Jan-Christoph Heilinger

Chair of Moral and Political Philosophy

I research and teach in the fields of ethics and political philosophy. I am particularly interested in theories of relational equality and global justice, including their practical relevance to issues such as climate justice, public health ethics and the ethics of new technologies. I am influenced by Enlightenment philosophy, American pragmatism, and contemporary feminist and intersectional political philosophy. Methodologically, I am committed to analytical philosophy and strive to make clear and thorough arguments without losing sight of the big philosophical questions.

I support the work of the Network for Sustainable Science, the Network against Abuse of Power in Science and the Society for Women in Philosophy.

Professional background

Since 2023

Chair of Moral and Political Philosophy, Witten/Herdecke University

Since 2014

Permanent visiting professor (professeur invité en philosophie), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université d'Etat, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

2020-2023

Researcher and lecturer, Philosophy/Applied Ethics, RWTH Aachen University

2013-2020

Academic Director of the Munich Centre for Ethics (MKE), Researcher and in Philosophy, LMU Munich

2016

"Habilitation" (venia legendi: Philosophy), LMU Munich

2010-2013

Postdoc, Ethics Centre, University of Zurich

2010

PhD, Philosophy, Humboldt University of Berlin

2004-2010

Scientific Coordinator and Researcher, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

2003-2004

Editorial assistant, De Gruyter publishers, Berlin

2003

M.A. Philosophy, Humboldt University of Berlin

1998-2003

Reading philosophy at the Universities of Cologne, Paris (Paris-IV Sorbonne and Paris-X Nanterre) and Berlin (Humboldt)

Research stays abroad

Rutgers University (2023), The New School for Social Research (2020), University of Sydney (2017), ENS Paris (2012), NYU (2011), Columbia University (2009), University of Zurich (2008)

Jan-Christoph Heilinger's publications are gradually being recorded in the university bibliography.