Prof. Dr. Lisa Hecht

Professor Extraordinarius for practical philosophy with a special focus on philosophy of law (tt), Director

Practical Philosophy

E-Mail
lisa.hecht@unibe.ch
Office
Unitobler, B209
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Philosophy
Länggassstrasse 49a
3012 Bern

Academic Background

02/2026 -     Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Practical Philosophy with a focus on Legal Philosophy at the University of Bern
 
2022-2026 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Dresden University of Technology
 
2019-2022  Postdoctoral researcher at Stockholm University and the London School of Economics and Political Science funded by the Swedish Research Council
 
2019    PhD in Philosophy, Stockholm University
 
2014   MPhil Politics (Political Theory), University of Oxford
 
2011   BA Politics, University of Essex
 

Visiting positions at Stellenbosch University (January–March 2016), Princeton University (January–June 2018), and Australian National University (July 2019)

Research Interests

Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law

My research focuses on questions of compensation and moral rights, the ethics of war and self-defence.