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David Alm is an Associate Professor in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. He serves as Director of Studies for the Department of Philosophy since 2022 and is actively involved in research and administrative tasks including membership in the Basic Education Board of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology.
His research primarily focuses on normative ethics, with special attention to problems concerning desert, rights, and equality. His work explores fundamental questions about moral rights, punishment ethics, and the significance of numbers in moral decision-making. His research has been consistently funded by the Swedish Research Council through multiple projects spanning over a decade.
Alm's scholarly output demonstrates a clear trajectory from his early work on moral desert through developing theories of rights to his current research on the moral significance of numbers. His publications consistently address deontological approaches to ethical problems, particularly examining how rights frameworks can address challenges in normative ethics. His recent work shows increasing sophistication in connecting abstract moral theory with concrete applications in criminal justice and distributive contexts.
He has received significant research funding from the Swedish Research Council for multiple projects including 'On Moral Desert' (concluded 2009), 'Rights and Their Grounds' (through 2015), and 'The Moral Significance of Numbers' (awarded 2017). He serves as a peer reviewer for prestigious philosophy journals including The Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Journal of Business Ethics.
Alm supervises doctoral students as indicated by his role as supervisor in the 'Revising Scanlonian Contractualism' dissertation project. He is also involved with the Lund Human Rights Research Hub, contributing to collaborative research on human rights theory and practice.
