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Louise Richardson-Self

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies

Philosophy and Gender Studies

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  • Senior Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies
    Philosophy and Gender Studies
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  • School of Humanities, Philosophy and Gender Studies, 365 Humanities Building, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

BIO

Louise joined the University of Tasmania as a Lecturer in the School of Humanities in July 2015, and teaches into both the 'Philosophy' and 'Gender Gender & Diversity' majors.

“What inspires me to teach is that very same spark of curiosity—"what if?"—that drew me to both Gender Studies and Philosophy as an undergraduate, and the responsibility of providing students with the tools they need to fundamentally understand the world around them.”

Capitalising on her philosophical training background, Dr Richardson-Self is applying deep way of thinking to pertinent modern issues.

“I pursue research on women's rights as well as the rights of other marginalised groups because of how urgent these issues are.”

Aside from her teaching, Dr Richardson-Self’s career highlights include winning the Australasian Association of Philosophy's Annette Baier Prize in 2019, and the Australian Academy of the Humanities' Max Crawford Medal in 2016.


Biography

Louise graduated with her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sydney in 2014, and was a Research Affiliate with the University of Sydney and Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Wollongong from 2014-2015, before joining the University of Tasmania in 2015.

She is a 'social philosopher' with a specialisation in feminist philosophy. Her research spans topics such as hate speech, religious freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, social imaginaries theory, epistemic injustice, and difference feminism.

Louise’s research has been recognised and supported in many ways. In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious Max Crawford Medal by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, which is Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the Humanities, for her research and public outreach on the issue of marriage equality.

In 2017, she was a Residential Fellow of the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project, hosted by the University of Connecticut, given her research on the issue of ‘hate speech’.

In 2019, Louise was awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council to pursue her project, entitled Hate Speech Against Women Online: Concepts and Countermeasures, with her book by the same name published in 2021. In this same year, she was also awarded the Australasian Association of Philosophy’s Annette Baier Prize (an annual prize for most outstanding philosophical article published by an Australasian woman) for her article “Offending White Men: Racial Vilification, Misrecognition, and Epistemic Injustice”.

In 2020 Louise was also part of a team to be successfully funded by the ARC for a Discovery Project entitled Religious Freedom, LGBT+ Employees, and the Right to Discriminate.

In 2023, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Margherita von Brentanto Center for Gender Studies at Freie Universität, Berlin.

She currently serves as Convenor of the Australasian Association of Philosophy’s ‘Status of Women in the Philosophy Profession’ committee.

Her undergraduate and Honours studies were undertaken in Philosophy & Gender Studies at the University of Tasmania (2006-2009).

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia13 Jun 2014

LANGUAGES

  • English

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • School of Humanities

FIELD OF RESEARCH