Faculty & Staff
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Professors
Active professors
Photo: UHH/Dingler
Professor of Practical Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12006, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-8601
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
Fridays 14-16h and by appointment. Please register by email!
Key aspects of activity
- Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- PPE/PEP/P&E
Photo: Cozzaglio
Junior Professor
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12007, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-2686
Office hours
By arrangement by email
Key aspects of activity
- Philosophy of Social Sciences
- Political philosophy
- Political theory
Photo: Martin Lukas Kim
Professor of Philosophy of Science
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12013, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-8370
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
By appointment
Photo: Jozef Müller
Professor of History of Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12022, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838 6875
Office hours
By appointment
Key aspects of activity
- Ancient philosophy
- Aristoteles' and Platons Ethics, Moral Psychology and Epistemology
Photo: UHH/Mendt
Key aspects of activity
- Kant
- Bentham
- Theory of democracy
- Constitutional power
- Cosmopolitanism
- Animal politics
Photo: Volker Gerhardt
Professor of Practical Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-2683
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
Key aspects of activity
- 18th century (Immanuel Kant, Enlightenment) and Early Modern Philosophy
- Ethics
- Aesthetics
- Philosophy of culture
Substitute professorship
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C 12009, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-4713
Office hours
By appointment via e-mail
Professor of History of Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12010, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-7446
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
By appointment by email.
Key aspects of activity
- Later Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
Photo: UHH/Nicolai
Professor for Ethics in Information Technology
Institute of Philosophy
C/O Poststelle Dr. Simon
20141 Hamburg
Office hours
Working area: Ethics in Information Technologies at the University of Hamburg (EIT)
Contact: Prof. Dr. Judith Simon Website EIT
Key aspects of activity
- Computer Ethics & Philosophy of Computing
- Critical Big Data Studies
- Philosophy of Technology & Philosophy of Science
- Socio-Technical Epistemology
- Science and Technology Studies & Technology Assessment
- Values in Design & Responsible Research and Innovation
Photo: UHH/privat
Professor of Practical Philosophy
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-4713
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Key aspects of activity
- Political Philosophy
- Moral Philosophy
- Ethics
Photo: Veres
Substitute professorship
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12022, Philosophenturm
Key aspects of activity
- Ancient philosophy
- esp. epistemology
- Ethics
- Hellenistic philosophy
Professor of Philosophy of Language
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12012, Philosophenturm
Office hours
By appointment via e-mail.
Key aspects of activity
- Philosophy of Language
- Metaphysics
Retired professors / with emeritus status
Key aspects of activity
- History of philosophy from Descartes to Hegel, especially Spinoza and Kant
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838 - 2684
Fax: +49 40 42838 - 3983
Key aspects of activity
- Philosophy of science
- History of science in the early modern period
- Marxism
- Anarchism
- Logic
Photo: UHH/Frede
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-2684
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Key aspects of activity
- Ancient philosophy and late antiquity
- Pre-Socratics
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Hellenism
Photo: UHH
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Philosophy
Key aspects of activity
- Studies concerning the logical structure and dynamics of empirical theories
- Problems at the interface between epistemology and philosophy of science
- Holism of confirmation
- Comparisons concerning the structure of descriptive (empirical) and normative (ethical) theories
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-2684
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Key aspects of activity
- Philosophy of language and logic
- Metaphysics
- History of analytic philosophy
Photo: UHH/Puster
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-2816
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
Key aspects of activity
- Methodological problems of the historiography of philosophy
- The reception of John Locke's philosophy
- Political liberalism and libertarianism
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-2684
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
Key aspects of activity
- Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- Metaphysics
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-2684
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
Key aspects of activity
- Dialektik
- Argumentationstheorie
- Wissenschaftstheorie
- Kulturtheorie
Research associates
Doktorand
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6
20146 Hamburg
Room: B12011, Philosopenturm
Research associate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12022, Philosophenturm
Email: jan.claas"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Office hours
by appointment
Key aspects of activity
- Philosophy of speech
- History of analytical philosophy
Photo: Eker
Postdoc
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12011, Philosophenturm
Photo: UHH, RRZ/MCC, Mentz
Doctoral candidate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12005, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-1738
Photo: Gerritsen/Uni Hamburg
Postdoctoral researcher: Funding program „Postdoctoral Fellowships“ within the Excellence Strategy (Universität Hamburg)
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12008, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-1730
Photo: Daniel Häuser
Research Associate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12024, Philosophenturm
Office hours
After agreement per mail
Key aspects of activity
- Political Philosophy of Migration
- Normative Ethics
- Meta-Ethics
Photo: Luchino Hagemeier
Research associate (Doctoral candidate)
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12005, Philosophenturm
Office hours
By appointment via e-mail.
Key aspects of activity
- Political philosophy
- Ethics
Research associate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: B12012, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-2816
Office hours
By appointment
Research Associate (Postdoc, Project "Entscheidungen und Wissen")
Institute of Philosophy
Überseering 35, #4 Postfach
22297 Hamburg
Room: 03018, Ü35
Tel: +49 40 42838-6551
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
Research Associate (Postdoc, Logic and Metaphysics of Ground)
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: B12010, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838 - 9168
Fax: +49 40 42838 - 3983
Office hours
Key aspects of activity
- Logic and metaphysics of grounding
- Philosophical logic
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of language
- History of analytic philosophy (Bolzano, Frege)
Photo: Samuel Lee
Research associate
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12014, Philturm
Email: samuel.lee"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Key aspects of activity
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Science
- Ethics and Normativity
Photo: UHH/privat
Research Associate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: 12th floor, Room B12013, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 428 38 - 3526
Fax: +49 40 428 38 - 3983
Office hours
By appointment per email
Key aspects of activity
- Analytic action theory
- Philosophy of the 19th & 20th century
- Political philosophy
Research associate
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12014, Philturm
PhD Student
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Post #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: B12011, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-1768
Office hours
per E-Mail
Research Associate (Postdoc, Relevance-Project)
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Post #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12014, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-9167
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
Key aspects of activity
- Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Bolzano
Research associate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6
20146
Room: C12024, Philosophenturm
Office hours
Appointment via E-Mail
Key aspects of activity
- Political and Social Philosophy
- Intergenerational Justice
- Children's Rights and Moral Status
- Family Justice
- Vulnerability
- Aggregation
- Democracy and Demographic Change
Photo: Stear Uni Hamburg
Research Associate
Institute of Philosophy
Überseering 35
22297 Hamburg
Room: 03014, Ü 35
Tel: +49 40 42838-7972
Office hours
by appointment
Photo: Tappe/Uni HH
Research Associate (PhD Student, Dr. Dr. Marco Meyer)
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: B12023, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-1765
Email: lily.tappe"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Key aspects of activity
- Applied Epistemology
- Collective Epistemic Responsibility
- Agnosticism and Philosophy of Religion
Photo: Ward/Uni Hamburg
Research Associate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12024, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-3226
Email: caleb.ward"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Key aspects of activity
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Feminist Philosophy
- Ethics
- Siehe -> https://www.calebward.xyz/
Photo: UHH/mariewuth
Research associate
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12008, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-4713
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Email: marie.wuth"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Key aspects of activity
- Political and social philosophy
- Feminist Philosophy
- Decolonial theory
- Environmental ethics
- Affect theory
Privatdozenten and contract university teachers
Research Associate (Postdoc, Prof. Gähde)
Institute of Philosophy
Überseering 35, #4 Postfach
22297 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40428 38 - 2295
Fax: +49 40428 38 - 3983
Technical, administrative and library staff
Examinationmnagement
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
22297 Hamburg
Room: C12003, Philturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-4718
Office hours
Contact only email
Key aspects of activity
- Examinationmnagement
System Engineer
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C9014, Philturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-6095
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
- Mo. - Thu. 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
- Fr. 08:00 am - 02:00 pm
Key aspects of activity
- IT Service Design and Service Transition
- IT service operation
- Support for the IT Coordinator
- Webmaster (and CMS-Admin) for the Philosophy Department
Coordination and Office Management
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12001, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-9255
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
- Contact only email
Key aspects of activity
- Coordination and Office Management
Studienmanager für den Studiengang Liberal Arts & Sciences
Institut für Liberal Arts & Sciences
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C 12023, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-7565
Office hours
- Dienstag 09:30-11:00 Uhr
- Donnerstag 09:30-12:00 Uhr
- oder nach Vereinbarung
- Bürozeiten: Mo - Fr: 08:00-15:30 Uhr
Key aspects of activity
- Studienmanagement Liberal Arts & Sciences (B.A.)
- Stellv. Leitung Studienbüro
Lehrveranstaltungsmanagement/Prüfungsmanagement
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12004, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-4716
Office hours
Dienstag 09:30-11:00 Uhr
Donnerstag 09:30-12:00 Uhr
oder nach Vereinbarung
Bürozeiten: Mo–Do, 09–14 Uhr
Key aspects of activity
- Lehrveranstaltungsmanagement Philosophie (B.A., M.A.)
- Prüfungsmanagement Liberal Arts & Science (B.A.)
Fachbereichsreferentin
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postfach #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: B12022, VMP6 / Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838-2295
Fax: +49 40 42838-3983
Office hours
- Sie erreichen mich dienstags, mittwochs und donnerstags.
Key aspects of activity
- Berufungsangelegenheiten
- Kapazitätsplanung
- Koordination und Beratung
- Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
- Raumplanung
- Ressourcenplanung und –steuerung
- Stellenplanung und -wirtschaft
- FB-Webseite
Business Office
Philosophisches Seminar
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12002, Philosophenturm
Office hours
- Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 13:00 PM
Key aspects of activity
- Office management
Student assistants
Student assistant
Institute of Philosophy
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postfach #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12002, Philosophenturm
Tel: +49 40 42838 4714
Office hours
- In the summer semester 2025: Tuesdays (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM), Wednesdays (12:00 PM - 3:00 PM), and Thursdays (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM).
- During the semester break: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
Key aspects of activity
- FB website
- Help desk
- Email distribution list
- Transponder orders
Other
Photo: Uni Hamburg/Meyer
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postbox #4
20146 Hamburg
Room: C12023, Philosophenturm
Key aspects of activity
- Organizational Ethics
- Virtue and Vice Epistemology
- Political Philosophy
- Digital Humanities
- Ethics of Finance