Dr. Michele Giavazzi

Personal information

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Chair of Philosophy and Political Theory, LMU Munich. Before that, I was a temporary lecturer in philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, a research assistant at the University of Warwick and a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Genoa. I have a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Warwick and I was a Visiting Research Student at Brown University.

You can find out more about me on my personal website.

Research interests

My research interests lie at the intersection of democratic theory and political epistemology. My current research agenda seeks to understand what role the epistemic conduct of democratic citizens may have in establishing or challenging the normative justification of public decision-making practices such as voting, and the legitimacy of democracy more broadly.

Selected publications

• 2024: Political Equality and Epistemic Constraints on Voting, Philosophy and Public Affairs 52(2): 147-176.
• 2023: The Epistemic Responsibilities of Voters. Towards an Assertion-based Account, Journal of Moral Philosophy 20(1): 111-131.
• 2022: with Z. Kapelner The State’s Duty to Foster Voter Competence, Episteme, 1-14.