Hi!
Hi! I am Viktoria, a philosopher at Saarland University.
My research focuses on topics in feminist philosophy, the philosophy of language, metaphilosophy, and metaphysics. Starting April 2026, I will lead the Emmy Noether group 'Gender: Language & Metaphysics' (GLAM). More info coming soon!
I am a board member of SW*IP Germany.
I have recently published papers on the normativity of gender, merely verbal disputes and metalinguistic negotiations. You can find my research here and on my PhilPeople account.
My book (in German, open access) develops an interpretation of the personal identity debate as a merely verbal dispute.
After finishing my PhD at Universität Hamburg in autumn 2020, I worked as an assistant professor/lecturer ("wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin") at Universität Bonn and Technische Universität Dresden, and as a guest professor at Humboldt University Berlin. I have also spent some time abroad, visiting ConceptLab, Oslo, and Arché, St. Andrews. I am a first generation academic, my family runs a bakery.
Besides philosophy, I love tea, wine, whiskey and vegan cooking. I also enjoy reading and gardening, and I care a lot about animal rights. (Until recently, I had a crazy cat called Flensburger.) My partner Moritz is also a philosopher. You can check him out here.
My research focuses on topics in feminist philosophy, the philosophy of language, metaphilosophy, and metaphysics. Starting April 2026, I will lead the Emmy Noether group 'Gender: Language & Metaphysics' (GLAM). More info coming soon!
I am a board member of SW*IP Germany.
I have recently published papers on the normativity of gender, merely verbal disputes and metalinguistic negotiations. You can find my research here and on my PhilPeople account.
My book (in German, open access) develops an interpretation of the personal identity debate as a merely verbal dispute.
After finishing my PhD at Universität Hamburg in autumn 2020, I worked as an assistant professor/lecturer ("wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin") at Universität Bonn and Technische Universität Dresden, and as a guest professor at Humboldt University Berlin. I have also spent some time abroad, visiting ConceptLab, Oslo, and Arché, St. Andrews. I am a first generation academic, my family runs a bakery.
Besides philosophy, I love tea, wine, whiskey and vegan cooking. I also enjoy reading and gardening, and I care a lot about animal rights. (Until recently, I had a crazy cat called Flensburger.) My partner Moritz is also a philosopher. You can check him out here.
News!
[TALKS] Talks, talks, talks! I was recently in Heidelberg (invited by Alex Wiegmann and Nora Heinzelmann) to present a new paper. In the autumn, I'll be heading to Frankfurt and visit Esther Neuhann's colloquium, and I'll also be giving talks in Hamburg (at an event in honour of Ulrich Gähde) and Bremerhaven. Looking ahead, DenXte has kindly invited me to Düsseldorf in January 2027. You can check out their cool events here.
[PUB.PHIL.] I was once again invited onto a podcast to talk about my research on gender and the Emmy Noether group (in German)! You can check out the episode here.
[PAPER] Yeahi! I have a new paper coming out soon in Metaphilosophy. It's on merely verbal disputes and personal identity. Very happy about this!
[REVIEW] I reviewed Rach Cosker-Rowland's new book Gender Identity - What It Is & Why It Matters for Ethics.
[PUB.PHIL.] I recently engaged in some public philosophy (in German): here’s a GAP introductory video on personal identity, a short video on gender with ElfenbeinSturm, an interview on the YouTube channel philosophisch gefragt, and a podcast with Philosophie für alle!
[GRANT] GLAMorous news! The DFG is funding my Emmy Noether project "Gender – Language and Metaphysics" (GLAM), starting in April 2026. More info on positions coming soon.
[JOB] Job news keep coming in – and this time, especially good ones! I started a permanent position at Saarland University in October 2025.
[JOB] Delighted to share that I started a 3-year guest professorship at HU Berlin in April 2025. Excited for the work ahead!
[TALKS] Talks in 2025! I’ll be speaking about Amie Thomasson’s new book (March, Vienna), conceptual engineering and domination (April, Bologna), the metaphysics of gender (June, Göttingen), and as a keynote at the Young Minds Conference 2025 (Bielefeld, October). Excited to get to work!
[BOOK] My book on merely verbal disputes and the personal identity debate is out! You can download it here.
[PAPER] So happy that my paper "The Normativity of Gender Discourse: A Pragmatic Approach" will be published in The Philosophical Quarterly!
[CONFERENCE] The next SWIP Germany annual meeting will take place in Dresden on November 8, 2024. Save the date! (Topic: Structural Injustice; Keynote by Katharine Jenkins, Glasgow. Co-organisers: Tamara Jugov & Jana Stern.)
[TALKS] New talks coming up in May 2024 in Göttingen and Düsseldorf. (Very happy to be a part of the GAP-lecture series on contested concepts!)
[PUB.PHIL.] I was once again invited onto a podcast to talk about my research on gender and the Emmy Noether group (in German)! You can check out the episode here.
[PAPER] Yeahi! I have a new paper coming out soon in Metaphilosophy. It's on merely verbal disputes and personal identity. Very happy about this!
[REVIEW] I reviewed Rach Cosker-Rowland's new book Gender Identity - What It Is & Why It Matters for Ethics.
[PUB.PHIL.] I recently engaged in some public philosophy (in German): here’s a GAP introductory video on personal identity, a short video on gender with ElfenbeinSturm, an interview on the YouTube channel philosophisch gefragt, and a podcast with Philosophie für alle!
[GRANT] GLAMorous news! The DFG is funding my Emmy Noether project "Gender – Language and Metaphysics" (GLAM), starting in April 2026. More info on positions coming soon.
[JOB] Job news keep coming in – and this time, especially good ones! I started a permanent position at Saarland University in October 2025.
[JOB] Delighted to share that I started a 3-year guest professorship at HU Berlin in April 2025. Excited for the work ahead!
[TALKS] Talks in 2025! I’ll be speaking about Amie Thomasson’s new book (March, Vienna), conceptual engineering and domination (April, Bologna), the metaphysics of gender (June, Göttingen), and as a keynote at the Young Minds Conference 2025 (Bielefeld, October). Excited to get to work!
[BOOK] My book on merely verbal disputes and the personal identity debate is out! You can download it here.
[PAPER] So happy that my paper "The Normativity of Gender Discourse: A Pragmatic Approach" will be published in The Philosophical Quarterly!
[CONFERENCE] The next SWIP Germany annual meeting will take place in Dresden on November 8, 2024. Save the date! (Topic: Structural Injustice; Keynote by Katharine Jenkins, Glasgow. Co-organisers: Tamara Jugov & Jana Stern.)
[TALKS] New talks coming up in May 2024 in Göttingen and Düsseldorf. (Very happy to be a part of the GAP-lecture series on contested concepts!)
