Close
Research
Areas of research
We have research strengths in many areas. Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of our staff by specialisation. You may also want to visit our People page, where we list all staff and graduate students.
- Philosophy of Action
- Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art
- Epistemology
- Dr Sam Carter
- Prof John Hyman
- Dr Fiona Leigh (Plato's epistemology)
- Prof Lucy O'Brien
- Dr Robert Simpson (social epistemology)
- Dr Han van Wietmarschen
- Prof José Zalabardo
- Ethics
From the Philosophy Department:
- Dr Giulia Cavaliere (applied ethics)
- Dr Ulrike Heuer
- Dr Joe Horton
- Prof John Hyman
- Prof Véronique Munoz-Dardé
- Dr Robert Simpson (applied ethics)
- Prof James Wilson
Affiliated academics from the Department of Science & Technology Studies:
- History of Philosophy (Ancient)
From the Philosophy Department:
Academics from the Keeling Centre:
- History of Philosophy (Other)
- Dr Colin Chamberlain (17th- and 18th-century European Philosophy)
- Prof John Hyman (Wittgenstein)
- Prof Véronique Munoz-Dardé (Rawls, Rousseau)
- Dr Tom Stern (19th century German philosophy)
- Prof José Zalabardo (Wittgenstein)
- Dr Rory Phillips (German idealism)
- Philosophy of Language & Linguistics
From the Philosophy Department:
- Dr Simona Aimar
- Prof Tim Button
- Dr Sam Carter
- Dr Andreas Ditter
- Prof Peter Fritz
- Prof Daniel Rothschild
- Prof José Zalabardo
Affiliated academics from the Division of Psychology & Language Sciences:
- Legal Philosophy
From the Philosophy Department:
- TBA
Affiliated academics from the Faculty of Laws:
- Logic & Mathematics
From the Philosophy Department:
Affiliated academics from the Department of Computer Science:
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Prof Mark Eli Kalderon (perception and colour)
- Dr Fiona Leigh (Plato's philosophy of mind)
- Dr Rory Madden
- Prof Lucy O'Brien
- Political Philosophy
From the Philosophy Department:
- Dr Giulia Cavaliere
- Dr Joe Horton
- Prof Véronique Munoz-Dardé
- Dr Robert Simpson
- Dr Han van Wietmarschen (also social philosophy)
- Prof James Wilson (philosophy of public policy)
Affiliated academics from the Department of Political Science:
- Philosophy of Science
From the Philosophy Department:
There are also several philosophers of science in the Department for Science & Technology Studies.
Research projects
UCL hosts and has hosted several major funded research projects:
- Current projects
- Dr Jonathan Gingerich: The Spontaneity of Freedom (SPONT) (ERC / UKRI)
- Dr Oliver Spinney: Margaret Macdonald: Beyond the Shadow of Wittgenstein (British Academy)
- Recently completed projects
- Dr Merrick Anderson: Just Prospering? An Ancient Debate about the Value of Justice (British Academy)
- Dr Andrew Cooper: The Road Not Taken: Kant and Organized Systems (Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship)
- Dr María Frápolli: Enriched Minimal Expressivism and Higher-Order Concepts (Marie Curie Fellowship)
- Prof Sebastian Gardner: Freedom, Nature, and the Pursuit of the Whole (Leverhulme)
- Dr Marie Guillot: Understanding the Concept of Self as a Phenomenal Concept (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship)
- Prof John Hyman: Roots of Responsibility (ERC Horizon 2020)
- Prof Lucy O'Brien: The Pains and Pleasures of Interpersonal Self-Consciousness (British Academy / Leverhulme)
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: Context-Sensitivity in Natural Language (AHRC)
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: Dynamics of Conversation (AHRC)
- Dr Han van Wietmarschen: A Theory of Social Hierarchy (Leverhulme)
- Prof James Wilson: Human Right to Health and Priority Setting in Health Care (UCL CHIRP)
- Prof José Zalarbardo: Mind, Language And Action: Investigating The Connections Between The Physical And The Human Realities’ (British Academy)
Service
Many members of the Philosophy Department are involved with journals and professional societies.
- Editors of MIND
MIND was founded in UCL in 1876 by George Croom Robertson. It was the first English-language philosophy journal. MIND is consistently ranked as one of the best philosophy journals in the world, and it remains associated with UCL today: many of its editors are members of UCL's Philosophy Department:
- Prof Lucy O'Brien: Editor (Joint with Adrian Moore)
- Prof Tim Button: Associate Editor
- Dr Andreas Ditter: Associate Editor
- Dr Joe Horton: Associate Editor
- Dr Fiona Leigh: Associate Editor
- Dr Rory Madden: Associate Editor
- Prof James Wilson: Associate Editor
- Editors of other journal
- Dr Simona Aimar: Ancient Philosophy Today, Editorial Board
- Prof Tim Button: Open Logic Project, Editorial Board
- Prof Sebastian Gardner: British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Editorial Board
- Prof Sebastian Gardner: Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics, Advisory Board
- Prof John Hyman: British Journal of Aesthetics, Editorial Board
- Prof Véronique Munoz-Dardé: Dictionnaire de Philosophie Politique
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: Journal of Philosophy, Consulting Editor
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: Journal of Semantics, Associate Editor
- Prof José Zalabardo: Teorema, Associate Editor
- Prof José Zalabardo: Quaderns de Filosofia
- Learned societies
- Dr Rory Madden: The Aristotelian Society, Honorary Director
- Prof Lucy O’Brien: The Royal Institute of Philosophy, Chair of the Council
Our latest publications
Submit a publication for the website by completing our form.