Hilkje Charlotte Hänel

I'm a philosopher working mainly in political philosophy and epistemology, social and feminist philosophy, and applied ethics -- with a particular focus on the intersection of social and institutional injustices, epistemic oppression, recognition failures, and marginalized agency under ideological and oppressive social structures. I'm also interested in philosophy of disability and migration ethics.

I've studied philosophy at Georg-August University Göttingen, University of Sheffield, Humboldt University of Berlin, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I've taught philosophy classes at Humboldt Unibersity of Berlin, Freie University of Berlin, Potsdam University, Oldenburg University, and University of Oslo.

Currently, I'm interim professor in philosophy at Georg-August University Göttingen. I've also held the Helene Lange visiting professorship at the department of philosophy at Oldenburg University and a DFG-Walter-Benjamin grant at the department of philosophy as well as the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at San Diego State University. I've also worked as assistant professor/postdoc in political theory at Potsdam University (currently on leave) and in practical philosophy at Freie University in Berlin.

Since October 2021, I'm the principal investigator of a DFG-research network with sixteen international researchers on the topic of The Relation between Theories of Epistemic Injustice and Recognition Theory. I'm also an associate member of the Potsdam Center for Post-Kantian Philosophy as well as Ethics in Motion. Feminist Ethics and #MeToo (EMFEM) funded by the Icelandic Research Fund.