Dr Philipp Dapprich
Jan Philipp Dapprich is a Leverhulme early career fellow at the Centre for Study of Democracy and School of Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Glasgow, a MA in political economy from the University of Manchester, a MA in philosophy from the University of Dusseldorf and a BSc in Physics from the University of Dusseldorf. Prior to joining the University of Westminster, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Potsdam.
Dr Dapprich has received funding from the Leverhulme trust for the three year research project Neo-Roman Republicanism and Alternative Political Economies. The project researches how the neo-Roman concept of freedom as non-domination can be realised within the economic sphere. Dr Dapprich investigates what alternative economic system could overcome the domination of workers commonly associated with capitalist market economies, considering proposals such as property-owning democracy, market socialism, and participatory economics.
In his previous research, Dr Dapprich has focused on a range of issues in political philosophy and political economy, including theories of justice, the role of modern computing in the socialist calculation debate, and the political economy of climate change. His recent publications include Cybersocialism and the Future of the Calculation Debate (with Dr Dan Greenwood), Democratic Theory and Economic Planning, Optimal Planning with Consumer Feedback and Tokens make the world go round: Socialist tokens as an alternative to money.