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Felicity Joseph

Dr

Accepting PhD/HDR Students

20082025

Research activity per year

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Biographical Details

Felicity Joseph is Lecturer in Philosophy and Political Theory at UNE. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, (thesis title 'Phenomenologies of the Lived Body: Husserl, Stein, Merleau-Ponty and Marcel on Embodiment’). Felicity has taught at the University of Melbourne, Swinburne and RMIT, and at UNE has collaborated with U3A (University of the Third Age). As a member of UNE's Gender and Rural Studies Research Collective, she has also contributed to training for UNE’s Gender Equity in Agricultural Research for Development (GEAReD) program, and more recently has been involved in facilitating public conversations about care work. As one of UNE’s Teaching-Focused cohort, she brings her wide range of teaching experience to the disciplines of Philosophy, Politics and Gender Studies. 

Teaching

Felicity is lecturer and unit coordinator for the following units:

  • PHIL307/507 European Philosophy: The 20th and 21st Centuries
  • PHIL306/506 European Philosophy: The 19th Century
  • PHIL308/508 Friendship, Love and Sex
  • PAIS101 Introduction to Politics

and co-teaches / coordinates the following units:

  • HASS101 The Academic Practice of Research and Critical Analysis
  • SOCY305/505 Approaches to Gender: Theory and Practical Applications

Education/Academic qualification

Honours, Australian National University

Doctorate, The University of Melbourne

Research Interests

  • Continental Philosophy
  • Phenomenology
  • Existentialism
  • Feminist Philosophy
  • Political Theory
  • Gender Studies
  • History of Philosophy
  • Embodiment
  • Philosophy Pedagogy
  • Relationship between Analytic and Continental Philosophy

Approved to Supervise

  • Approved PhD/HDR supervisor

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  2. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  3. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions