About the Phd Program and Placement Records

The Philosophy Department at Stockholm University provides generous support and
comprehensive guidance to Ph.D. students and recent graduates in their search
for academic employment.  The placement officers, currently Anandi Hattiangadi,
James Nguyen and Greg Bognar, run workshops on a range of topics relevant to
applying for jobs and research funding, provide individualized feedback on
Ph.D. students' application materials, and organize mock interviews and job
talks.

Upon graduation, Ph.D. students are normally offered a six-month postdoctoral
extension of their position at the Department, to develop future research
projects, improve their publication records, and seek academic employment.
Though the Department primarily provides support and guidance in relation to
academic employment, it also supports students seeking to pursue non-academic
careers.

Further support for students seeking academic or non-academic employment is
provided centrally by the University.  The Department continues to offer support
to its Ph.D. students until they receive an offer of permanent or tenure-track
employment, or choose an alternate career path.

Placements for Ph.D. graduates since 2016, when the placement program was
initiated, are as follows:

James Goodrich (ABD, Practical Philosophy)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (2022-)

Romy Eskens (Ph.D. 2022 in Practical Philosophy)
Assistant Professor, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (2023-)

Simon Allzén (Ph.D. 2022 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Swedish Research Council (VR) International Postdoc, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University, Sweden (2023-2025)

Stina Björkholm (Ph.D. 2022 in Practical Philosophy)
Researcher, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden (2022-2024)

Madeleine Hyde (Ph.D. 2021 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Graduate Teacher of Theology, Philosophy and Ethics, Charterhouse School, UK (2021-)

Amanda Thorell (Ph.D. 2021 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Anna Ahlström and Ellen Terserus Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Stockhom University, Sweden (2023-2025)

Jonathan Egeland Harouny (Ph.D. 2020 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Religion, Philosophy, and History, University of Agder, Norway (2020-)

Henning Strandin (Ph.D. 2020 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Research Data Chair, Södertörn University, Sweden (2023-)

Lisa Hecht (Ph.D. 2019 in Practical Philosophy)
Research Associate to the Chair of Practical Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (2021-2026)

Eric Johannesson (Ph.D. 2017 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Ashoka University, New Delhi, India (2022-2023)

Sara Packalén (Ph.D. 2016 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Senior Research Officer, Swedish Research Council (VR), Sweden (2020-)

Hege Dypedokk Johnsen (Ph.D. 2016 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway (2020-)

Olle Torpman (Ph.D. 2016 in Practical Philosophy)
Researcher, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden (2022-2024)

Stefan Buijsman (Ph.D. 2016 in Theoretical Philosophy)
Assistant Professor, Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Section, TU Delft, The Netherlands (2022-)

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