Prof. Dr. Christine Straehle
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Professor of Practical Philosophy
Practical Philosophy
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Contact
Key aspects of activity
- Political Philosophy
- Moral Philosophy
- Ethics
Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
Ph.D., McGill University, Montreal, May 2007
Dissertation: Immigration, Individual Autonomy, and Social Justice: An Argument for a Redistributive Immigration Policy
(Supervisor: Alan Patten)
M.A., Marburg University, February 1997
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| 2019 | Professor for Practical Philosophy (W2 tenured), Institute for Philosophy, University of Hamburg |
| 2019 | Full Professor for Ethics and Applied Ethics (Cross-appointed), Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa |
| 2016 - 2017 | Inaugural Director & Full Professor (tenured), Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Groningen, NL |
| 2014 - 2019 | Associate Professor for Ethics and Applied Ethics (Cross-appointed), Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa |
| 2013 - 2019 | Associate Professor for Ethics and Applied Ethics (tenured), Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa |
| 2009 - 2013 | Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa |
| 2007 - 2009 | Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Département de Philosophie, Université du Québec à Montréal |
| 2004 - 2005 | Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University UK |
RESEARCH GRANTS
| 2023 | Climate Change, Autonomy and Human Needs, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada (PI) |
| 2022 | Vulnerability and the State, Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (PI) |
| 2021 | At the Margins of Equality: A Theory of Vulnerability to Social Exclusion, EU – MSCE Horizon 21 |
| 2021 | Graduate Program Collective Decision Making, Deutsche Forschungs- gesellschaft – PhD Position |
| 2018 | Asylum, Refugee and Health Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada (PI) |
| 2017 | Justice and Markets, Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada (PI) |
| 2014 | Vulnerability in Health Canadian Institute for Health Research (PI) |
| 2012 | Vulnerability in Context, Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada (PI) |
| 2011 | The Politics and Ethics of Temporary Labour Migration (Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada (PI) |
| 2011 | Migration in Perspective, Deutscher Akademischer Ausstauschdienst (PI) |
| 2010 | Ethique et Politique Publique, Fonds du Québec de Recherche Scientifique (FQRSC) (Co-Applicant) |
SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
| 2021 – 2023 | Head of Department Institute for Philosophy, University Hamburg |
| 2020 – 2021 | Deputy Head of Department, Institute for Philosophy, University of Hamburg |
| 2016 – 2017 | Inaugural Director, Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Groningen |
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Research Funding Application Assessment Activities
- External Reviewer, Finnish Academy of Science Research Grants 2024-2025, 2025-2026
- Committee Member, DFG – Corona Projects in the Humanities Dec 2020
- Scientific Reviewer, NWO (Netherlands) 2018-2019
- Scientific Reviewer, Norway Research Council, 2017-2018
- Committee Member, CIHR Catalyst Ethics Grant Competition, 2016
- Committee Member, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant competition, 2014 and 2015
- External Reviewer, Postdoctoral Grants, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen (FWO), Belgium, April 2015
- External Academic Reviewer, Wellcome Trust, Ethics and Society Investigator Award competition, December 2014
- External Reviewer, Initiative d'Excellence Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Université de Paris IV (Paris- Sorbonne) March 2014
- External Reviewer, Scientific Cooperation, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO), Belgium July 2012
Editorial Work
- Editor, Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric (DFG funded) http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/index.php/gjn
Peer-Review Activities
Book Manuscript Referee:
- Cambridge University Press
- Oxford University Press
- Routledge
- University of British Columbia Press
Manuscript Review Referee:
- American Political Science Review
- Canadian Journal of Philosophy
- Comparative Migration Studies
- Critical Review of International and Social Political Philosophy
- Dialogue
- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
- Ethics and International Affairs
- European Journal of Political Theory
- Journal of Applied Philosophy
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
- Journal of Political Philosophy
- Journal of Social Philosophy
- Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
- Philosophy and Medicine
- Medicine and Law
- Social Theory and Practice
Expert Witness Activities
| 2014 – 2014 | Expert Witness, House of Commons Standing Committee on Migration “Issues facing vulnerable women migrants in Canada”, Ottawa 1 April 2014 https://openparliament.ca/committees/immigration/41-2/18/prof-christine-straehle-1/only/ |
Committee Memberships
| 2018 – 2020 | Member, International Advisory Board, Institute of Population and Public Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| 2016 – 2018 | Member, International Advisory Board, Institute of Health Promotion and Prevention, Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
MEMBERSHIPS OF ACADEMIES / SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
College of the Royal Society of Canada
Hamburger Akademie der Wissenschaften
American Philosophical Association
Canadian Philosophical Association
Society for Applied Philosophy
Areas of research
From a historical point of view I am interested in Late Medieval and Early Modern philosophy, where I focus mainly on metaphysical questions (about causality and modality), epistemological questions (scepticism), and questions of the philosophy of mind (theories of intentionality and mental faculties). I am also intersted in these questions from a purely systematical point of view.
On top of that, I am interested in methodological questions about the nature and epistemic goal of philosophy as well as in the relation between philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Publikationen
Die Publikationsliste (Stand Monat Jahr) entnehmen Sie bitte folgender Datei:
- Publikationsliste (pdf)
Stipendien und Auszeichnungen
HONOURS, FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES
| 2023 – 2024 | Professor II Institute for Philosophy, Bergen University |
| 2022 – 2023 | Senior Fellow, Swedish Colloquium of Advanced Studies |
| 2021 | Member of the Hamburg Academy of Science |
| 2020 | Associate Member, Nuffield College, University of Oxford UK |
| 2019 | Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada |
| 2019 | Royal Society of Canada – Kitty Newman Prize for Social Philosophy |
| 2018 | Visiting Fellow, Brocher Foundation, Geneva |
| 2015 - 2016 | DAAD/John Stuart Mill Visiting Chair, Department of Philosophy, Hamburg University |
| 2014 | Visiting Fellow, Brocher Foundation, Geneva |
| 2013 | Visiting Fellow, Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Department of Philosophy, University St. Andrews, Scotland |
| 2012 | Invited Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities - Justitia Amplificata, Frankfurt University, Germany |
| 2011 - 2012 | Research Award for Young Scholars Social Science Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| 2010 | Best Francophone Teacher Award, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa |
| 2007 - 2008 | Research Fellow, Summer Institute for Advanced Study on Citizenship and Migration, National Humanities Center and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin |
| 2006 - 2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow Centre de Recherche en Éthique, Université de Montréal |
| 2002-2004 | Hydro Quebec Doctoral Scholarship, McGill University |
| 1997-1998 | Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Politics, Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Ottawa |
Projekte
Lehre
Mitarbeiter, Doktoranden, Hilfskräfte
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Deputy Head of Department
- Commissioner for Research, International Affairs and Erasmus
- Representative in the PhD Board
- Commissioner for Student Orientation