Institute of Philosophy
Leiden University
The Netherlands
Teaching
Current teaching
BA teaching
F 2023/4 Political philosophy
S 2023/4 Political obligation
MA teaching
F 2023/4 Practical Philosophy: Contemporary Debates
S 2023/4 Power and Resistance
S 2023/4 Concealment and Disclosure: Transparency, Secrecy and Privacy in Democratic Governance
Past teaching
University of Amsterdam
Introduction to Ethics (BA)
Ethics and Integrity (BA)
Privacy: Moral, Social, Legal Problems (MA)
Legitimacy of the State (MA)
Leiden University
Political Philosophy: The State of the Art (MA) (in collaboration with others)
Research Seminar (BA) (in collaboration with others)
Radboud University Nijmegen
Morals and Politics (Honours Program) (in collaboration with others)
Netherlands Research School in Philosophy (OZSW)
Contemporary Political Philosophy (PhD course) (in collaboration with others)
Student supervision
Supervised more than 35 MA thesis and 25 BA theses both at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and the Institute of Philosophy at Leiden University. Topics include: pornography and free speech; dirty hands; privacy and face recognition technology; compromise in democratic politics; executive overreach and extraordinary security measures; democratic public sphere and social media; institutional corruption; Dworkin’s theory of law; philosophical anarchism; secession; state territorial rights; surveillance.
In 2018, my BA student Bert van Laar won the Glen Newey Prize for the best BA thesis
PhD supervision
Current PhD students
Former PhD students who are now academics include:
I have served on the doctorate committee at the public oral defense at Utrecht University on the topic of political judgment and legitimacy.
Teaching Qualification Certificate (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) -2014