Welcome!
My name is Roland Pierik, I am an Associate Professor of Legal Theory at the University of Amsterdam. My research interests lie in the fields of legal and political philosophy and public policy, especially contemporary liberal theories of justice and their application in plural and multicultural societies, and issues of global justice.
Before I came to Amsterdam, I taught Political Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen and Legal Philosophy at Tilburg University.
Recent publications:
- “State Neutrality and the Limits of Religious Symbolism,” in Jeroen Temperman (Ed.) The Lautsi Papers: Multidisciplinary Reflections on Religious Symbols in the Public School Classroom, (Leiden, Boston: BRILL/Martinus Nijhoff, 2012).
- “Multiculturalism,” in Hugh LaFollette (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Ethics (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).
- “The Neutral State and the Mandatory Crucifix,” Religion & Human Rights (2011 Vol. 6 no. 3, pp. 259–264, co-authored with Wibren van der Burg).
- "Because it is normative, stupid! Over de rol van politieke theorie binnen de politicologie" Res Publica (2011, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 9-29).
- “Liberal Political Philosophy: the Role of Non-State Actors and Considerations of Global Justice” in Bob Reinalda (Ed.) The Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors (2011: Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 133-146, co-authored with Geoff Gordon).
Core publications:
- "Het EHRM en het Europees rechtsstatelijke deficiet: Een analyse van de Lautsi-zaak," Nederlands Juristenblad (2012, no. 20. vol. 1170, pp. 1382-1389).
- Cosmopolitanism in Context: Perspectives from International Law and Political Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2010, co-editor: Wouter Werner). With contributions from Thomas Pogge, Simon Caney, Nicholas Tsagourias, Kok-Chor Tan, Ellen Hey, Thomas Spijkerboer, Tomer Broude, Victor Peskin, and Jorge Valades. @Amazon.com
- “Collective Responsibility and National Responsibility”, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), (2008, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 465-483).
- “Resources versus Capabilities: Social Endowments in Egalitarian Theory," Political Studies, (2007, Vol. 55 No. 1, pp. 133-152, co-authored with Ingrid Robeyns).
- “Reparations for Luck Egalitarians,” Journal of Social Philosophy (2006, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 423–440).
- “Western Policies on Child Labor Abroad," Ethics & International Affairs, (2006, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 193-218, Co-authored with Mijke Houwerzijl).
- “Conceptualizing Cultural Groups and Cultural Difference: The Social Mechanism-Approach,” Ethnicities (2004, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 523-544).
Work in Progress/under review:
- Nonideal Luck Egalitarianism: From Dworkin’s Equality of Resources to Real Real-World Injustices. In progress.
- Human Rights and the Regulation of Offshored Medicine Tests. Under review.
- What is Neutrality? Under review.
Courses that I teach:
- Homepage at University of Amsterdam
- My published articles at PhilPapers
- My working papers at SSRN
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Updated: March 2012
