Biography
Matilda joined the department in 2021 after completing her PhD research at University College London. She holds two teaching awards from her time as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research interests and PhD supervision
- Contemporary political philosophy
- Philosophy of disability
- Philosophy of ageing
- Care ethics
- Philosophy of sex and gender
Selected publications
The Indirect-First Approach: Towards Non-Dominating Dementia Care, Res Publica (published online 25th November 2021) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11158-021-09540-1
Advance Directives: The Principle of Determining Authenticity." Hastings Center Report 52, no. 1 (2022), 32-41. doi:10.1002/hast.1338. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hast.1338
Grief, Trauma and Mistaken Identity: Ethically Deceiving People Living with Dementia in Complex Cases Bioethics (2021) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bioe.12963
“Trans Women are (or are Becoming) Female: Disputing the Endogeneity Constraint,” Hypatia 2021 (forthcoming)
“Ethical Deception? Responding to Parallel Subjectivities in People Living with Dementia,” Disability Studies Quarterly 40, no. 3 (Summer 2020). https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6444/5706
”Supported Voting: a How-To Guide”, Journal of Applied Philosopy 2021 (co-authored with Kasim Khorasanee) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/japp.12505
Teaching
Matilda teaches a range of subjects in political and social philosophy. She also has teaching competence in bioethics and feminist philosophy.