Academic education
1998
Habilitation at the Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät of Heidelberg University, Germany / Venia legendi for Philosophy
1981 – 1988
Promotion (PhD) at the Department of Philosophy of Heidelberg University, Germany
1981
Staatsexamen (final university examination – corresponding to an M.A. degree) in Philosophy and French Language and Literature
SS 1977 – SS 1981
Continuing studies at Heidelberg University, Germany
WS 1976/77
Studies at the Université de Poitiers, France
WS 1974/75 – SS 1976
Studies of Philosophy and Romanic Languages and Literature (French and Italian) at Heidelberg University, Germany
Academic career
2010 – present
Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
2008 – present
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science
July 2007 – June 2017
Member of the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), Oslo, Norway
September 2003 – present
Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy of Oslo University, Norway
October 2002 – August 2003
Research Lecturer (funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at the Department of Philosophy at Karlsruhe University, Germany (Project: Objective Validity and Motivational Force of Moral Norms – On Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy)
April – September 2002
Temporary Chair in Philosophy (replacement for Professor Ursula Wolf) at the Department of Philosophy at Mannheim University, Germany
April 2001 – March 2002
Research Lecturer (funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at the Department of Philosophy at Karlsruhe University, Germany (Project: Objective Validity and Motivational Force of Moral Norms – On Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy)
June 2000 – March 2001
Privatdozentin at the Department of Philosophy at Heidelberg University, Germany
January – May 2000
Visiting Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (teaching in English)
October – December 1999
Temporary Lecturer at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil (teaching in French and English)
April – July 1999
Lecturer / Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Heidelberg University, Germany
October 1998 – February 1999
Temporary Chair in Philosophy (replacement for Professor Martin Seel at the Zentrum für Philosophie und Grundlagen der Wissenschaft of the Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, Germany)
October 1996 – September 1998
Research Lecturer (funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at the Department of Philosophy at Heidelberg University, Germany
April 1986 – March 1996
Lecturer / Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Heidelberg University, Germany
Academic visits
September 2020 – June 2021
Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, Germany
January – April 2019
Visiting Scholar at the University of Arizona, USA
June – December 2018
Visiting Scholar at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany
April – May 2018
Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford, UK
November 2017 – February 2018
Visiting Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago de Chile
September – December 2013
Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago
March – April 2011
Visiting Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago de Chile
February – March 2010
Visiting Professor at CAPPE at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia
January – May 2000
Visiting Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
October – December 1999
Temporary Lecturer at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil
October – December 1996
Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy of Columbia University, New York, USA. Mentor: Prof. Dr. Arthur C. Danto
October 1990 – September 1991
Visiting Scholar in Cambridge, UK (Fellow Commoner at Churchill College). Mentor: Prof. Dr. Edward Craig
WS 1976/77
Studies at the Université de Poitiers, France
Fundraising
July 2007
Funding of a Centre of Excellence, the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN) by the Norwegian Research Council – in cooperation with the CSMN team
October 2002
Funding of a Conference on Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy (held in June 2003 in Heidelberg, Germany) by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
April 2001
Funding of the Research Project: “Objective Validity and Motivational Force of moral Norms – On Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy” by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Grants
October 1996 – July 1998
Research Grant provided by the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaf
October 1990 – September 1991
Grant of the British Council for the Visiting Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, UK
January 1983 – June 1985
Grant for the PhD provided by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
December 1981 – December 1982
Grant for the PhD provided by Heidelberg University
September 1978
Grant of the Italian Ambassy in Germany for the Italian Language Course in Perugia, Italy
April 1978
Member of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German foundation for the support of highly talented students)
WS 1976/77
Grant of the DAAD for supporting the Studies at Poitiers, France
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