Filipa Melo Lopes
Senior Lecturer

- Philosophy
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: Filipa.MeloLopes@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 4.10
- City
- 40 George Square, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JX
Availability
Office Hours: by appointment
(2025/2026 - TBA)
Background
Filipa joined the department in 2019, after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Undergraduate teaching
2025/2026
- Morality and Values (Y1) - semester 1
- Gender and Beauty (Y4) - semester 1
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Current PhD students supervised
Secondary Supervisor:
- Rory Wilson - PhD Philosophy
- Willa Saadat - PhD Philosophy
- Yinmei Wu, PhD Philosophy
- Jennifer Walker, PhD Philosophy
Past PhD students supervised
Secondary Supervisor:
Lilith W. Lee - PhD 2021 (currently: Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Primary supervisor:
Ziruo Xie - MSc by Research 2024
Research summary
My areas of research are feminist philosophy, social theory, sexual ethics, and the work of Simone de Beauvoir.
I am currently the director of the Scottish Feminist Philosophy Network.