Dr. Simon Gansinger
Main Focus
- Political jurisprudence of criminal law
- G.W.F. Hegel’s theory of law
- Critical legal theory (esp. Frankfurt School)
- Theories of adjudication
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2024: Postdoctoral Fellow, Independent Research Group “Criminal Law Theory,” Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
2023–2024: Early Career Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick
2019–2024: Senior Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick
2018–2023: Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Warwick (UK), thesis: “Reasons of State as Reasons in Law: Understanding Deep Legal Change with Hegel’s Theory of Adjudication,” supervised by David James, Kimberley Brownlee, and Sameer Bajaj
2015–2018: M.A. in Philosophy, University of Vienna
2010–2015: B.A. in English and American Studies, University of Vienna
2010–2014: B.A. in Philosophy, University of Vienna
2010–2014: B.A. in Political Science, University of Vienna