Professor Andrea Sangiovanni
Professor of Philosophy
- Head of Department, Philosophy
Research interests
- Philosophy
Contact details
Pronouns
He/him
Biography
Andrea Sangiovanni is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London. His main areas of research are in contemporary moral, legal, and political philosophy. He received his BA and PhD from Harvard University. Before joining the Philosophy Department at KCL (in 2007), he was a Randall Dillard Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (2005-2007). From 2018-2020, he was Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute, Fiesole. He is currently working on an ERC-funded project (Consolidator Grant, 2018-2024) on solidarity in Europe. He is the author of _Solidarity: Nature, Grounds, and Value_ (Manchester University Press, forthcoming Nov 2024, available OpenAccess), which will also include five critical essays by Catherine Lu, Sally Scholz, Rainer Forst, Avery Kolers, and Jared Holley, and Humanity without Dignity: Moral Equality, Respect, and Human Rights (Harvard University Press, 2017) on the idea of moral equality and its importance for human rights.
Research interests PhD supervision
Professor Sangiovanni's main areas of research are in contemporary moral, legal, and political philosophy. Current research interests include: the value and nature of solidarity; social and moral hierarchy; international and global justice, especially with respect to regional organizations like the EU; human rights; the nature of social kinds. At KCL, I teach a range of modules, from the first-year introduction to political philosophy to more advanced topics in political and moral philosophy, such as on the concept of moral equality. I supervise graduate students in a wide range of topics within moral, legal, and political, but most of them work within one or more of the following four areas:
- Solidarity
- International and global justice
- Moral and social equality
- Practice-dependence and/or conceptual engineering
For more details, please see his personal webpage
Teaching
Professor Sangiovanni has previously taught on the following modules
Undergraduate modules:
- 5AANB007 Political II: Theories of Justice (convenor)
- 6AANA046 Topics in Political Philosophy
Postgraduate modules:
- 7AAN2081 Political Philosophy (convenor)
- 7AAN2082 Political Philosophy II: Special Topics
Research
EUSOL Project - Solidarity in the European Union
EUSOL seeks to provide philosophically sophisticated, empirically informed answers to these questions across a range of issues that currently divide the EU.
Project status: Ongoing
Centre for Data Futures
Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.
News
King's launches 'first-of-its-kind' degree in AI & Philosophy
The new BSc aims to equip students with technical and critical skills that open doors to careers in tech, government, journalism, business, research and more.
Events
The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations
The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations workshop
Please note: this event has passed.
Book Workshop: Towards a Just Europe
Book workshop on João Labreda's book, Towards a Just Europe (on Zoom)
Please note: this event has passed.
Solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy
Workshop on solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy
Please note: this event has passed.
Whatever it Takes? How to Move Ahead in Post-Crisis Europe
Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #3
Please note: this event has passed.
Constitutional Design of the European Union: Getting Rid of the Unanimity Rule
Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #5
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of EU Unemployment Insurance: An Ethical Perspective
Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #6
Please note: this event has passed.
Digital Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Education
Conversations for the Future of Europe 2020 #2
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Direct Democratic Voting in the EU
conversations for the furture of europe 2020 #4
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Inequality in Europe
Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2020 #1
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Refugee Policy and Burden-Sharing in Europe
Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2019 #1
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
EUSOL Project - Solidarity in the European Union
EUSOL seeks to provide philosophically sophisticated, empirically informed answers to these questions across a range of issues that currently divide the EU.
Project status: Ongoing
Centre for Data Futures
Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.
News
King's launches 'first-of-its-kind' degree in AI & Philosophy
The new BSc aims to equip students with technical and critical skills that open doors to careers in tech, government, journalism, business, research and more.
Events
The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations
The Ethics of Exclusion: Accession to Regional and International Organizations workshop
Please note: this event has passed.
Book Workshop: Towards a Just Europe
Book workshop on João Labreda's book, Towards a Just Europe (on Zoom)
Please note: this event has passed.
Solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy
Workshop on solidarity in EU refugee and asylum policy
Please note: this event has passed.
Whatever it Takes? How to Move Ahead in Post-Crisis Europe
Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #3
Please note: this event has passed.
Constitutional Design of the European Union: Getting Rid of the Unanimity Rule
Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #5
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of EU Unemployment Insurance: An Ethical Perspective
Conversations for the future of Europe 2020 #6
Please note: this event has passed.
Digital Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Education
Conversations for the Future of Europe 2020 #2
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Direct Democratic Voting in the EU
conversations for the furture of europe 2020 #4
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Inequality in Europe
Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2020 #1
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Refugee Policy and Burden-Sharing in Europe
Conversations for the Future of Europe – 2019 #1
Please note: this event has passed.