Thomas Sukopp

Born in

Education/Studies

• General qualification for university entrance
• BSc in chemistry (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany)
• MA (philosophy major; MA thesis: Universal Justifications of Human Rights: Human Dignity, Natural Rights, and Martha Nussbaum’s Human Capabilities Approach, published in 2003 by Tectum; medieval and modern history minor, received from the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany. Other places of studies: Hanover and Göttingen)
  
• PhD (philosophy; PhD thesis: Naturalism: Critique and Defence of Epistemological Concepts, published in 2006 by Ontos; supervisor, Professor Gerhard Vollmer, PhD)

Work experience

• Private tutor (mathematics, chemistry, history)
• Student research assistant: librarian jobs, traffic and infrastructure planning, philosophy tutor
• Freelancer: promotion and marketing for German publishing houses
• Lecturer in political philosophy at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany 2003-2009; lecturer in philosophy at the University of Bamberg, Germany, 2007-2008, University of Augsburg 2009-2011
• Research Associate: Technical University Braunschweig 2003-2005
• Assistant Professor: Technical University Braunschweig and University of Augsburg 2009-2011

Teaching experience

• Since 1997: About 40 tutorials, debating circles, lectures, courses and seminars covering a broad range of historical and systematic philosophical topics (in Germany, Austria, India, Turkey and elsewhere)
• Summary of teaching activities available on request

Research Experiences/Publications/Conferences

• Conception, fundraising and management of a research project, “Theory of anti-naturalistic arguments in epistemology and theory of science” (2003-2005), funded by a grant from the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
• Conception, fundraising and management of a research project, “Methodology of intercultural philosophy of human rights: comparison of European and Indian presuppositions” (2009-10), funded by a grant from the Centre of Excellence at the University of Augsburg, Cultural and Educational Studies
• Author/co-editor of five books, author of around 30 papers/book chapters/ encyclopaedia entries
• Invited to present papers (selection): 29th International Wittgenstein Symposium, 2006; Professor Olaf Müller, Chair of Philosophy of Science and Natural Philosophy, Humboldt University, Berlin 2008; 8th International Congress of Philosophy, organised by the General Austrian Society of Philosophy in Graz, Austria, 2008; 3rd International Conference on Language, Mind and Social Construction in Mumbai, India, 2009; 12th International Conference, organised by the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Ankara, Turkey, 2010
• List of publications and presented papers available on request
• Member of the Whitehead Research Group Augsburg, University of Augsburg (funded by Metanexus-Institute, Templeton Foundation, USA) since 2009