Research expertise

Literature study, comparative studies, conceptual history, scientific translations on modern political philosophy and German Idealism.

Technique

critical historical contextualization of politico-philosophical and metaphysical concepts then and today, concepts and theories reconstructions, history of scientific and philosophical vocabulary.

Users

Students, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers in philosophy, humanities and social sciences, philosophy teachers in secondary schools, politicians and social actors and organizations.

Keywords

Populism, Political philosophy, Recognition of difference, German philosophy

Feminist philosophy, analytical philosophy, ethics, philosophy of emotions, critical race theory

Technique

Analytical philosophy, conceptual analysis

Users

People looking to deepen their thoughts, youths, civil society, (think)festivals, conferences, newspapers, media

Keywords

Feminism, Philosophy, Ethics, Emotions

Research and evaluation assignments concerning philosophical questions in general, questions concerning contemporary philosophy, philosophy of art and philosophy of culture in particular.

Technique

Problemanalysis, discoursanalysis, evaluation of argumentation, evaluation of relevance, conceptual analysis, contextual analysis, intertextual analysis, genetic text/discoursanalysis, comparative text/discoursanalysis, hermeneutic text/discoursanalysis, examination of biases and presuppositions. Digital media, power point presentations, papers or published articles, textseminars, lectures, debates, reports.

Users

Institutions, associations and individuals (such as higher schools of art, musea, artists or artlovers, philosophy clubs, political parties, ...) looking for advice or critical evaluation of their way of thinking, their efficiency and their identity and/or looking for a critical reflection on contemporary culture and society.

Keywords

Subjectivity, Imagination, Representations

Critical philosophical and hermeneutical research on contemporary culture; meaning- and sense-giving processes; the arts, in particular music. Philosophy of music and music aesthetics Interdisciplinary research in and about the arts in collaboration with Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts.

Technique

(1) historical hermeneutical research into the use of artistic concepts and cultural imagery (2) critical analysis of contemporary cultural shifts and phenomena, with regard to processes of meaning formation (3) literature study, in particular about music (4) interdisciplinary collaboration (with, a.o., artists, medicine, sociology, psychology, policy sciences, economics,...) within research projects in and about the arts (ARIA)

Users

Artists Musicians Art organisations Art institutions Art schools and art educational institutions Culture sector

Keywords

Aesthetics, Music, Philosophy of culture, Philosophy of art

History of philosophy: nineteenth-century German philosophy, with a focus on Hegel, the Young Hegelians and the Young Marx. Themes from the philosophy of culture: secularisation, disenchantment, philosophy of political myth. History and critique of metaphysics.

Technique

Close reading, interpretation, application.

Users

People interested in philosophical questions.

Keywords

Secularization, Metaphysics, Modernity

I studied philosophy from 2006 to 2010 at Tilburg University, Leiden University, and Radboud University Nijmegen. I completed my FWO-funded PhD in 2016 with a dissertation on the relation between ethics, philosophical anthropology, and ontology in the philosophy of Charles Taylor at the University of Antwerp. I was also a FWO-postdoctoral researcher from 2017 to 2020 at the University of Antwerp. My teaching and research interests are situated at the intersections of ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical anthropology, metaphysics, and phenomenology.

Technique

Key words: metaethics, reenchantment, non-naturalism, moral realism, moral phenomenology, moral ontology.

Users

Target groups who are concerned with broad philosophical questions about ethics

Keywords

Metaethics, Hermeneutics, Philosophical anthropology, Ethics, Metaphysics

Environmental philosophy, philosophy of architecture, phenomenology. Themes: dwelling and being-at-home, homesickness, place and placelessness.

Technique

Philosophical (i.e. conceptual) analysis.

Users

Educational and cultural sector

Keywords

Philosophy, Architecture

Metaphysics: history of metaphysics (Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hegel), history of the critique of metaphysics, debates about the end of metaphysics (Habermas), history of post-metaphysical thought, contemporary concepts of metaphysics. Emmanuel Kant: Kant's place in the history of (the critique of) metaphysics, Kant's moral philosophy and Kantian ethics, Kant's moral anthropology and Kantian moral anthropology, Kant's philosophy of religion, Kant's theory of evil, Kant's political philosophy, Kant's philosophy of history, Kant's theory of aesthetic judgment. History of philosophy: philosophy of the Enlightenment, German Idealism, Neokantianism, hermeneutics, critical theory, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, the heritage of Kant in contemporary philosophy. Hannah Arendt: Arendt's theory of politics, Arendt's theory of labor, work and action, Arendt's theory of thinking, willing and judging, Arendt's theory individual and political liberty, Arendt's concept of evil, Arendt's theory of history, the influence of Kant on Arendt. Ernst Cassirer: neokantianism, critical philosophy of culture, the Davoser debate between Cassirer and Heidegger. Philosophy of Culture: the culture of Enlightenment and contemporary culture, the rhetoric of Enlightenment in contemporary public debate. Political philosophy: political myths, (history of the concept of) political liberty, free speech and freedom of self-expression, liberalism, republicanism, citizenship, John Stuart Mill, Isaiah Berlin, Quinten Skinner, Phillip Pettit, Onora O'Neill.

Technique

- Public lectures, debates and courses - Chairing public and scientific debates - Lectures and courses in classrooms (secondary schools, university colleges)

Users

- Organizing and scientific committees of scientific conferences in philosophy - Organizing committees of public lectures, courses and debates - Public media - Teachers and lectures

Keywords

Enlightenment, Citizenship, Philosophy and politics, Metaphysics, Ethics, Immanuel kant, Liberty, Philosophy of culture

Research and referee assignments concerning philosophy in general, philosophy of religion, world views and their interactions with culture and society.

Technique

General philosophical methods of analysis and interpretation.

Users

Institutions and societies in search of their cultural identity. Individuals seeking philosophical insight.

Keywords

Philosophy of culture, Religious identity, Philosophy of (religious) emotions, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy

The cognitive and moral value of literary fiction The relation between art and morality

Technique

Philosophical, conceptual research

Users

Art institution, organisations working on reading promotion

Keywords

Art education, Art and literature, Philosophy of art, Philosophy of literature, Philosophy of culture, Ethics, Literature, Art criticism