Curriculum Vitae

(June 2023)

Academic Profile

AOS

Immanuel Kant, Pre-History of the Scientific World View of the Vienna Circle, Neo-Kantianism, Integrating History and Philosophy of Science, Early Modern Philosophy


AOC

Studies of Enlightenment, Theories of Imagination, History of Chemistry, Philosophical Concepts of Idea

Academic Education

PhD Studies of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Graz(with distinction)

Thesis: The Transcendental Principle of Reason. Function and Structure of the Appendix to the Transcendental Dialectic of the Critique of Pure Reason

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Udo Thiel

May 2013–Nov. 2017


BA and MA Studies of History at the Department of History, University of Graz and the University of Vienna (with distinction)

MA thesis: Chemistry as Improperly Called Science and Systematic Art. Immanuel Kant’s Concept of Chemistry between Phlogistonchemistry and Dynamic Theory of Matter

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Simone De Angelis

Oct. 2008–Aug. 2017 

 

Teacher Training Program for the Subjects: History, Social Studies and Political Education / Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Graz and the University of Vienna (with distinction)

MA thesis: Transcendence and Sensualisation. Martin Heidegger’s Re-Lecture of the Schematism Chapter in the Context of Epistemological Interpretations

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Udo Thiel

Oct. 2008–June 2013


BA and MA Studies of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Graz 

MA thesis: The Schematism Chapter of Immanuel Kant. Studies on the Function and the Structure of the Schematism of Pure Concepts of the Understanding

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Udo Thiel

Oct. 2007–Sep. 2012

Academic Employment

since March 2024

PI of the DFG funded project DFG-funded research project Alois Riehl’s Critical Realism. Spatial and Temporal Foundations of Science 


June 2023-Feb.2024

Marie Curie STAR Fellow at Department of Mathematics, University of Siegen. PI of the project Integrating History and Philosophy of Science. Revisiting Neo-Kantianism 


Nov. 2022 

Max Kade Fellowship (awarded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences) for one year at Virginia Tech, USA (host Lydia Patton)


Mar. 2020-Oct.2022

University Assistant at the Centre for the History of Science, University of Graz (50%)

Visitenkarte von Meer, Rudolf; Mag. Dr.phil. BA BA MA MA - UNIGRAZonline - Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (uni-graz.at) 

Meer Rudolf - Profil - Forschungsportal - Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (uni-graz.at) 

Research areas - Centre for the History of Science (uni-graz.at) 


Mar. 2022–June 2022 

Parental leave 


Dec. 2019–Nov. 2021

Senior Researcher in the project Kantian Rationality and its Impact in Contemporary Science, Technology, and Social Institutions (No. 2019-220-07-5933), PI: Prof. Thomas Sturm, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad (50%)

Team (kant-online.ru) 


Mar. 2019–Feb. 2020

Senior Researcher at the Academia Kantiana, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad (100%)

Meer (kant-online.ru) 


Dec. 2017–Mar. 2019

University Assistant at the Department of Philosophy, University of Graz. Working area: History of Philosophy (100%)

MitarbeiterInnen - Thiel, Udo, Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. (uni-graz.at) 


Feb. 2013–Jan. 2017

University Assistant at the Department of Philosophy, University of Graz. Working area: History of Philosophy (50%)

MitarbeiterInnen - Thiel, Udo, Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. (uni-graz.at) 

Research Prize

Dez. 2019

Prize of the Austrian Academy of Science (Anniversary Prize of the Böhlau Verlag Vienna) for the 2019 published Monograph; endowed with 4.000 Euro

Rudolf Meer (oeaw.ac.at)  

Research Stays and other Scientific Activities

July 2022 

Research Stay at the Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata (FISPPA) at the Università degli Studi di Padova (Gabriele Tomasi/Luca Illetterati) funded by Arqus, European University Alliance 

ARQUS (uni-graz.at) 


Nov. 2020

Research Stay at the Centre d’histoire des philosophies modernes de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Prof. Christian Bonnet), funded by KRL (Kaliningrad)


Feb. 2019

Participation in the Master Class of Prof. Marcus Willaschek Kant on the Sources of Metaphysics in Munich

Kant über Gott: Katholische Akademie Bayern (kath-akademie-bayern.de) 


July 22–28, 2019

Scientific Assistant of Prof. Thomas Sturm at the Third Immanuel Kant International Summer School “Kant on Science and Rationality” at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad

The Third Immanuel Kant International Summer School 2019 (kant-online.ru) 


June 2018

Research Stay at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Prof. Thomas Sturm), funded by Erasmus+ Academic Mobility (KA 103)

Administration

2021–2022

Member of the GEWI-Zukunftskommission, Universität Graz 


2017–2019 

Member of the Curriculum-Committee for Philosophy BA/MA, University of Graz


2017–2019 

Academic Advisor for the Erasmus International Exchange Program (Institute of Philosophy), University of Graz

Language Skills

German: Native Language


English: Fluent written and oral


French: Good


Russian: Basic skills


Latin: Reading Proficiency

Membership

Since 2021 

Research and Documentation Center for Austrian Philosophy

Forschungsstelle und Dokumentationszentrum für Österreichische Philosophie - Institut für Philosophie (uni-graz.at) 


Since 2020 

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Working Group History of Natural Sciences

History of Natural Sciences (oeaw.ac.at)


Since 2016 

Kant Society

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Third-Party Funding

April 2023

Marie Curie STAR Fewllowship at the University of Siegen, Department Mathematics. Project title: Integrating History and Philosophy of Science – Revisiting Neo-Kantianism (150.000 )


Nov. 2022

Fellowship at Virginia Tech (USA, host: Lydia Patton) awarded by the Max Kade Foundation (6 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128) and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (72.800 )


Oct. 2022 

Publication funding of the book Alois Riehl: Der Philosophische Kritizismus, Meiner 2023 by the Land Steiermark (2.000 €), Austria Academy of Science (4.000 €) 


Mar. 2022 

(with Simone de Angelis) Funding of the International Conference Der Begriff der Idee von Kant bis Fries by the Land Steiermark, City of Graz, Austrian Academy of Sciences  (11.000 €)


Jan. 2022 

Funding of the Research Stay at the Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata (FISPPA) at the Università degli Studi di Padova (Prof. Gabriele Tomasi) by Arqus, European University Alliance (1.500 €)


Jan. 2022 

(with Simone de Angelis) Funding of the Talk Series Integrating History and Philosophy of Science by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2.500 €)


Jan. 2021 

Start-up funding for the project “Sentio, ergo sum et est. Alois Riehl’s Philosophical Criticism” by the University of Graz

Ausschreibung 2020 - Geisteswissenschaftliche Fakultät (uni-graz.at) 


2021 

(with Simone de Angelis) Funding of the International Conference Alois Riehl and the Philosophical Criticism by the Austrian Academy of Sciences 

ALOIS RIEHL UND DER PHILOSOPHISCHE KRITIZISMUS (oeaw.ac.at) 


2020

(with Simone de Angelis) Funding of the Talk Series Integrating History and Philosophy of Science by the Land Steiermark 


2014-2018

(with Udo Thiel, Giuseppe Motta) Funding of 8 Talk Series Kant in Graz by the Land Steiermark

Rückblick - KANT IN GRAZ (uni-graz.at) 


2018

Publication Funding of the book The Transcendental Principle of Reason by the Land Steiermark, and the Research Service Center of the University of Graz


2018

(with Udo Thiel, Giuseppe Motta) Funding of the International Conference The Synthetic Apriori. Third International Doctoral Workshop of the Kant Society by the Land Steiermark, and the Immanuel Kant Society

Rückblick - KANT IN GRAZ (uni-graz.at) 


2018

(with Udo Thiel, Giuseppe Motta) Funding of the International Conference The Sources of Kant’s Theory of Apperception by the Land Steiermark and the City of Graz 

Rückblick - KANT IN GRAZ (uni-graz.at) 


2014-2016

(with Raimund Pils, Thomas Pölzler, Georg Schmerzeck) Funding of the Philosophy Graduate Student Society Graz (PGSSG) and its Talk Series 


2014

(with Udo Thiel, Giuseppe Motta) Funding of the International Scientific Conference Immanuel Kant: The Unity of Consciousness by the Land Steiermark 

Rückblick - KANT IN GRAZ (uni-graz.at) 


References and Cooperation Partners

Prof. Dr. Simone de Angelis, University of Graz, Centre for History of Science

(E-Mail: simone.de-angelis@uni-graz.at)


Prof. iR Dr. Udo Thiel, University of Graz, Department of Philosophy

(E-Mail: udo.thiel@uni-graz.at)


Prof. Dr. Lydia Patton, Virginia Tech, Science and Technology in Society, Department of Philosophy 

(E-Mail: critique@vt.edu


Prof. Dr. Alan Richardson, University of British Columbia, Department of Philosophy

(E-Mail:  alan.richardson@ubc.ca)


Prof. Dr. Corey Dyck, Western University, Department of Philosophy

(E-Mail: cdyck5@uwo.ca)


Prof. Dr. Thomas Sturm, Departament de Filosofia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

(E-Mail: thomas.sturm@uab.cat)


Prof. Dr. Nina Dmitrieva, Academia Kantiana,  Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

(E-Mail: NDmitrieva@kantiana.ru)


Prof. Christian Bonnet, Institut d’histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, Université Paris 1

(E-Mail: christian.bonnet@univ-paris1.fr)