Ludger Hagedorn

Ludger Hagedorn is a Researcher at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, Austria, specializing in philosophy and Slavic languages. His career spans over two decades at IWM, progressing from Junior Fellow (1997) to Research Associate and ultimately Research Director.

His academic foundation includes doctoral studies in Philosophy and Slavic Languages at Berlin's Technical University (TU) and Free University (FU), culminating in a PhD from TU Berlin in 2002. Research interests center on Jan Patočka's phenomenological philosophy, Czech intellectual traditions, and Slavic linguistic frameworks, reflecting deep engagement with Central European thought.

Hagedorn's scholarly recognition includes the Purkyne Fellowship awarded by the Czech Academy of Sciences (2005-2009). As an educator, he has held lecturing positions at Gutenberg-University Mainz, Charles University in Prague, Södertörns Högskola (Stockholm, 2010), and NYU Berlin in recent years, demonstrating transnational academic collaboration.

• Key Affiliation: Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna
• Research Focus: Phenomenology, Czech Philosophy, Slavic Linguistics