Åsa Maria Wikforss - Curriculum Vitae#
PRESENT POSITION
- Professor in Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- Researcher in theoretical philosophy, Stockholm University, 2004 - 2008
- Post-doc in theoretical philosophy, Stockholm University, 1997 - 2003
- Parental leave, August 1996 - August 1997 and January 2000 - December 2000
- Visiting Professor, Oxford University, spring semester 1999
EDUCATION
- PhD in Philosophy, 1989-1996, Columbia University, New York
POST-DOCTORAL AWARDS AND GRANTS
- The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, scientific leader of the interdisciplinary programme ‘Knowledge resistance: causes, consequences and cures’, 2019 - 2025
- Swedish Research Council, 2013 - 2018, with Kathrin Glüer, for the project 'The Nature of Belief’
- European Science Foundation, Eurocores Scheme EuroUnderstanding, project leader of the collaborative research project 'Communication in Context', recommended by ESF for funding by national funding agencies 2011 - 2014
- Swedish Research Council, 2007 - 2010, for the project 'Minds and Kinds'
- The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, 2004 - 2006, for the project 'Knowing One's Own Thoughts'
SERVICES TO THE PROFESSION, 2015 - 2018
- Member of The Royal Academy of Science, Sweden (since June 2018)
- Serving as expert on the European Research Council, panel SH 4, 2016 and 2018
- Serving as an expert at the philosophy & law panel at the Swedish Research Council, 2007 - 2009, 2016 - 2018
- External referee for professorship in philosophy, Oslo University, 2017