Research projects - Department of Philosophy

How Does it Feel? Interpersonal Understanding and Affective Empathy

How Does it Feel?

Interpersonal Understanding and Affective Empathy

Women in Parenthesis Colourful drawing of four women

Women in Parenthesis

We support scholarly work, philosophical engagement and projects on the Wartime Quartet of Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley and Iris Murdoch and beyond.

Entrapment, Criminal Justice, and Ethics

The project’s outputs include the first philosophical monograph on state entrapment and a series of articles on private entrapment.

Kantian Justice: a Desert-Sensitive Responsibility-Enhancing Theory European Research Council logo

Kantian Justice: a Desert-Sensitive Responsibility-Enhancing Theory

This is a 5-year, €2 million Advanced Research Project selected by the European Research Council and funded by the UK Research and Innovation.

Normative Implications of the Metaphysics of Extra-Corporeal Gestation

New reproductive technologies, such as ectogenesis, have the potential metaphysical implications for how we conceive of their relation, even in cases of natural pregnancy.

Through the Eyes of the Displaced Video still from Comfort Work (2024) by Andrii Dostliev and Lia Dostlieva

Through the Eyes of the Displaced

The Russian invasion of Ukraine created 6 million refugees, and displaced 8 million people internally. But beyond the numbers, how are their stories told?