & PHIL00143: 1pm - 2pm on Mondays
(B08: 16-18 Gordon Square) - Véronique Munoz-Dardé - Thursdays, 2-3pm (G02 – 19 Gordon Square)
- Lucy O'Brien - Wednesdays 1-3pm (302 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Rory Phillips -Thursday 12-1 & Friday 2-3 - (G04 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Pavel Reichl - Thursday 2-3pm (B02 - 19 Gordon Sq)
- Daniel Rothschild - Tuesdays 11:30-1:30 (301 – 19 Gordon Square)
- Robert Simpson - Mondays 3-5pm (332 Foster Court)
- Tom Stern - Tuesdays 2.30-3.30pm (3.1A: 33-35 Torrington Pl)
- Zoe Walker - Fridays 11am-1pm (Room 532, Taviton Street 14-16)
- James Wilson - Mondays 16.00 - 17.00 & Fridays 15.00 - 16.00 (201 – 19 Gordon Square)
- Jose Zalabardo - Wednesdays 1-3pm (201 - 19 Gordon Sq)