My name's Callum, and I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC-funded ROBOCRIM project at Jagiellonian University, which is hosted by the Faculty of Law and Administration. (For those unfamiliar with the name, that's 'Cal' as in 'California' and 'lum' as in 'lumber'.) From 2024-2025 I was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie POLONEZ BIS Fellow at Jagiellonian University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics.
My main areas of specialisation are social and political philosophy and Marx and Marxism. I’m particularly interested in normative political philosophy and my research focuses on various issues related to the nature of equality, freedom, and justice (especially as these things figure in our thinking about the design of economic institutions).
My main areas of specialisation are social and political philosophy and Marx and Marxism. I’m particularly interested in normative political philosophy and my research focuses on various issues related to the nature of equality, freedom, and justice (especially as these things figure in our thinking about the design of economic institutions).
I also have a side interest in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and meta-ethics—across which I’m interested in questions regarding the limits of naturalism. I'm also becoming increasingly interested in philosophy of technology.
I like to teach various different kinds of philosophy and I’m interested in pedagogical theory, particularly as it applies to education in philosophy. (See my teaching page for more information about my experience and approach to teaching.)
I like to teach various different kinds of philosophy and I’m interested in pedagogical theory, particularly as it applies to education in philosophy. (See my teaching page for more information about my experience and approach to teaching.)
You can find a copy of my academic CV here.