Jens Timmermann#
| Membership Number: | 6414 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/people/jt28/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4155-3288 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 Professor (Chair) of Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews
- 2011 Reader in Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews
- 2008 Senior Lecturer in Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews
- 2000 Lecturer in Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews
- 1997 Douglas Price Junior Research Fellow, Keble College, Oxford
- Visiting professorships (longer term, teaching):
- 2022 Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Brandeis University (spring semester)
- 2017 Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Brandeis University (fall semester)
- 2015 Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Luxembourg (autumn semester, one class, invited)
- 2015 Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna (summer semester, two classes, invited)
Fields of Scholarship
- Moral, legal and political philosophy
- Kant
- Ancient philosophy
Honours and Awards
- 2020 - 2021 Senior Visiting Fellow, Alfried Krupp Kolleg, Greifswald (with K. Moran, Brandeis)
- 2014 Global Visiting Professor, Keio University, Tokyo (two lectures, invited)
- 2012 - 2013 Visiting Fellow, Centre for Bioethics, University of Münster (whole year, invited)
- 2010 Junior International Kant Prize, XI. International Kant Congress, Pisa/Lucca
- 2009 Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge (Lent and Easter Terms); now Life Member
- 2007 - 2008 Research Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (whole year)
- 2007 Corti Visiting Fellow, Ethikzentrum, University of Zurich (summer semester, invited)
- 2005 European Visiting Fellowship, Royal Society of Edinburgh, held at Göttingen
- 2004 China Visiting Fellowship, Royal Society of Edinburgh, held at Peking University
- 2000 Coimbra Group Visiting Research Fellow, University of Pavia, Italy (six months)
- 1998 - 2000 Feodor Lynen Fellow, A. v. Humboldt Foundation, at Keble College, Oxford
- 1995 - 1997 Doctoral Fellow, German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung)
- 1993 - 1994 Studienstiftung UK Scholarship, held at Balliol College, Oxford
- 1991 - 1995 Fellow, German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung)
