I am a research associate at the department of philosophy at University of Hamburg. My main fields of research are political epistemology and applied ethics. The question that drives my research in political epistemology is this: How can we make moral progress despite pervasive disagreements about facts and norms? To tackle this question, my research draws on political philosophy, philosophy of economics, moral and social epistemology. 

In applied ethics, I have published on migration ethics, autonomous vehicles and business ethics. Here you can find an overview of my publications.
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17/02/21 Paperback and two reviews!

A few weeks ago the paperback version of my book on Polycentric Democracy came out.
Also: here are two recent reviews of the book:

Review by Saranga Sudarshan in Applied Philosophy:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/japp.12494
Review by Paul D. Aligica in Public Choice:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-021-00886-x

01/03/20 New paper on the ethics of autonomous cars!

“Should Manual Driving be (Eventually) Outlawed?” (with J. Gogoll) in Science and Engineering Ethics.

05/06/19 Zombies!

I am talking with Inside Playstation about the question whether we are morally permitted to kill Zombies in computer games. Was great fun.

03/06/19 My new Book is out!

My new book Political Pluralism, Disagreement and Justice: The Case for Polycentric Democracy (Routledge) is finally available on Amazon!
12/05/17 Paper Accepted

My paper "The Ethics of Commercial Human Smuggling" was just accepted by The European Journal of Political Theory.

07/12/17 Roman Herzog Research Award!

​​Sometimes a flash hits a spot twice! Today, I received the First Prize of the Roman Herzog Research Award for my dissertation Polycentric Democracy - Making Use of Diversity.​
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​​06/30/17 Ethics Committee draws on my research

​My research on the ethics settings of autonomous cars is featured in the final report of the Ethics Committee for Automated Driving appointed by the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. 

10/31/16 Werner von Melle Award

Very happy to announce that I received the Werner von Melle Award for my dissertation 'Polycentric Democracy-Making Use of Diversity'. Super grateful! This was really unexpected!