Kai Spiekermann

Dr Kai Spiekermann, LSE
I’m a Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. I work in democratic theory, the philosophy of the social sciences and topics relating to politics, philosophy and economics (PPE) more generally.
Among my research interests are group decisions, social epistemology (and especially epistemic justifications of democracy), the ethics of environmental change, and the methodology of political theory and political science. More information is here.
Contact Information
Email: k.spiekermann@lse.ac.uk
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Affiliation: Department of Government, London School of Economics
Recent News
How to Evaluate Institutions? I will give a talk on how to evaluate institutions (based on the joint book manuscript with Franz Dietrich) at the PPE Society London Meeting.
What Are Social Norms? Our paper "What Are Social Norms?" has been published online first in Economics and Philosophy. It offers a departure from attitude-based accounts of social norms.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy I am honoured to join SEP's Editorial Board, as subject co-editor for the Philosophy of Social Science.