Lorenzo Serini

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick

I am an Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) and Director of Student Experience and Progression in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. I received my PhD in Philosophy from the University of Warwick in April 2021, and before rejoining the Philosophy Department in April 2023, I first received an Early Career Teaching Fellowship Award Link opens in a new windowfrom the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL)Link opens in a new windowand the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)Link opens in a new window, and then worked for two academic years as a Teaching Fellow in IATL. I have also been teaching seminars for a variety of modules in the Philosophy Department since 2017/2018.

My teaching is informed by my research, and my research is informed by my teaching. My teaching and research areas of specialization include Post-Kantian European Philosophy (especially Nietzsche); the History of Western Philosophy (both ancient and modern); Virtue/Vice Epistemology; and Philosophy of Emotions. I also have research and pedagogical expertise in Critical Thinking; Applied Ethics; Theories of Wellbeing; and Philosophy of Education.

My PhD thesis, titled Senses of Scepticism in Nietzsche’s Middle Writings: How He Became a Sceptic, was funded by the Centre for Arts Doctoral Research ExcellenceLink opens in a new window and supervised by (now Emeritus) Professor Keith Ansell-Pearson. My PhD viva examiners were Professor Stephen Houlgate (internal) and Robert Pippin (external, University of Chicago). I am now working to turn my PhD thesis into a book.