Her area of specialization is Political Philosophy, and her areas of competence are Moral Philosophy, Meta-Ethics and Philosophy of Law.

Her primary interest is in the constraints that human biological, psychological and cultural traits and dispositions place upon the potential realization of certain political theories, and the differences in how these constraints affect individual action as opposed to collective action. She attempts in her thesis to explicate a useful concept of 'political feasibility', and apply it in order to mediate between various positions in debates over e.g. global poverty, and international cooperation.

Publications:

'Ideal Theory: A Reply to Valentini.' Journal of Political Philosophy forthcoming.

'Feasibility Constraints and the Cosmopolitan Vision.' Questioning Cosmopolitanism, ed. Stan van Hooft and Wim Vandekerhove. Dordrecht: Springer, forthcoming.

'The Importance of Being Earnest, and the Difficulty of Faking It.' Norms and Values, ed. Michael Baurmann, Geoffrey Brennan, Robert E. Goodin & Nicholas Southwood. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, forthcoming.

Under review:

'Ought implies Can, and Political Feasibility.'
'Political Feasibility: A Conceptual Exploration.'

Recent Conference Presentations

Manchester Metropolitan Workshops in Political Theory, Manchester, UK, September 2009
Australasian Association of Philosophy (New Zealand Division), December 2008
Australasian Association of Philosophy (Australia Division), July 2008
International Global Ethics Association Conference, Melbourne, June 2008

Recent Departmental Seminars

Oxford University: Nuffield Political Theory Seminar, Nov. 2009
University of Auckland: Philosophy Dept., May 2009
Waikato University: Philosophy Dept., Ap. 2009

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