Category Archives: PhD Research

News, views and updates from our PhD researcher in the Department of Philosophy, University of Reading

International PhD Studentships!

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Department of Philosophy

The University of Reading is offering international PhD studentships available to start in September 2024. We award these to highly qualified applicants for research within the areas of science, life sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, and within the Henley … Continue reading →

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Two conferences! REAPP and Ratio

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Department of Philosophy

We are delighted to announce the first Reading Ethics and Political Philosophy Graduate/Early Careers Conference on 12th-13th June. Confirmed keynote speakers are Sarah Fine (KCL), Zofia Stemplowska (Oxford), and Fiona Woollard (Southampton). Please do consider attending, submitting an abstract or … Continue reading →

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Julia Mosquera at the British Society for Ethical Theory

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Department of Philosophy

Reading PhD student Julia Mosquera, who is writing a thesis on ethics and disability, has had her submission to this summer’s British Society for Ethical Theory (BSET) conference accepted for presentation and subsequent publication in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. … Continue reading →

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Second Southampton and Reading Joint MA Masterclass and SWW DTP Information Session

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Department of Philosophy

Wednesday 4th November, 13:00-17:30 University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Palmer Building G01 Speakers: Philip Stratton-Lake (Reading) and Alex Gregory (Southampton) There will be an information session on AHRC applications and PhD study in general. Staff will be available throughout the … Continue reading →

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Mosquera awarded Doctoral Scholarship

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Department of Philosophy

We’re delighted to announce that Reading PhD student Julia Mosquera has been awarded one of two competitive Society for Applied Philosophy doctoral scholarships (worth £10,000) for the coming academic year. This is a significant recognition of Julia’s work, and the competitive relief from … Continue reading →

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PhD student Geraldine Ng’s conference presentation in Oxford

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Department of Philosophy

On Saturday, Reading philosophy PhD student Geraldine Ng presented her paper ‘Practical Agents and the Social World’ at a large conference in Oxford marking 30 years since the publication of Bernard Williams’s book Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy. Ng … Continue reading →

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Updated profiles of our PhD students

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Department of Philosophy

Our departmental website is going through a Summer refresh, and you can see profiles of our PhD students and what they’re working on here.

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Spring Term Graduate Class

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Department of Philosophy

Prof. David Oderberg is running this term’s Graduate Class on The Metaphysics of Good and Evil. The schedule can be found here. The class runs on Thursdays in HumSS 73 from 2-4pm.

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Profiles of our PhD students

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Department of Philosophy

You can see profiles of our PhD students and what they’re working on here.

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Graduate research seminar

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Department of Philosophy

Sessions are at 11am on Thursdays in room G73, HumSS. Open to staff and PhD students in the Department. The schedule for the Spring Term is available here.

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