About Me

Vita 

In 2025, I got my doctorate degree in philosophy. My PhD thesis was part of the PRIMA Project “Beastly Politics – a theory of justice for nonhuman animals”. My supervisors are Prof. Dr. Angela Martin and Prof. Dr. Markus Wild. 

My PhD thesis „Speciesist Ignorance: Bridging animal ethics and the epistemology of ignorance” explored the concept of moral ignorance and its role in the political non-responsiveness to animal injustices. I identified ignorance as a major obstacle to asserting interspecies justice because of its self-sustaining nature. Moreover, the thesis explored the epistemic obligations of individuals and institutions regarding the human-animal-relationship—e.g to what extent social institutions have the obligation to produce and disseminate knowledge about animals’ lives, and individuals to question, deliberate, and reconsider. Lastly, the thesis explored how different actors must discourage the production of ignorance in order to halt its contribution of animal injustices.

In 2020, I completed my MA degree in Applied Ethics at the University of Utrecht. During both degrees, I concerned myself with reimagining the human-animal-relationship and questioned what is required of individuals and institutions in order to achieve justice for animals.  

In 2019, I completed my BSc degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Utrecht.