Prof. Dr. Matthew Braham

02/2017	–	Present	W3 Professor for Practical Philosophy, Universität Hamburg
11/2010	–	01/2017	W3 Professor for Political Philosophy, Universität Bayreuth
04/2010	–	10/2010	W3 (Temp) Professor für Political Philosophy, Universität Bayreuth
10/2009	–	03/2010	Assistant Professor of Ethics, University of Groningen
04/2009	–	09/2009	W3 (Temp) Professor for Philosophy, Universität Bayreuth
09/2007	–	03/2009	Assistant Professor of Ethics, University of Groningen
03/2005	–	08/2007	Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Universität Hamburg
10/2004	–	02/2005	Adam Smith Guest Professor for Philosophy & Economics, Universität Bayreuth
01/2001	–	09/2004	Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Universität Hamburg
10/1998	–	12/2000	Fellow, DFG Research Training Group Economic Analysis of Civil Law, Institute of Law & Economics, Universität Hamburg

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Degrees

• Dr. rer. pol., Universität Hamburg (Essays in Power, Freedom, and Success: Concepts, Measurements, and Applications), 09/2004
• M.Sc Economic and Social History, University of Oxford, 11/1996
• B.Sc Human Science, University College London, 08/1990

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Prizes and Honours

• 2nd European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, 2013

Power, Freedom, and Responsibility

My research is focussed on power, freedom, causation, responsibility, Kant, and libertarianism, and the norms of policy-making (much of this is joint work with Martin van Hees). My research is characterized by the application of formal methods from game theory and social choice. I have also published on voting rules, voting power, and topics in law & economics.

Journal Articles

Braham, M. and van Hees, M. (forthcoming). Voids or Fragmentation: Moral Responsibility for Collective Outcomes, Economic Journal [pdf]

Braham, M. and van Hees, M. (2015). The Impossibility of Pure Libertarianism, Journal of Philosophy 111: 420–436.

Braham, M. and van Hees, M. (2015). The Formula of Universal Law: A Reconstruction. Erkenntnis 80: 243–260.

Braham, M. and van Hees, M. (2014). Ordering the Right and the Good, Practically Speaking. Journal of Value Inquiry 48: 95–105.

Braham, M. and van Hees, M. (2012). An Anatomy of Responsibility. Mind 121: 601–634.

Braham, M. and van Hees, M. (2011). Responsibility Voids. Philosophical Quarterly 61: 6–15.

Braham, M. and van Hees, M. (2009). Degrees of Causation. Erkenntnis 71: 323–344.

Braham, M. (2007). Adam Smith’s Concept of Social Welfare. Acta Philosophica Fennica 83: 187–206.

Braham, M. and Steffen, F. (2007). The Chairman’s Paradox Revisited. Social Choice and Welfare 21: 231–253.

Braham, M. (2006). Measuring Specific Freedom. Economics and Philosophy 22: 1–17.

Bolle, F. and Braham, M. (2006). A Difficulty with Oaths: On Trust, Trustworthiness, and Signalling. European Journal of Law and Economics 22: 219–232.

Braham, M. (2005). Causation and the Measurement of Power, Homo Oeconomicus 22: 645–653 (special issue Power Measures III, edited by G. Gambarelli and M.J. Holler).

Braham, M. and Holler, M.J. (2005). Power and Preferences Again: A Reply. Journal of Theoretical Politics 17: 389–395.

Braham, M and Holler M.J. (2005). The Impossibility of a Preference-based Power Index. Journal of Theoretical Politics 17: 135–157.

Braham, M. and Steffen, F. (2003). Voting Rules in Insolvency Law: A Simple-Game Theoretic Approach, International Review of Law and Economics 22: 421–442.

Braham, M. and Braham, M.L. (2003). Romani Migrations and EU Enlargement: Reply to Critics and Some Epistemological Considerations for Policy-Making, Nationalities Papers 31: 47–61.

Braham, M. (2000). Non-Contractual Relations in Business Re-Examined: A Critical Assessment of Macaulay’s Legal Realism. Homo Oeconomicus 16: 463–472.

Braham, M. and Braham, M.L. (2000). Romani Migrations and EU Enlargement. Cambridge Review of International Affairs 13: 97–117.

Bolle, F., Braham, M. and Steland, A. (1999). Saving the Honour of Weimar? Remarks on Rankings. Homo Oeconomicus 16, 205–217.

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Book Chapters

Braham, M. (2008). Social Power and Social Causation, in M. Braham and F. Steffen (eds), Power, Freedom, and Voting, Springer.

Braham, M. and Holler, M.J. (2008). Distributing Causal Responsibility in Collectivities, in R. Gekker, and T. Boylan (eds), Economics, Rational Choice, and Normative Philosophy, Routledge.

Braham, M. (2010) Entries on ‘Causation’ and ‘Preference vs. Non-Preference Based Concepts’, in K. M. Dowding (ed.) Encyclopedia of Power, Sage.

Braham, M. and Härmälä, T. (2002). Comment on Bruno S. Frey and Marcel Kucher, People Pay for Power, in M.J. Holler et al. (eds), Jahrbuch für Neue Politische Ökonomie, vol. 20, Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 168–176.

Braham, M. and Steffen, F. (2002). Voting Power in Games with Abstentions, in M.J. Holler et al. (eds), Jahrbuch für Neue Politische Ökonomie, vol. 20, Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 333–348.

Braham, M. and Steffen, F. (2002). Comment on Gianfranco Gambarelli and Guillermo Owen, Power in Political and Business Structures, in M.J. Holler et al. (eds), Jahrbuch für Neue Politische Ökonomie, vol. 20, Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 69–78.

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Edited Volumes

Braham, M. and Steffen, F. (eds) (2008). Power, Freedom, and Voting. Springer.

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Translations

Economic Analysis of Civil Law by Hans-Bernd Schäfer and Claus Ott, Edward Elgar (2004) (Orig.: Ökonomische Analyse des Zivilrechts (3rd edn) Springer, 2000).

Summer semester 2017

• Sabbatical

Winter semester 2017-18

• Einführungsvorlesung & -seminar: Praktische Philosophie - Ethik (P)(Philosophie BA)
• Ethics (PEP MSc, Philosophy MA)
• Interdisciplinary Seminar: Markets, Norms, and Law (PEP MSc)
• Normative Theory Group: Research Colloquium