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Michaela Bstieler is a University Assistant (Praedoc) and doctoral candidate in practical philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck. She holds dual MA degrees in Philosophy and Educational Science from the University of Innsbruck (2013–2019). Her research focuses on social philosophy, political philosophy, ethics, phenomenology, and poststructuralism, with notable work examining vulnerability, precarity, and embodied political subjectivity.
Key academic affiliations include:
- Fellow at the doctoral college 'Dynamiken von Ungleichheit und Differenz im Zeitalter der Globalisierung' (University of Innsbruck, since 2020)
- Guest researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s Institute for Cultural Studies (2022)
- Internships at the International School of Holocaust Studies (Jerusalem, 2020) and the EU Horizon-2020 project on Holocaust curation (2019–2020)
Her publications explore intersections of ethics, political theory, and embodiment. Recent works analyze grief as a political resource (2024), vulnerability in Arendt/Levinas (2023), and post-fordist labor bodies (2022). She has co-edited volumes on vulnerability (De Gruyter, 2023), crises of solidarity (Genealogy+Critique, 2023), and artistic critique (Transcript, 2018). Her lectures address topics like Hannah Arendt’s philosophy of apology, Walter Benjamin’s concepts of homecoming, and Levinasian ethics in political theory.
Research collaborations include projects on intercultural justice, institutional vulnerability, and the aesthetics of nostalgia. She actively participates in interdisciplinary forums such as the 'Political Theory in Times of Uncertainty' congress and diffrakt’s 'theoretical periphery' initiatives.
