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Academic & Teaching staff

Graeme Gooday, Professor of History of Science and Technology
Head of Department

+44 (0)113 343 3274

Social History of Laboratories and Instruments, especially physics; History of Electrical and Computer Technology; Philosophy of Technology; Ethics of Technology; Gender, Science and Technology. View full profile

Ulrike Heuer , Senior Lecturer

+ 44 (0)113 343 1890

Theoretical Ethics; Value Theory; Theories of Practical Reasons; Moral Psychology; Normative Ethics. View full profile

Nick Jones, Teaching and Administrative Assistant

+44 (0)113 343 3390

The History of Philosophy (especially Locke and Berkeley); Philosophy of Humour View full profile

Chris Kenny, Teaching Fellow, Undergraduate Admissions Tutor

+44 (0)113 343 3266

Science and Religion; Early Modern Science; Early Modern Philosophy. View full profile

Matthew Kieran, Professor of Philosophy and the Arts

+44 (0)113 343 3270

Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art; Creativity; Ethics; Psychology and Character. View full profile

Rob Lawlor, Lecturer

+44 (0)113 343 7797

Normative and Applied Ethics; The Structure of Moral Theories; Gradability in Ethics; The Demandingness of Morality; Moral Luck; Punishment, Excuses and Mitigation; Political Philosophy. View full profile

Christopher Megone, Professor of Interdisciplinary Applied Ethics, Director Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied

+44 (0) 113 34 33278 / 37788

Classical Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Ethics (including Applied Ethics, especially Medical and Business Ethics); Moral Psychology and Practical Reasoning. View full profile

Aaron Meskin, Senior Lecturer

+44 (0)113 34 33284

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Philosophical Psychology; Philosophy of Film; Philosophy of Literature. View full profile

Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science

+44 (0)113 343 3269

History and Philosophy of Biology, especially evolutionary biology, genetics and animal behaviour; History of the Human Sciences; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of History; Intellectual Property View full profile

Scott Shalkowski, Senior Lecturer

+44 (0)113 34 33280

Metaphysics; Philosophy of Religion; Philosophical Logic; Modality; Scientific/Religious Rationality; Realism/Anti-realism. View full profile

James F. Stark, AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellow

+44 (0)113 343 5218

History of Modern Medicine, Philosophy of Medicine and Disease Identities, History of Medical Technologies View full profile

Jonathan Topham, Senior Lecturer

+44 (0)113 34 32526

Cultural History of Science in 19th-century Britain; Science and Religion; The History of the Book in the Industrial Age; 19th-century Life and Earth Sciences. View full profile

Sophie Weeks, Lecturer

+44 (0)113 343 3359

Francis Bacon; History of Medieval Philosophy; History of early modern natural philosophy; Interactions between science, magic and religion. View full profile

Adrian Wilson, Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine

+44 (0)113 343 3261

History of Childbirth; English Voluntary Hospitals, 1750–1850; History of Pathology; Historical Theory; Literary Theory. View full profile