Projects, Collaborations, Researchers
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University Philosophy Rankings by Academic Performance June 2020
We are always keen on collaborations with other top international universities. Don’t be shy, and contact us if you are interested in an African University that has the proven skills to deliver projects on time and to specification. We have experts in most main areas of Philosophy: African Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Language. We are running collaborative projects on Epistemic Injustice, Experimental Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Medicine.Check out our department and awesome team and the cool things we do.
Our collaborations across the world
Our grants
The Geography of Philosophy PIs: Edouard Machery (Pitt), Stephen Stich (Rutgers), and Clark Barrett (UCLA)
We are the South African team leader of this Templeton-funded project. The project studies diversity in people’s conceptions of understanding, wisdom, and knowledge around the world, and seeks to promote cross-cultural research in cognitive science. It includes teams in eight different regions: Eastern Europe, Ecuador, India, Japan, Morocco, Peru, South Africa, and South Korea.
Epistemic Injustice, Reasons, and Agency PIs: Lubomira Radoilska (Kent) and Veli Mitova (UJ)
The project grapples with the underexplored connections between epistemic injustice and other normative concepts such as reasons and agency.This is a British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship project.
Philosophy Dictionary for Africa PIs: Hennie Lötter, Dimpho Maponya, Veli Mitova, Josien Reijer (UJ)
The project aims at compiling a Dictionary of Philosophy in several African languages, comprising core African and Western philosophical terms. This is a grant from the University of Johannesburg.
Epistemic Injustice, Decolonisation, and Rationality PI: Veli Mitova (UJ)
The project aims at bringing into conversation decolonial theory with two hot topics in analytic epistemology – epistemic injustice and rationality. This is a grant from the University of Johannesburg, which will sponsor six postgraduate students on a research visit to the University of Zürich.
Our international research associates
| Name | Area | Role |
| Benjamin Curtis Nottingham Trent University, UK | Metaphysics, bioethics | Senior Research Associate |
| Bo Jakobsson University of Gothenburg, Sweden | Philosophy of medicine | Research Associate |
| Helena Malmstrom Uppsala University, Sweden | Philosophy of biology | Research Associate |
| Martin Kusch University of Vienna, Austria | Philosophy of science, social epistemology, language, and mind | Senior Research Associate |
| Mathew Mercuri University of Toronto, Canada | Philosophy of epidemiology | Senior Research Associate |
| Neil Pearce Centre for Global non-communicable Disease, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Epidemiology, biostatistics | Senior Research Associate |
| Carina Maria Schlebusch Uppsala University, Sweden | Evolutionary biology | Senior Research Associate |
| Jacob Stegenga Cambridge University, UK | Medicine, evolutionary biology | Senior Research Associate |
| Jan Paul Vandenbroucke Leiden University, Holland | Epidemiology | Senior Research Associate |
| Sridhar Venkatapuram Kings College London, UK | Global health, human rights | Senior Research Associate |
| Nancy Cartwright Durham University, UK | Philosophy of science | Senior Research Associate |
| Saana Jukola Bielefeld University, Germany | Ethics and philosophy of science | Senior Research Associate |
| Pendaran Roberts Warwick University, UK | Epistemology | Senior Research Associate |
| Rebecca Kukla Georgetown University, US | Bioethics, epistemology, feminism | Senior Research Associate |
| Dorothea Gadeke Utrecht University, Holland | Ethics, practical philosophy | Senior Research Associate |
| Jonathan Fuller University of Toronto, Canada | Philosophy of science and medicine | Senior Research Associate |
| Adrian Erasmus University of Cambridge, UK | Philosophy of science | Senior Research Associate |
| Kirsten Egerstrom Whatcom Community College, US | Life and meaning | Research Associate |
| Michael Vlerick Tilburg University, Holland | Philosophy of science | Research Associate |
| Micol Bez Paris 8, Paris, and Kingston University, UK | Race and identity | Senior Research Associate |
| John Bewaji The University of the West of Indies at Mona, Jamaica | Aesthetics, epistemology | Senior Research Associate |
| Munamato Chemhuru Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe | Ethics | Senior Research Associate |
| Jonathan Mitchell Manchester University, UK | Philosophy of Mind | Research Associate |