Curriculum Vitae
Jonas Haeg
jonashaeg.com·jonas.haeg@philosophy.su.se Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
Research interests
AOSPolitical Philosophy, Normative Ethics, Legal Philosophy
AOCSocial Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Applied Ethics
Positions
2027–
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Warwick Law School, University of Warwick
2025–
Postdoctoral Researcher
Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
2023–24
Lecturer in Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, King's College London
Education
2018–23
PhD in Philosophy, King's College London
Passed without corrections · Thesis: Imperfect Victims and the Right to Self-Defence · Supervisors: David Owens, Massimo Renzo, Sarah Fine · Examiners: Jeffrey Howard, Gerald Lang
Fall 2022
Visiting Student, Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
2016–18
BPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford
Distinction · Supervisor: Jeff McMahan
2013–16
BA in Philosophy, King's College London
First Class Honours
Publications
Articles
Forthcoming
Taking the Fall: Punishment, Constrained Instrumentalism, and False Confessions. Australasian Journal of Philosophy
2025
Necessity Over Time. Journal of Moral Philosophy Online First: 1-27.
2024
Provocation, Self-Defence, and Protective Duties. Philosophy and Public Affairs 52(4): 465-499.
2022
Entrapment and Manipulation. Res Publica 28(1): 557-583.2022 Postgraduate Essay Prize Winner
2017
The Ethics of Political Bots: Should We Allow Them for Personal Use? Journal of Practical Ethics 5(2): 85-104.2017 Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Runner-Up
Reviews
2024
Review of Christopher Nathan, The Ethics of Undercover Policing. Criminal Law and Philosophy 18: 315-323.
Public writing
2026
Grok Doesn't Degrade Women—You Do! Deepfakes, Responsibility and Language. Public Ethics Blog
Work in progress
Under review
[A paper on the ethics of advising] (with Romy Eskens).
In preparation
[A paper on victim-blaming].
[A paper on precautionary duties in an unjust world].
[A paper on criminogenic injustice and punishment].
[A paper on asylum, deception, and deportation].
[A paper on the value of being involved in setting things right].
Selected presentations * invited † peer-reviewed
Harms We Cause Together
ScheduledDegrees of Responsibility in Metaphysics, Ethics, and the Law, Symposium at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division*Taking Risks in an Unjust World
ScheduledCentre for Aesthetic, Moral and Political Philosophy, Leeds University*Reparative Achievements
ScheduledPhilosophy, Ethics, and Killing Workshop, Peak District†Too Much Information: The Problem with Oversharing (with Romy Eskens)
ScheduledSwedish Congress of Philosophy, Stockholm University†What's Wrong with Victim-Blaming?
2025Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Glasgow†2025Philosophy, Ethics, and Killing Workshop, Peak District†2025Workshop on Degradation and Dehumanization, Utrecht University*Outrageous Advice (with Romy Eskens)
2025Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, Gdansk†2024Dutch Research School of Philosophy Annual Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology†2024Philosophy & Public Affairs Colloquium, University of Amsterdam*2024Moral, Legal, and Political Research Seminar, King's College London*Risks, Rights, and Proportionality
2022Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University*The Grounds and Limits of the Necessity Condition
2022PhD Seminar in Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University*Dangerous Parties and Undirected Duties
2022Philosophy, Ethics, and Killing Workshop, Peak District*What Do We Owe to Aggressors?
2022Politics, Law and Philosophy Graduate Forum† commentators: Cecile Fabre and Penny OderbergA Duty to Accommodate Wrongdoers?
2022CEPPA Graduate Conference, University of St. Andrews† commentator: T. PummerDefensive Entrapment and Manipulation
2022London Graduate Workshop on Moral and Political Philosophy, Senate House†2021Zagreb Applied Ethics Conference, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb†Law Enforcement and Proportionality
2021Brave New World Graduate Conference, University of Manchester†Punishment and The Problem of False Confessions
2021Advanced Research Seminar, King's College London*Entrapment, Manipulation and Morally Tainted Punishment
2021Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, Boulder, Colorado† commentator: C. Kianpour2020Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, University of Oxford†Provocation and Self-Defence
2021Graduate Reading Retreat, Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace† commentator: K.K. Ferzan2019Reading Ethics and Political Philosophy Conference, University of Reading†2019Advanced Research Seminar, King's College London*2019Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference, Stockholm University† commentator: L. Hecht2019London-Berkeley Philosophy Graduate Conference, UC Berkeley† commentator: E. PodhorcerLiability to Defensive Harm and The Standing Constraint
2018Warwick Graduate Conference in Political and Legal Theory, University of Warwick†
Teaching
Lecturer
2025The Ethics of War with Helen Frowe
2024General Philosophy
Seminar Convenor
2024Philosophy and Medicine
2023Political Philosophy II
Teaching Assistant
2022Philosophy and Medicine
2021Ethics II: Contemporary Ethical Philosophy
2020Environmental Ethics
2020Topics in Political Philosophy: Ethics of Migration
2019Ethics I
Supervisor
2023–24BA Philosophy Dissertation (×3)
Honours, grants & awards
2027–29Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (accepted)
2024Nominated for a King's Education Award (Teaching Excellence Award)
2022Winner of the Res Publica Post Graduate Essay Prize £100
2021Funding for the KCL Graduate Conference in Politics, Philosophy, and Law from the Society for Applied Philosophy, Mind Association, and Aristotelian Society £4,000
2018–23King's PGR International Scholarship PhD funding £68,000 + Fees
2017Runner up in the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics £100
2016–18Aker Scholarship BPhil funding £41,000
2016Joint Winner of the Sowerby Philosophy of Medicine Essay Contest £350
2015Adrian Grey-Turner Memorial Prize for outstanding academic achievement £60
Event organising
2026
Early Career Workshop in Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy
Stockholm University · Co-organiser
2026
Workshop on Deterrence and Deontology
Stockholm University · Co-organiser
2025
Workshop on the Ethics of Deception
Stockholm University · Co-organiser
2021
KCL Graduate Conference in Politics, Philosophy, and Law
King's College London · Co-organiser
2017
The 21st Oxford Graduate Philosophy Conference
University of Oxford · Co-organiser
Professional service
2025–
Editor, Public Ethics Blog (publicethics.org)
2024–
Web and Social Media Lead, Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace
2024
Judge for the Estella Newsome Memorial Prize (KCL essay prize on just war theory)
2023–24
Library Liaison, KCL Department of Philosophy
2023–24
Personal Tutor for 18 students at KCL (academic and welfare support)
Reviewer
Analysis, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Controversial Ideas, Journal of Moral Philosophy, Law and Philosophy, Philosophical Quarterly, Res Publica, Synthese
References