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Dr Sorin Baiasu has been promoted to Reader in Philosophy
Dr Sorin Baiasu, who came to Keele in 2007 following a Simon Research Fellowship and Lectureship in Philosophy at Manchester University, has been promoted to Reader in Philosophy in recognition of the excellence of his research, within the Kantian tradition, on the questions of the normativity and justification of moral and political standards. His work in Kantian studies runs from his 2001 PhD thesis, awarded the Ernest Baker Prize for the best dissertation in political theory by the UK Political Studies Association in 2002, to the monograph Kant and Sartre: Re-Discovering Critical Ethics (2011), which has already attracted plaudits from international specialists in the field.
Dr Baiasu has also published important articles in the principal peer-reviewed journals in his field, and has co-edited volumes on Politics and Metaphysics in Kant (2011) and Practical Justification in Kant: Interpretative Essays (forthcoming, 2012). He plays a leading role in the UK Kant Society, as its Secretary since 2006, and is co-convenor of the Kantian Political Thought Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). Much in demand as a plenary speaker at national and international conferences, he has co-edited a special issue of Kantian Review following a conference that he organised at the American Philosophical Association in Chicago.
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