Dr. Uwe Peters

Assistant Professor
Theoretical Philosophy

Employment

10/2023–now, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
11/2020–10/2023, Postdoc, Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, and Center for Science and Thought, University of Bonn (joint appointment)
09/2019–10/2020 Postdoc, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Southern Denmark
02–08/2019 Postdoc, Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (Germany)
2018–01/2019 Postdoc, Dept. of Philosophy, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)
2016–2018 Postdoc, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, KU Leuven (Belgium)
2016–2020 Teaching assistant, Dept. of Economics, University College London
2012–2016 Teaching assistant, Dept. of Philosophy, King’s College London 
 
Education

2020–2022 MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health (Distinction), Dept. of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neurosciences, King’s College London
2016 PhD Philosophy, King’s College London (supervisors: Nick Shea and David Papineau)
2011 MA Philosophy of Psychology (Distinction), King’s College London
2010 MA Philosophy (Distinction), University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
2008–2009 BA Hons Philosophy (First Class), University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
2004–2007 BA Philosophy (First Class) and German Studies (First Class), University of Greifswald (Germany)
 
Professional qualifications

09/2016 Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), University of Cambridge 
09/2000 Carpentry Diploma, TÜV Rheinland Akademie, Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany), awarded after a 3-year apprenticeship (1997-2000)