Arché has been extremely successful in placing its PhD graduates and postdoctoral research fellows in permanent teaching or continuing research posts, or in academic administration. Here are some details of recent postdoctoral fellows and PhD students and their post-Arche destinations:
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Barbara Bartocci (Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Leverhulme project ‘Theories of Paradox in Fourteenth-Century Logic: Edition and Translation of Key Texts’, 2017-20), Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Geneva, Switzerland on the project ‘Filling the Gap: Medieval Aristotelian Logic 1240-1360′ (Gothenburg-Lille-Geneva) funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Colin Caret (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Foundations of Logical Consequence project 2009-2012), appointed to Assistant Professor in Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Torfinn Huvenes (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Intuitions and Philosophcial Methodology, 2011-12), appointed to Temporary Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo.
Toby Meadows (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2011 – 2012), Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Bristol. Working with Professor Philip Welch in the School of Mathematics. Project title: Set Theory of Semantic Theories of Truth. From 2013, Marie Curie Fellow and NIP Research Fellow at the Northern Institute of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen.
Ole Hjortland (Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the AHRC Foundations of Logical Consequence project 2008-2011), Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), 6-year position as Assistant Professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich
Yuri Cath (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2008 – 2012), appointed to a lectureship at University of East Anglia from September 2012.
Dilip Ninan (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Contextualism and Relativism, 2008-2012), appointed to Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University from January 2012.
Jonathan Ichikawa (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology, 2008-2011), now Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Derek Ball (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Contextualism and Relativism, 2008-2012), appointed to a lectureship at the University of St Andrews from 2010.
Dan Lopez de Sa (Spanish Ministry of Education Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vagueness: its Nature and Logic, 2005-6), Fulbright/Catalan Government Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NYU (2007), then ICREA Researcher at LOGOS (Barcelona) (2008-2013).
Richard Dietz (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vagueness: its Nature and Logic 2004-6), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophical Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), then three year postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Formal Epistemology at the University of Leuven.
Sebastiano Moruzzi (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vagueness: its Nature and Logic, 2004-6), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bologna.
Aviv Hoffman (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Modality 2003-5), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Open University of Israel.
Anna Sherratt (AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Modality 2003-5), working for the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Graduate Students
The information below describes students’ initial placement; for further information, please see the Philosophy department postgraduate placement record
Petronella Randell (2000-2024) Associate Lecturer at St Andrews
Frederik J. Andersen (2019-2024) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen
Emilia Wilson (2019-2024) Lecturer at Cardiff
Matteo Nizzardo (2019-2024) Associate Lecturer at Edinburgh
JP Engler (2019-2024) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universitá Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Milan)
Christopher Masterman (2019-2023) Research Fellow at St Andrews
Tom Kaspers (2019-2023) Collegiate Assistant Professor, Society of Fellows, University of Chicago
Lixiao Lin (2018-2023) Post-doctoral fellow at Tsinghua University, Department of Philosophy
Thomas Mitchell (2018-2023) Research Fellow at Uehiro Institute Oxford
Savvas Ioannou (2017-2022) Special Teaching Staff, University of Cyprus
Alessandro Rossi (2016-2021) Associate Lecturer St Andrews (from Jan 2025 onwards)
Victor Tamburini (2020 – 2024) Postdoctoral Researcher on the project Mental Files: New Foundations’ at Institut Jean Nicod / Collège de France
Wes Skolits (2014 – 2021) Templeton Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year investigating the Epistemological Consequences of the Scientific Study of Religion at University of Tennessee
Deb Marber (2017-2021) Lecturer at the University of Bristol.
Alessandro Rossi (2016-2021) Assistant Professor in Philosophy at New College of the Humanities.
Lisa Bastian (2016-2020) Assistant Professor, VU Amsterdam
Miguel Egler (2016-2020) Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
Clare Field (2015 – 2019) Research Fellow on the European Research Council project ‘Roots of Responsibility at UCL.
Poppy Mankowitz (2015-2019) Ernst Mach Fellow, University of Salzburg
Ravi Thakral (2014-2019) Lecturer (fixed-term) at the University of St Andrews
Lewis Ross (2015- 2019) Fellow in Philosophy & Public Policy at the London School of Economics.
Ryo Ito (2014-2018) Postdoctoral fellow, Keio University, Japan
Sara Vikesdal (2014-2018) Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo
Alper Yavuz (2014-2018) Research Associate (permanent position) at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Istanbul)
Caroline Touborg (2013-2018) Postdoctoral fellow at Lund University on the Responsibility Project
Josh Habgood-Coote (2013-2017) Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bristol
Mona Simion Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature/ConceptLab, the University of Oslo
Bruno Jacinto Assistant Lecturer at the University of St Andrews.
Ryan Nefdt (2013 -2016) Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town
Fenner Tanswell (Phd student 2013-2016), Researcher, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.
Andrew Peet (Phd student 2011-2015), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Oslo (CSMN and ConceptLab).
Mark Bowker (Phd student 2011-2016), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy.
Martin Lipman (PhD student 2011- 2015), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Hamburg.
Joshua Thorpe (PhD student 2011-13), Visiting Lecturer, University of Stirling.
Nick Hughes (Phd student 2010-2014), Postdoctoral researcher at University College Dublin
Laura Cecilia Porro (PhD student 2009 – 2013) Porro Researcher at Cordis Bright Consultancy.
Spencer Johnson (PhD stduent 2010-2014), teaching in the Philosophy of Language at the University of York.
Margot Strohminger (PhD student 2009-2013), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Philosophy of Mind, Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp.
Frederique Janssen-Lauret (PhD student 2009-2013), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Campinas, Brazil.
Andrea Onofri (PhD student 2008-2012), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City.
Thomas Hodgson (PhD student 2008-2012), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
Julia Langkau (PhD student 2008-12), Postdoctoral Fellow, Zurich University. two year Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Universität Konstanz.
Dirk Kindermann (PhD student 2008-2012), DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University (2012-2013), four year Assistant Professorship at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria, starting in autumn 2013.
Rachel Sterken (PhD student 2007-2013), Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Oslo
Paul Dimmock (PhD student 2007-12), two year Postdoctoral Fellowship at Peking University, starting October 1st 2014.
Walter Pedriali (PhD student 2006-2011), Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship, University of Stirling.
Torfinn Huvenes (PhD student Oslo/St Andrews, 2007-2011), AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology, 2011-2012, Arché, University of St Andrews.
Anders Schoubye (PhD student 2007-2011), Lectureship at the University of Edinburgh, commencing 1st September 2012.
Michael De (PhD student 2007-2011), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at University of Utrecht.
Daniele Sgaravatti (PhD student 2006-2010), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at The Emmy Noether Research Group “Understanding and the A Priori”, Philosophy Department, University of Cologne, Germany.
Andreas Stokke Postdoctoral Researcher at CSMN, University of Oslo.
Paula Sweeney (PhD student 2006-10), Research and Operations Officer at Northern Institute of Philosophy, Aberdeen.
Ole Hjortland (PhD student 2006-9), postdoctoral research fellow in the AHRC Foundations of Logical Consequence project 2008-2011, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy.
Ira Kiourti (PhD student 2005-10), visiting fellow (2011-2012) at the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.
Douglas Edwards (PhD student 2005-8), postdoctoral research fellow at University College Dublin.
Chiara Tabet (PhD student 2004-8), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the CSMN, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo.
Eline Busck Gunderson (PhD student, Vagueness: its Nature and Logic 2003-6), Norwegian Council funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the CSMN, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo.
Sonia Roca (Visiting PhD student for one semester in each year of The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Modality project, 2002-5), RCUK Fellowship at Stirling commencing September 2007.
Elia Zardini (PhD student, Vagueness: its Nature and Logic 2003-6), postdoctoral research fellow in the AHRC Basic Knowledge project 2007-12.
Marcus Rossberg (PhD Student, Logical and Metaphysical Foundations of Classical Mathematics 2001-6), Leverhulme Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Grundgesetze translation project, 2006-8, then University of Connecticut (tenure track).
Philip Ebert (PhD Student, Logical and Metaphysical Foundations of Classical Mathematics 2000-5), Leverhulme Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Grundgesetze translation project, 2006-8, and permanent Lecturer at the University of Stirling, September 2007.
Nikolaj Pedersen Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen and UCLA.
Robbie Williams (PhD Student, Logical and Metaphysical Foundations of Classical Mathematics 2002-5), permanent Lecturer at the University of Leeds.
Ross Cameron (PhD Student, The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Modality 2002-5), Research Fellow in Metaphysics, then permanent Lecturer at the University of Leeds.
Elizabeth Barnes (PhD student, Vagueness: Its Nature and Logic 2003-6), permanent lecturer at the University of Leeds.
Past Arché members (prior to 2005) in the profession include Roy Cook, Josh Parsons, Agustin Rayo.