About me
I am an associate professor in practical philosophy at Stockholm University. I came to Stockholm in 2020, having previously held postdoctoral positions at Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Colorado Boulder. Before that, I was a Research Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute in London, where I worked with UK public sector organiztaions in investigating the ethical issues surrounding emerging military technologies. I hold a DPhil in Political Theory from the University of Oxford.
My research is in two main areas. First, I am investigating the ways in which the use of AI might undermine responsibility and democratic governance and examining possible strategies for preventing this. Second, I am conducting an interdisciplinary project, with Elisabeth Forster at the University of Southampton, about how just war theory was institutionalized during the twentieth century, and the broader lessons from this for contemporary ethicists of war and peace. You can find out more about this work in the Research section.
My research is in two main areas. First, I am investigating the ways in which the use of AI might undermine responsibility and democratic governance and examining possible strategies for preventing this. Second, I am conducting an interdisciplinary project, with Elisabeth Forster at the University of Southampton, about how just war theory was institutionalized during the twentieth century, and the broader lessons from this for contemporary ethicists of war and peace. You can find out more about this work in the Research section.
Book: The Ethics of Counterterrorism
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States across the globe spend billions of dollars fighting terrorism annually. As well as strategic questions about the way in which the money should be spent, we are also confronted with a host of moral issues here, many of which are poorly understood. The Ethics of Counterterrorism offers the first systematic normative theory for guiding, assessing, and criticizing counterterrorist policy.
Many commentators claim that state actors combating terrorism should set aside ordinary moral and legal frameworks, and instead bind themselves by a different (and, generally, more permissive) set of ethical rules than is appropriate in other areas. The book assesses arguments for this view, and more specifically investigates whether widely-endorsed restrictions on state action in the areas of surveillance, policing, armed conflict, criminal justice, diplomacy, and cultural integration need to be weakened when we are confronted with terrorist threats. Available here. |
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