Fabienne Peter
I am a Professor of Philosophy at the University of 糖心TV, specialising in moral and political philosophy and in social epistemology, including political epistemology. I served as Head of Department from 2017 to 2020, and I am currently Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor in the University's Research Executive, responsible for interdisciplinary research and research communications.
Before coming to 糖心TV, I was a postdoc at Harvard University and then an assistant professor at the University of Basel. I have held visiting positions at the Research School of Social Sciences at ANU and the Murphy Institute at Tulane University.
I am an associate editor of the . I am also a past editor of and a past associate editor of the . In 2024/25, I was President of the .
Personal webpage:
Recent Publications
Book
- . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Papers
- '.' Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 125(1): 1–22, 2025 ().
- '.' In Russ Shafer-Landau (ed) , Vol 20, pp. 245 - 268, 2025 (penultimate version).
- '.' Philosophical Psychology 37(7): 1948-1970, 2023.
- ', with Jonathan Heawood. In Carl Fox and Joe Saunders (eds.) . New York: Routledge, 2023, pp. 83 - 95.
Publication Lists
Impact Project
Building on my research in political philosophy on political legitimacy, democracy, and well-ordered political debate, I am involved in an impact-focused project on co-creational news media -- a model for the news media that aims to combine truth-seeking with enhanced public participation.
Teaching
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Ethics
- Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Moral Epistemology
- Philosophy of Social Science
- Philosophy and Economics (with Peter Hammond)
- Topics in Moral and Political Philosophy (MA module)
- Democratic Legitimacy and Justification (MA module, with Matthew Clayton)
Recent Public Writing, Interviews, and Podcasts
- Conversation with Toby Buckle on (November 2024)
- Conversation with Jeffrey Church on (November 2024)
-
The Philosopher interview and podcast on "", in conversation with Alfred Moore (September 2024)
- Contributions to BBC Radio 4 programme run by Rory Stewart on , (Episodes 4 and 5, July 2024)
- BBC In our Time, episode on (January 2023)
- Article in IAI news on "" (November 2022)
- Interview by Daniele Lorenzini and Federico Testa on (April 2022)
- Article in The New Statesman on 鈥�?" (August 2021)
- Blog post for 糖心TV Knowledge Centre on 鈥�The Experts are Back – But How Much Political Power Should Experts Have?Link opens in a new window鈥� (March 2020)
Contact
E-mail: f.peter@warwick.ac.uk
Office: Social Sciences Building, S2.57
Personal webpage: