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Julian Culp is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the Center for Critical Democracy Studies at The American University of Paris. Previously, he was a lecturer in philosophy and political theory at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, where he received his Habilitation and PhD in philosophy. Culp was visiting professor at the University of Graz, held postdoctoral fellowships from the University of Toronto and the University of Louvain, and spent research stays at Duke and Princeton universities.

Culp is the author of  (Palgrave, 2014) and  (Routledge, 2019), as well as of numerous articles in journals such as Philosophy Compass, Theory and Research in Education, Third World Quarterly, Social Philosophy & Policy, and Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung. He is co-editor of  (CUP, 2023), the journal (De Gruyter), and the book series  (Brill and Mentis).

• Habilitation in Philosophy, Goethe University of Frankfurt (2018)
• Ph.D. in Philosophy, Goethe University of Frankfurt (2012)
• M.A. in Political and Economic Philosophy, University of Bern (2008)
• B.A. in Philosophy and Economics, University of Bayreuth (2006)

• Forthcoming article "" in Political Theory
• Forthcoming article "" in Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung
• New Forthcoming Publication: "," The Review of Politics.
• New 2025 Publication: "" in the Journal of Philosophy of Education.
• New Special Issue Edited: "" Democratic Theory 11/2, with Stephen Sawyer

Books

• 2019. . London: Routledge.

  • Reviewed in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung by , Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik by , Ethics and Global Politics by Martin Beckstein, Michael Festl and Michael Geiss (), Ethics and Global Politics by  (in a review essay), Policy & Practice by Sam Wong

• 2014. . New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Reviewed in: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities by , Neue Politische Literatur by , Politische Vierteljahresschrift by , Progress in Development by , Ethical Theory and Moral Practice by , Public Reason by 

(Co-)Edited Books and Journal Special Issues (all with an editorial introduction)

• 2024: "" Democratic Theory 11/2, with Stephen Sawyer
• 2023. . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, with Johannes Drerup and Douglas Yacek
• 2022. . The Journal of Global Ethics 18/2
• 2022.  Leiden: Brill, with Johannes Drerup, Isolde de Groot, Anders Schinkel, and Douglas Yacek
• 2021.  Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 67/5, with Johannes Drerup
• 2020. . London: Routledge, with Danielle Zwarthoed
• 2018. . The Journal of Global Ethics 14/2, with Danielle Zwarthoed
• 2019. . Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 12/1
• 2016. . Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 9/1, with Tamara Jugov, Miriam Ronzoni and Laura Valentini
• 2015. . Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 8/2, with Tamara Jugov, Miriam Ronzoni and Laura Valentini
• 2014. . Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 7

Journal Articles

• 2025. "," Political Theory.
• 2025. "" Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 79/4, 439-464.
• 2025. "," The Review of Politics. 87/3, 369-392.
• 2025. "," Journal of Philosophy of Education. 59/3-4, 413–433.
• 2025. "," Journal of International Political Theory 21/1, 18-31 .
• 2024. "" Ethics and Global Politics 17/4, 16-24.
• 2023. "," Social Philosophy and Policy 40/2, 372-86.
• 2023. "," Educational Theory 73/2, 178-203.
• 2022. "" On Education. Journal for Research and Debate, 5(14).
• 2021.  Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 67/5, 528-42.
• 2020.  Philosophy Compass 15/12, 1-12
• 2020. Ethics & Global Politics 13/3, 155-74
• 2020.  Theory and Research in Education 18/2, 151-73
• 2020.  On Education. Journal for Research and Debate, 3 (7)
• 2020.  Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 74 (2), 296-309
• 2019.  Philosophy and Public Issues 9(3), 145-75
• 2019.  Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 20/3, 362-7
• 2018.  in Revista Perspectiva Filosófica 45 (4), 188-218
• 2018.  Ethics and Education 13/2, 172–90
• 2018.  Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies 17/1,115-29
• 2017.  The Journal of Global Ethics 13/2, 168–86
• 2017.  Analyse & Kritik 37/2, 373–92
• 2017.  Educational Theory and Philosophy, 49/10, 1029–37
• 2016.  Ethic@ – An International Journal of Moral Philosophy 15/1, 150–64
• 2016.  Third World Quarterly 37/9, 1525–36
• 2016. “Normative Reconstruction without Foundation,”&�Բ�����;European Journal of Political Theory 15/2, 248–55, with Leah Soroko
• 2015.  Analyse & Kritik 35/1-2, 131–47
• 2015.  Aracê – Direitos Humanos em Revista 2/2, 127–53
• 2014.  The Journal of Global Ethics 10/3, 274–82
• 2014.  Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 7, 39–66, with Johannes Plagemann
• 2013 Revista Perspectiva Filosófica 39/2, 14-29
• 2011.“,”&�Բ�����;Analyse & Kritik 33/1, 349–64, with Heiner Schumacher

Articles in Edited Books

• 2025. “Was können wir von der ‚postmodernen‘ Kritik an der Erziehung zur Autonomie lernen?” in Drerup, Johannes et al. ��ü�Ի徱����𾱳�, Frankfurt: Wochenschau Verlag, 95–114
• 2024. "" in Festl, Michael (ed.), John Dewey and Contemporary Challenges to Democratic Education, London: Routledge, 87-104.
• 2022. "" in Luppi, Roberto (ed.), Autorità e democrazia. Educare al pluralismo nel XXI secolo. Rome: Armando Editore, 163-176
• 2022. "," in Drerup, Johannes und Philipp Knobloch (eds.), Bildung in postkolonialen Konstellationen. Bielefeld: transcript, 235-260
• 2020.  in Hugo El-Kholi and Jun-Hyong Kwak, Global Justice in East Asia, London: Routledge, 34–51
• 2019.  in Fischer, Karsten and Sebastian Huhnholz (eds.), Liberalismus, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 387–407
• 2017.  in Schleidgen, Sebastian (ed.), Die Egalitarismusdebatte, Marburg: Tectum-Verlag, 101–27
• 2016.  in Barcelos, Paulo and Gabriele de Angelis (eds.), International Development and Humanitarian Aid, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 79–107
• 2014.  in Kadelbach, Stefan (ed.), Normative Bedingungen der Entwicklungspolitik, Frankfurt: Campus, 152–78.
• 2012. “Bridging the Gap: Global Justice in Health Research,”&�Բ�����;in Scott, Dane (ed.), Debating Science, Amherst: Prometheus Books, 69–79, with Nicole Hassoun.
• 2011 in Amman, Christoph, Barbara Bleisch and Anna Goppel (eds.), Müssen Ethiker moralisch sein? Frankfurt: Campus, 302–12.

Handbook, Encyclopedia and Lexicon Articles

• Forthcoming. “Non-Ideal Theorizing of Democratic Education,” in Tröhler, Daniel and Synne Myrebøe (eds.), Handbook on Education History, Philosophy, and Theory. Cheltenham: Edgar Elder Publishing

• 2025. “,” in Niederberger, Andreas et al. (eds.), Handbook of Migration Ethics. Berlin: Springer, 127-36

• 2023. "," in Sardoč, Mitja (ed.), Handbook of Equality of Opportunity. Berlin: Springer, 1-25, with Johannes Drerup.

• 2023. "," in Sellers, Mortimer, and Stephan Kirste (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Berlin: Springer, 1-7.

• 2023. "," in Frühbauer, Johannes, Michael Reder, Michael Roseneck und Thomas Schmidt (Hg.), Rawls-Handbuch. Stuttgart: Metzler, 213–217.

• 2023. "," in Frühbauer, Johannes, Michael Reder, Michael Roseneck und Thomas Schmidt (eds.), Rawls-Handbuch. Stuttgart: Metzler, 497-503.

• 2022. "," in Curren, Randall (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Education. London: Routledge, 245-56.

• 2021.  in Festl, Michael (ed.), Liberalismus Handbuch, Stuttgart: Metzler, 149-56.

• 2021.  in Festl, Michael (ed.), Liberalismus Handbuch, Stuttgart: Metzler, 165-71.
• 2021.  in Festl, Michael (ed.), Liberalismus Handbuch, Stuttgart: Metzler, 263-8.
• 2020. “Poverty,”&�Բ�����;in LaFollete, Hugh (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Ethics.
• 2018.  in Oberreuter, Heinrich (ed.), 8th edition of the Staatslexikon der Görres-Gesellschaft, Freiburg: Herder, Vol. II, 837-45.
• 2018.  in Drydyk, Jay and Lori Keleher (eds.), Handbook of Development Ethics, London: Routledge, 103–15.
• 2018.  in Drydyk, Jay and Lori Keleher (eds.), Handbook of Development Ethics, London: Routledge, 333–45
• 2015.  in Moellendorf, Darrel and Heather Widdows (eds.), The Handbook of Global Ethics, London: Routledge, 170–81
• 2011.  in Chatterjee, Deen (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Dordrecht: Springer, 521–3, with Nicole Hassoun

Book Reviews

• 2024. "," Constellations 31/1, 124-6.
• 2024. "Markus Tiedemann, Post-Aufklärungsgesellschaft – Was wir verlieren und was uns bevorsteht (Leiden/Paderborn: Brill/mentis, 2023)," Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Philosophie und Ethik 46/1, 123-4.
• 2023. "Krassimir Stojanov, Bildung gegen Populismus? Über antidemokratische Halbbildung und ihre Alternativen (Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2022)," Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Philosophie und Ethik 45/4, 117.
• 2019. David Alm,  (London: Routledge, 2019), Notre Dame Philosophical Review 2019.09.20
• 2018. David Ingram,  (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018), in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2018.07.19
• 2016. Michael Reder et al. (eds.),  (Frankfurt: Campus, 2015), in Neue Politische Literatur 61/2, 362–3
• 2015. Thom Brooks (ed.),  (The Hague: Brill Publishers, 2011), in The Journal of Moral Philosophy 13/2, 249–52, with Nicole Hassoun
• 2015. Diana Tietjens Meyers (ed.),  (Oxford: Oxford       University Press, 2014), in Ethics 126, 234–8, with Nicole Hassoun and Peter Stone
• 2014. Oliver Feltham,  (London: Bloomsbury, 2013), in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2014.04.17
• 2013. Huw Llyod Williams,  (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), in The Journal of Human Capabilities and Development 14/4, 607–10
• 2013. Mathias Risse,  (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012), in Neue Politische Literatur 58/1, 168–9

Miscellaneous

• Translation from American English into German: Nancy Fraser. 2024. "Zwischen System und Norm," in Bassiouni et al. (eds.), , Berlin: Suhrkamp, 555-573.
• 2022. . Vienna: Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
• 2021.  praefaktisch-Blog, February 28
• 2017. “Vom Nutzen der Idee perfekter Gerechtigkeit,”&�Բ�����;Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 1 (with a reply by Frieder Vogelmann and Martin Nonhoff, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 27)
• 2017.  Agenda for International Development-blog, May
• 2017.  Theorieblog, April 4
• 2016.  Agenda for International Development-blog, May 17, 2016
• 2016.  Theorieblog, May 10, 2016 (with a reply by Frieder Vogelmann and Martin Nonhoff, Theorieblog, May 24)
• 2015. “Nachgefragt,”&�Բ�����;Evangelische Kirchenzeitung, September 13, 2015, 7
• 2014. Uni Report 1, 6, with Bernd Frye
• 2013.  in Tangen, [5]Sarah (ed.), African Perspectives on Social Justice, Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 26–42
• 2013.  in Mattis, Jürgen (ed.), Philosophische und ethische Standpunkte in der Bildungs- und Sozialarbeit, Frankfurt: Evangelischer Regionalverband und Stadtschulamt, 12–20   
• 2013.  Interview of Katrin Flikschuh, Rainer Forst and Darrel Moellendorf, Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 6, 40–53, with Valentin Beck
• 2011.“Das Ideal der Gerechtigkeit als realistische Utopie,”&�Բ�����;cusaner correspondenz 1, 18–20
• 2011.  Analyse & Kritik 33/2, 473–6
• 2007.  Guidelines for Practitioners, with Bruno Stöckli

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie
• Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft
• Human Development and Capability Association
• The Global Justice Network
• North American Association for Philosophy and Education
• Atelier de Théorie Politique – Paris
• European Seminars in Philosophy of Education
• ECIT Foundation – European Citizens' Rights, Involvement, and Trust

• Social and Political Philosophy: domestic and global theories of distributive, educational, and political justice; theories of social development and progress; methodology; comparative political theory
• Ethics: educational ethics, global ethics, action theory