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Research

At present, I conduct postdoctoral research within the project 'Measuring Well-Being: Attitudes, Comparability and Justification' funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

My main research interests are in moral and political theory, and include (next to well-being) the topics of autonomy, individual dignity and standing, freedom, and coercion. I am especially interested in Kantian and Republican approaches to these topics.

Publications

Academic Publications: Books

• The Importance of Assent: A Theory of Coercion and Dignity. Dordrecht: Springer. (2011).

• 'Coercive Interference and Moral Judgment' Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 14 (2011), p.549-567.
• Entry on 'Coercion, Analytic' in: K. Dowding (ed). The Encyclopedia of Power. Sage. (2011), p.108-111.
  
• 'Republican Dignity: The Importance of Taking Offence'.Law and Philosophy 28 (2009), p.465-492.
• 'An Alternative Model of the Formation of Political Coalitions.' Theory and Decision 64 (2008), p.81-101.
• 'The Ruin and Redemption of Homo Oeconomicus.' Homo Oeconomicus 24 (2007), p.71-80.
• 'Social Software for Coalition Formation'. In: H. de Swart, E. Orlowska, M. Roubens and G. Schmidt (eds.) Theory and Applications of Relational Structures as Knowledge Instruments II, (2006). Heidelberg: Springer. p.1-30. (With A. Rusinowska, R. Berghammer, P. Eklund, M. Roubens & H. de Swart).
• 'A New Model of Coalition Formation '. Social Choice and Welfare 24 (2005), p.129-154. (With A. Rusinowska & H. de Swart).

• 'Zet voortaan een premie op iedere student die zakt.' NRC Handelsblad, 21 juni 2005, p.7. (in Dutch).

Teaching

I teach the course The Rediscovery of Republicanism (2nd semester; Bachelor), as well as one of the seminars of the course Freedom and Autonomy (1st semester; Bachelor).

My past teaching includes courses on Welfare, Wellbeing and Happiness (Bachelor), Contemporary Issues in Ethics (Abortion, Euthanasia, Toleration; Bachelor), Dignity and Self-Respect (Master), General Skills (Bachelor), and Machiavelli (Honours Programme) .

Past research and training

From 2004 to 2009, I participated in the NWO Vici project 'Modelling Freedom: Formal Analysis and Normative Philosophy' at the University of Groningen, which is also where I received my PhD.

Next to Philosophy (Tilburg University, 2005), I also hold Master Degrees in Actuarial Sciences (University of Amsterdam, 2003) and Econometrics (Tilburg University, 2000).  

Academic Résumé

2009-present
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam
2010
Assistant Professor in Ethics (Docent), Leiden University
2008-2009, 2010-2011
Assistant Professor in Ethics (Docent), University of Groningen
2004-2008
Doctoral Researcher (AiO), University of Groningen

Other

In 2010 I received the Biennial Dissertation Prize of the Netherlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy (OZSE).