Vlad-Stefan Harbuz

- Philosophy
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: vlad@vlad.website
- Web: Personal website
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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40 George Square
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JX
Background
I'm Vlad. I think about why and how socially inherited ideas (schemas) cause us to consent to oppressive arrangements. My main interests are thus social schemas, ideology and the philosophy of work. More generally, I'm interested in political and social philosophy, and epistemology.
I arrived at this topic because I ran a software company for 10 years in which I was the one doing the oppressing. Uh oh!
I still work in software (https://vlad.website), where I try to improve how the Open Source ecosystem is organised in order to reduce exploitation and safeguard our vulnerable global software infrastructure (https://opensourcepledge.com).
In my free time, I am a prolific cat petter. I am always available for catsitting.
Qualifications
MScR Philosophy (Distinction), University of Edinburgh
MA Philosophy (Merit), UCL
BSc Computer Science (First Class), The University of Manchester