Dr Dan Degerman
BFA, MA, PhD
Expertise
My research explores issues at the intersection of the philosophy of emotions, mental health, and political engagement, and I have a special interest in the philosophy of Hannah Arendt.
Current positions
Research Fellow
Department of Philosophy
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Biography
I am a Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, leading the AHRC-funded project 'Beyond Voice: Experiences, meanings, and the ethics of silence in mental disorder'. Before this, I was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the department. I completed my PhD in Philosophy as a Wellcome Trust Society and Ethics Scholar at Lancaster University, and my MA in political theory as a 75th Anniversary Scholar at the University of York. Between degrees, I worked in research and communication in the private and non-profit sectors in the UK, the US, and Sweden.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Beyond voice: Experiences, meanings, and ethics of silence in mental disorder
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of PhilosophyDates
01/01/2024 to 30/06/2025
Publications
Selected publications
12/01/2023Experiences of silence in mood disorders
Erkenntnis
Epistemic arguments for a democratic right to silence
The Philosophical Quarterly
Silence as epistemic agency in mania
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
Recent publications
31/03/2025Anxiety, insecurity and redistribution in the UK ‘red wall’
International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
Silence as epistemic agency in mania
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
Silence in illness
Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement
Introduction
COVID-19 and the Politics of Fear
After nudging
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications