Stephen Howard

Stephen Howard is a Research Fellow in Philosophy at KU Leuven (2018–2024, Flanders-funded) and a Lecturer at P.A.R.T.S. contemporary dance school in Brussels. He holds a PhD from the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University London. From 2025, he will lead a DFG-funded research project at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt examining Kant's 'regulative cosmology.'

• Current Affiliations: FRIAS, Universität Freiburg (2024–2025); Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (2025 onwards)
• Visiting Roles: Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, University of Notre Dame, University of Bucharest

His research focuses on Kant’s theoretical philosophy, early modern natural philosophy (Leibniz, French/German Enlightenment), and metaphysical concepts of force/power. He co-edited The Edinburgh Critical History of Early Modern and Enlightenment Philosophy and edited a volume of Howard Caygill’s essays.

Grants & Fellowships: Research Foundation – Flanders (2018–2024), DFG Eigene Stelle (2025–).