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Andrea  Sangiovanni

Professor Andrea Sangiovanni

Professor of Philosophy

  • Head of Department, Philosophy

Research interests

  • Philosophy

Pronouns

He/him

Biography

Andrea Sangiovanni is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London. His main areas of research are in contemporary moral, legal, and political philosophy. He received his BA and PhD from Harvard University. Before joining the Philosophy Department at KCL (in 2007), he was a Randall Dillard Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (2005-2007). From 2018-2020, he was Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute, Fiesole. He is currently working on an ERC-funded project (Consolidator Grant, 2018-2024) on solidarity in Europe. He is the author of _Solidarity: Nature, Grounds, and Value_ (Manchester University Press, forthcoming Nov 2024, available OpenAccess), which will also include five critical essays by Catherine Lu, Sally Scholz, Rainer Forst, Avery Kolers, and Jared Holley, and Humanity without Dignity: Moral Equality, Respect, and Human Rights (Harvard University Press, 2017) on the idea of moral equality and its importance for human rights.

Research interests PhD supervision

Professor Sangiovanni's main areas of research are in contemporary moral, legal, and political philosophy. Current research interests include: the value and nature of solidarity; social and moral hierarchy; international and global justice, especially with respect to regional organizations like the EU; human rights; the nature of social kinds. At KCL, I teach a range of modules, from the first-year introduction to political philosophy to more advanced topics in political and moral philosophy, such as on the concept of moral equality. I supervise graduate students in a wide range of topics within moral, legal, and political, but most of them work within one or more of the following four areas:

  • Solidarity
  • International and global justice
  • Moral and social equality
  • Practice-dependence and/or conceptual engineering

For more details, please see his personal webpage

Teaching

Professor Sangiovanni has previously taught on the following modules

Undergraduate modules:

  • 5AANB007 Political II: Theories of Justice (convenor)
  • 6AANA046 Topics in Political Philosophy

Postgraduate modules:

  • 7AAN2081 Political Philosophy (convenor)
  • 7AAN2082 Political Philosophy II: Special Topics

See also Professor Sangiovanni's personal webpage

    Research

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    EUSOL Project - Solidarity in the European Union

    EUSOL seeks to provide philosophically sophisticated, empirically informed answers to these questions across a range of issues that currently divide the EU.

    Project status: Ongoing

    datafutures
    Centre for Data Futures

    Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.

    News

    King's launches 'first-of-its-kind' degree in AI & Philosophy

    The new BSc aims to equip students with technical and critical skills that open doors to careers in tech, government, journalism, business, research and more.

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    Events

    06JunThe Ethics of Exclusion thumbnail (1)

    The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations

    The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations workshop

    Please note: this event has passed.

    17Jun1920px-Flag_of_Europe.svg

    Book Workshop: Towards a Just Europe

    Book workshop on João Labreda's book, Towards a Just Europe (on Zoom)

    Please note: this event has passed.

    07Junrefugee boat

    Solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy

    Workshop on solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy

    Please note: this event has passed.

    13MayEurope dark

    Whatever it Takes? How to Move Ahead in Post-Crisis Europe

    Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #3

    Please note: this event has passed.

    03Jun

    Constitutional Design of the European Union: Getting Rid of the Unanimity Rule

    Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #5

    Please note: this event has passed.

    17Juneu flag

    The Future of EU Unemployment Insurance: An Ethical Perspective

    Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #6

    Please note: this event has passed.

    06Maydigital

    Digital Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Education

    Conversations for the Future of Europe 2020 #2

    Please note: this event has passed.

    22Mayeu flag

    The Future of Direct Democratic Voting in the EU

    conversations for the furture of europe 2020 #4

    Please note: this event has passed.

    11FebEUSOL flag

    The Future of Inequality in Europe

    Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2020 #1

    Please note: this event has passed.

    15Janrefugees welcome

    The Future of Refugee Policy and Burden-Sharing in Europe

    Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2019 #1

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      rails-3309912-4-1024x683
      EUSOL Project - Solidarity in the European Union

      EUSOL seeks to provide philosophically sophisticated, empirically informed answers to these questions across a range of issues that currently divide the EU.

      Project status: Ongoing

      datafutures
      Centre for Data Futures

      Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.

      News

      King's launches 'first-of-its-kind' degree in AI & Philosophy

      The new BSc aims to equip students with technical and critical skills that open doors to careers in tech, government, journalism, business, research and more.

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      Events

      06JunThe Ethics of Exclusion thumbnail (1)

      The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations

      The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations workshop

      Please note: this event has passed.

      17Jun1920px-Flag_of_Europe.svg

      Book Workshop: Towards a Just Europe

      Book workshop on João Labreda's book, Towards a Just Europe (on Zoom)

      Please note: this event has passed.

      07Junrefugee boat

      Solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy

      Workshop on solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy

      Please note: this event has passed.

      13MayEurope dark

      Whatever it Takes? How to Move Ahead in Post-Crisis Europe

      Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #3

      Please note: this event has passed.

      03Jun

      Constitutional Design of the European Union: Getting Rid of the Unanimity Rule

      Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #5

      Please note: this event has passed.

      17Juneu flag

      The Future of EU Unemployment Insurance: An Ethical Perspective

      Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #6

      Please note: this event has passed.

      06Maydigital

      Digital Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Education

      Conversations for the Future of Europe 2020 #2

      Please note: this event has passed.

      22Mayeu flag

      The Future of Direct Democratic Voting in the EU

      conversations for the furture of europe 2020 #4

      Please note: this event has passed.

      11FebEUSOL flag

      The Future of Inequality in Europe

      Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2020 #1

      Please note: this event has passed.

      15Janrefugees welcome

      The Future of Refugee Policy and Burden-Sharing in Europe

      Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2019 #1

      Please note: this event has passed.