Personal profile

Research interests

  • freedom and basic income, political philosophy, political economy;
  • artificial intelligence, logic of action;
  • foundations of mathematics, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology;
  • (neo)Platonism, ancient philosophy, metaphysics.

Professional career

  • University Assistant, Johannes Kepler University Linz (Oct 2024 – now)
  • Lecturer, The Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association (Jan 2021 – May 2024)
  • Part-time Consultant and Editor, Reykjavik Economics (Sep 2015 – Sep 2024)

University Positions/Functions

Teaching:

  • Lectures, Foundations in Philosophy, Johannes Kepler University Linz (WiSe 2025/26)
  • Reading Course, The Limit of Goodness: Plotinus on Matter and Evil, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (WiSe 2022/23)
  • Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Logic, with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erlendur Jónsson, University of Iceland (SoSe 2017)

Education/Academic qualification

Ancient Philosophy, Master, The Intelligible Hylomorphism: An Approach to Plotinus's Ontology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

01 Oct 202127 Sept 2023

Award Date: 27 Sept 2023

Mathematics, Bachelor, Domain Expansion and Rule-Following: an Analysis of Domain Expansion in Mathematics, University of Copenhagen

04 Sept 201705 Jul 2020

Award Date: 05 Jul 2020

Philosophy, Bachelor, The Limit of Goodness: Matter as non-Being and Evil Itself in Plotinus’s Philosophy, University of Iceland

01 Sept 201527 Jun 2020

Award Date: 27 Jun 2020

Philosophy, PhD, Johannes Kepler University Linz

01 Oct 2024 → …

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