Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae: Søren Flinch Midtgaard

1. Personal data

Søren Flinch Midtgaard (1970-)

Associated Professor in Political Science/Political Theory

Department of Political Science and Government

Aarhus University
Bartholins Allé 7
DK-8000 Aarhus C

Midtgaard@ps.au.dk

Tel. (direct): +45 87165623

Home address:

Katrinebjergvej 65 st.tv.

8200 Aarhus N

Tel. 23112712

2. Education                                           

MA, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick. Pathway in Political Theory. Concluded with “distinction” 2. December 1996.

Cand.scient.pol., Aarhus University (Average grade: 10.7). 9. februar 1997.

PhD, Department of Political Science and Government. Thesis: Equality and Stability. 17. maj 2002.

3. Current and most recent positions held

2005 –: Associate Professor in Political Science/Political Theory, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2002-2005: Assistant Professor in Political Science/Political Theory, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2000-2002: External lecture in Political Science/Political Theory

4. Periods of leave (paternity leave)

01.02.2005-06.06.2005.

01.08.2007-30.09.2007.

5. Academic awards and honours 

1995-1996: British Chevening Scholarship til MA studier på University of Warwick

1999-2000: British Chevening Scholarship for research at St Antony’s College, Oxford

6. Management experience

2010-2012: VIP-member of the board of study, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2008-: member of the PhD assessment committee, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2003-2013: Head of the section for Political Theory, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2002-2003: Head of section for Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

7. Scientific focus areas

Contemporary Political Philosophy; John Rawls’ political philosophy; Egalitarian Justice; Global Justice; Basic Income; Paternalism; applied ethics.

8. Teaching

Philosophy of Social Science; Political Theory; Seminars related to my scientific focus areas 

9. International relations

University of Warwick (esp. Matthew Clayton); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (esp. Andrew Williams and Serena Olsaretti); Université Catholigue de Louvain UCL (esp. Axel Gosseries); LSE (esp. Alex Voorhoeve); University of Essex (esp. Paul Bou-Habib); University of Oxford (esp. Zofia Stemplowska).

10. Supervision of students

2011-2013: Secondary supervisor for doctoral candidate David V. Axelsen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2011-2014: Main supervisor for doctoral candidate Andreas Albertsen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2010-2013: Secondary supervisor for doctoral candidate Lasse Nielsen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

1998-2011: Main supervisor for doctoral candidate Rasmus Sommer Hansen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2015-2018: Main supervisor for doctoral candidate Viki M.L. Pedersen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

2016-2019: Main supervisor for doctoral candidate Didde Boisen Andersen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University

Main supervisor for Anne-Sofie Greisen Højlund (defence: 2022) 

Secondary supervisor for Lauritz Aastrup Munch (defence: 2021)

Secondary supervisor for Andreas Bengtson (denfence: 2020)