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A vibrant and innovative research culture

Our department houses an exciting team of researchers who consistently produce high-level publications in a wide range of areas central to philosophy, as well as interdisciplinary research.

A distinctive strength of our research at Macquarie is a focus on human agency, mind and self. We have research strengths in:

  • bioethics
  • ethics
  • european philosophy
  • metaphysics
  • moral cognition
  • neuroethics
  • philosophy and ethics of AI
  • philosophical psychology
  • philosophy of biology
  • philosophy of mind and cognitive science
  • philosophy of race
  • political philosophy
  • social philosophy
  • technology and philosophy.

Postdoctoral and postgraduate research

The Department of Philosophy at Macquarie provides an excellent environment in which to undertake postdoctoral and postgraduate research. Opportunities for funding of postdoctoral research are available from two main sources: the Macquarie University Research Fellowship Scheme, and the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.

For more information about research with the Department of Philosophy, please contact us.

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