Prof. Dr. Matthew Braham

02/2017	–	Present	W3 Professor für Praktische Philosophie, Universität Hamburg
11/2010	–	01/2017	W3 Professor für Politische Philosophie, Universität Bayreuth
04/2010	–	10/2010	W3 Vertr.-Professor für Politische Philosophie, Universität Bayreuth
10/2009	–	03/2010	Assistant Professor für Ethik, Universität Groningen
04/2009	–	09/2009	W3 Vertr.-Professor für Philosophie, Universität Bayreuth
09/2007	–	03/2009	Assistant Professor für Ethik, Universität Groningen
03/2005	–	08/2007	Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Universität Hamburg
10/2004	–	02/2005	Adam Smith Guest Professor for Philosophy & Economics, University of 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

Studium und Promotion

• 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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Preise und Auszeichnungen

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

Macht, Freiheit und Verantwortung

Meine Forschung weist einen systematischen und interdisziplinären Schwerpunkt in politischer Philosophie auf und umfasst auch Aspekte der Wohlfahrtsökonomik sowie der politischen Theorie. Überwiegend beschäftige ich mich mit Kernbereichen politischer und moralischer Philosophie, insbesondere der systematischen Analyse von Macht, Freiheit und Verantwortung. Mein wissenschaftliches Ziel ist es, unser Verständnis von individueller moralischer Verantwortung im Rahmen kollektiver Handlungen zu systematisieren und zu fördern. Dabei sind für mich sowohl strukturierte Arten der Entscheidungsfindung, bspw. in Gremien, als auch dezentralisierte Arten wie Markttransaktionen von Bedeutung.

Aufsätze in Fachzeitschriften

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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Beiträge in Sammelwerken

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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Herausgeberschaft

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

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Übersetzung

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

Sommersemester 2017

• forschungsfreies Semester

Wintersemester 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