Full-time Teaching Staff
Amit Chaturvedi
Associate Professor
B.A. (Tufts), M.A., Ph.D. (Hawai'i)
Indian and Buddhist Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
Email: amitc@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.09
Boris Babic
Associate Professor
HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science and Department of Philosophy
BA (York University); JD (Harvard Law School); MA, MSc, Phd (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Associate Professor (by courtesy)
Faculty of Law, HKU
Law and Ethics of AI, Bayesian Statistics, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Legal Philosophy
Email: babic@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.03
Brian Wong
Assistant Professor
M.A., M.Phil, D.Phil (Oxford)
Rhodes Scholar
Political Philosophy (Authoritarianism, Colonialism, and Responsibilities towards Justice), Applied Ethics (Climate Change, Geopolitics), Social Epistemology and Epistemic Injustice
Political Philosophy (Authoritarianism, Colonialism, and Responsibilities towards Justice), Applied Ethics (Climate Change, Geopolitics), Social Epistemology and Epistemic Injustice
Email: bwongys@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.08
Herman Cappelen
Chair Professor
B.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (UC Berkeley)
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Metaphilosophy, Philosophy of Language, Conceptual Engineering, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind
Email: herman.cappelen@gmail.com
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.10
Jennifer Nado (Undergraduate Coordinator)
Associate Professor
B.A. (Pomona), Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Metaphilosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Psychology
Email: nado@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.05
Joe Lau (Undergraduate Coordinator)
Associate Professor
B.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (MIT)
Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, Critical Thinking
Email: jyflau@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.15
Justin Tiwald
Professor
B.A. (Carleton College), Ph.D. (University of Chicago)
Chinese Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics
Email: jtiwald@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.07
Max Deutsch
Professor
B.A. (UCSB), M.A. (UC Berkeley), Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophical Methods
Email: maxdeutsch@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.17
Nathaniel (Nate) Sharadin (Seminar Convenor)
Assistant Professor
B.A. (Pittsburgh), M.A. (UWM, UNC), Ph.D. (UNC)
Ethics, Epistemology
Email: sharadin@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.06
Rachel Sterken (Department Chairperson)
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Amsterdam), Ph.D. (St Andrews/Oslo)
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics
Email: rachel.sterken@gmail.com
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.01
Simon Goldstein (Postgraduate Coordinator)
Associate Professor (Postgraduate Coordinator)
(BA) Yale University, (PhD) Rutgers University
AI safety, epistemology, and philosophy of language
Email: sgold@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 9.50
Affiliated Faculty
Daniel Bell
Professor, CHAIR OF POLITICAL THEORY
Professor, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao) from 2017 to 2022.
Comparative political theory, Confucianism and Legalism
Email: dabell@hku.hk
Room 816, Cheng Yu Tung Tower
Chris Fraser
Professor, Hon-Yin and Suet-Fong Chan Professor in Chinese
B.A. (Yale), M.A. (Natl. Taiwan), Ph.D. (HKU)
Chinese Philosophy of Language and Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Action Theory, Ethics, Metaethics, and Political Philosophy
Email: fraser@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 8.01
David McCarthy
Honorary Associate Professor
M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (USC)
Ethics, Decision Theory, Philosophy of Probability, Epistemology
Email: mccarthy@hku.hk
Post-doctoral Fellow
Lee Elkin
Post-doctoral Fellow
B.A. (Pittsburgh), M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (LMU Munich)
AI, Decision Theory, Epistemology, Ethics
Email: ljelkin@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 9.06
Lecturers and Tutors
Michael Johnson
Lecturer
B.A. (U Texas Austin), Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
Email: micjohns@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.05
Alice Wong
Assistant Lecturer
B.A (UCLA), PhD (Chapman University)
Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Data Science, Sense of Agency, Philosophy of AI, AI safety
Email: alicesmw@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.14
Arthur Chin
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (HKU), Ph.D. (HKU)
Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic and Critical Thinking
Email: arthurchin2@yahoo.com.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.14
Calvin K. W. Kwok
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (Lingnan), M.Phil. (Lingnan), Ph.D. (HKU)
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Perception, Analytic Aesthetics
Email: ckkw@connect.hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.14
David Villena
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (UNMSM), M.A. (UNMSM), Ph.D. (Lingnan)
Philosophy and ethics of digital technologies and AI, Philosophy of mind and psychology, Philosophy of language, Applied ethics
Email: dvillena@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.14
Ka Ho Lam
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (HKU), M.Phil. (HKU), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language
Email: kaho2@hku.hk
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Roy Chow
Adjunct Lecturer
PhD, CUHK
Wittgenstein’s philosophy, epistemology and philosophy of science
Email: roythc@hku.hk
Isaac Lowe
Assistant Lecturer
B.A., M.Phil. (CUHK); Dr.phil. (FU Berlin)
Moral and Political Philosophy Kant, Rawls, Lao Sze-kwong The Rise of Modernity, Modernization
Email: isalowe@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.14
Sean Crain Donahue
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (St. John's College, Annapolis), M.A. (LMU Munich), Ph.D. (USC)
Political Philosophy, AI Ethics, Epistemology
Email: sdonahue@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.07
Wang Kangyu
Assistant Lecturer
LLB (RUC), MSc, PhD Candidate (LSE)
Decision Theory and Practical Reason, Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Economics and Finance
Email: kywang96@hku.h
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 9.06
Yuen Ho Yin
Assistant Lecturer
BSocSc, MPhil (HKU); DPhil (Oxford)
Social and Global Justice, Culture and Justification, Responsibility, Ethics, Global Political Economy
Email: yuenhy@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.14
Zacharus Gudmunsen
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (Liverpool); M.A. (Bilkent); PhD (Leeds)
Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics
Email: zgudmu@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.07
Cheng Wai Ching
Tutor
B.A. (HKU), M.A. (KU Leuven)
Wittgenstein, Stanley Cavell, Iris Murdoch, Philosophy of Language, Ethics
Email: wchingc@hku.hk
Li Pengchao
Tutor
B.E. (BFU), B.E. (Peking University), M.A. (HKU)
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Anthropology of Technology
Email: lipch95@hku.hk
Yaolan (Violet) Luo
Tutor
B.A.(UALondon), M.A.(DAEindhoven), M.A.(HKU)
Philosophy of Art, Contemporary Art, Creative Culture
Email: violetlo@hku.hk
Harold Ng
Tutor
B.A. (CUHK), M.Phil. (CUHK)
Chinese Pre-Qin Philosophy, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi, Comparative Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Email: harold-ng@live.com
Felix Yeung
Tutor
BSc (HKU), MPhil (HKU), PhD Candidate (Essex)
Critical theory, Ethics and Social theory of Artificial Intelligence, Neoliberalism, Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychosocial Studies
Email: fyxshosty@hotmail.com
Emeritus Professors
Chad Hansen
Chair Professor of Chinese Philosophy (July 1995 to June 2008)
B.A. (Utah), Ph.D. (Michigan)
Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Daoism, Chinese Theory of Language, Chinese Theory of Mind, Meta-ethics, Philosophy of Law
Email: chansen@hku.hk
Tim Moore
M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Philosophy of Social Science, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, French Philosophy
Email: fctmoore@hku.hk
Administrative Staff
Erica Lam
Executive Officer (Postgraduate MAAIES & MAPPE matters)
Email: ericalss@hku.hk
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Kelly Lee
Executive Assistant (Postgraduate MAAIES, MAPPE & Admin. matters)
Email: leekelly@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.12
Anna Chan
Executive Assistant (Postgraduate MAAIES & MAPPE matters)
Email: clyanna@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.12
Apple Chong
Executive Assistant (Undergraduate matters)
Email: appleclp@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 9.01
Erica Fung
Executive Assistant (Research Centre and Research Collaboration Administration)
Email: ericafck@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.14