Dr Merten Reglitz

Dr Merten Reglitz

Department of Philosophy
Associate Professor of Philosophy

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 41 45919
Email
m.reglitz@bham.ac.uk
Address
ERI Building
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

I’m a political philosopher/theorist and my main research interests are in distributive justice, global justice and ethics, and normative approaches to the internet.

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Warwick (2011)
  • MA Linköpings Universitet and Universiteit Utrecht (2007)
  • Magister Artium, TU and FU Berlin (2007)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, University of Auckland (2005)

Biography

After undergraduate studies at the University of Greifswald (Germany) and postgraduate studies at the Free University Berlin (Germany), the Technical University Berlin (Germany), the University of Auckland (New Zealand), Universiteit Utrecht (The Netherlands), and Link枚pings Universitet (Sweden), I obtained my doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Warwick. During my PhD studies, I spent 1 陆 years as a visiting research student at the University of Arizona (USA). Subsequently, I spent a year as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science of the Central European University (Hungary) and a bit more than 2 years as Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Political Science of the Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) before starting my post as Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University 麻豆精选 in 2016.

Teaching

  • Ethics and Global Ethics
  • Ethics and Global Ethics (DL)
  • Human Rights
  • Human Rights (DL)
  • Social Justice

Postgraduate supervision

I am happy to supervise students working on topics in global ethics, political philosophy, and normative approaches to the internet.

Find out more - our PhD Philosophy  page has information about doctoral research at the University 麻豆精选.

See also this College Graduate School page for information on how to write a research proposal, which is an essential part of all applications for PhD supervision.

Research

  • Social and political philosophy
  • Global justice
  • Egalitarianism
  • Internet ethics
  • Political authority
  • Kant's practical philosophy

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Reglitz, M 2024, . Cambridge University Press. <>

Article

Reglitz, M 2023, '', Politics, Philosophy & Economics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 441鈥�469.

Reglitz, M 2022, '', Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 162-187. <>

Reglitz, M & Rudnick, A 2020, '', International Journal of Mental Health, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 97-103.

Reglitz, M 2020, '', Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 314-331.

Reglitz, M 2019, '', European Journal of Political Theory, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 489-507.

Reglitz, M 2017, '', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 466-485.

Reglitz, M 2016, '', Utilitas, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 415-440.

Reglitz, M 2015, '', Res Publica, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 291-307.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Reglitz, M 2025, . in J Tomalty & K Woods (eds), Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Human Rights. Routledge.

Digital or Visual Products

Reglitz, M & Bortolotti, L, , 2024, Digital or Visual Products, The Philosophy Garden, Online. <>

Special issue

Reglitz, M 2016, '', Moral Philosophy and Politics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 67-81.

Web publication/site

Bortolotti, L, Murphy-Hollies, K, D'Olimpio, L, Reglitz, M, Williams, J & Brozzo, C, , 2023, Web publication/site. <>

Expertise

Social and political philosophy, human right to Internet access

Articles discussing my research

  • PA Media, , Mail Online, November 2024. Article reporting on the publication of Free Internet Access as a Human Right.
  • Martyn Landi, , The Independent, November 2024. Article reporting on the publication of Free Internet Access as a Human Right.
  • Press Association, , LBC News, November 2024. Article reporting on the publication of Free Internet Access as a Human Right.
  • Martyn Landi, , The Standard, November 2024. Article reporting on the publication of Free Internet Access as a Human Right.
  • Martyn Landi, , Irish Examiner, November 2024. Article reporting on the publication of Free Internet Access as a Human Right.
  • AAAS, , EurekAlert! November 2024. Article reporting on the publication of Free Internet Access as a Human Right.
  • Martyn Landi, , Yahoo! Finance, November 2024. Article reporting on the publication of Free Internet Access as a Human Right.
  • E. Ralls, , Earth.com, April 2023. Article reporting on my publication on Internet access as a human right.
  • A. Reich, , The Jerusalem Post, April 2023. Article reporting on my publication on Internet access as a human right.
  • Editors’ Notes, , Phys.Org, April 2023. Reprint of UoB press release on my publication on Internet access as a human right.
  • IANS, , The Economic Times, April 2023. Article reporting on my publication on Internet access as a human right.
  • E. Craig, , OTHSolutions, November 2022. Article referring to my research on the effects of fake news on democracy.
  • D. Masterson, , The Irish Sun, July 2022. Article reporting on my research on fake news and its effects on democracy.
  • S. Baker, , Mail Online, December 2021. Article on global Internet use referring to my research
  • S. Bell, , Gulf News, March 2021. Article on barriers to digital transformation citing my research.
  • H. Syed, Article 370: A year on, how Internet restriction affects Kashmiri youth, Kashmir Observer, August 2020. Article discussing the effects of Internet shutdown imposed by the Indian government on Kashmir referencing my research.
  • S. Bocetta, , OpenGlobalRights, June 2020. Article discussing the increased importance of Internet access for political rights during Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns referencing my research.
  • T. Macaulay, The Coronavirus is strengthening the case for free Internet Access, The Next Web, March 2020. Article highlighting the increased importance of Internet access during Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns referencing my research.
  • R. Haridy, , New Atlas, February 2020. Article discussing Access Now’s ‘Keep It On Report 2019’ featuring my research.
  • S. Dharmadhikari, , The News Minute, February 2020. Article discussing the disagreement about the status of Internet access in India featuring my research.
  •  S. Smillie, , Daily Maverick, December 2019. Article referring to my research in arguing for cheaper cost of mobile data in South Africa.
  • K. Bode, , Vice, November 2019. Article referencing my research in arguing against broadband provision as an exploitable resource.
  • D. Nield, , Science Alert, November 2019. Article reporting on my argument for a human right to free Internet access.
  • M. Vincent, ’, Mail Online, November 2019. Article reporting on my argument for a human right to free Internet access.
  • V. Tangermann, , Futurism, November 2019. Article reporting on my argument for a human right to free Internet access.
  • K. Dalli, , Consumer Affairs, November 2019. Article reporting on my argument for a human right to free Internet access.
  • Press Trust of India, ,The Economic Times, 2019. Article reporting on my argument for a human right to free Internet access.
  • ‘’, The Conversation, November 2019.

Press releases

Languages and other information

  • English
  • German

Media experience

Press interviews

  • , The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2023.
  • T. Waite, Dazed, May 2023.
  • H. Sedouramane, , Orange – Hello Future, May 2023.
  • L. Villadiego, Equal Times, January 2022.

Radio interviews

  • Interviewed by Clive Bull for LBC Radio, November 2024.
  • Interviewed by Grace Galante for , American Urban Radio Networks, December 2022.
  • Interviewed by Maj Valerij for Frekvenca X, Radio VAL 202 (Slovenia), June 2020.
  • Interviewed for the , BBC World Service, November 2019. 
  • Interviewed by Eddie Mair for LBC Radio, November 2019.
  • Interviewed by Manfred Kloiber for , Deutschlandfunk (Germany), November 2019.

Podcasts

  • , Ethics Untangled (IDEA Centre, 17 February 2025).
  • ? Beyond the Headlines (The National, United Arab Emirates, 25 June 2020).
  • Interviewed by Andrew Pierce for the Daily Show Podcast (Daily Mail, 15 November 2019).

Blogs

  • ,  Fifteen Eighty Four – Academic Perspectives from Cambridge University Press (17 January 2025)
  • , The Page 99 Test (5 December 2024).
  • , Justice Everywhere (20 April 2020)

Expertise

  • Global justice 
  • Egalitarianism
  • Internet ethics
  • Political authority
  • Intergenerational justice
  • Socio-economic inequality

Policy experience

Research featured in:

  • UN-Habitat: , October 2024.
  • UN Environment Programme: , January 2024.
  • European Parliament Reflection Paper: , January 2022.
  • European Parliamentary Research Service, , July 2021.
  • United Kingdom’s House of Lords Covid-19 Committee’s Report .
  • City of Toronto, Canada, commissioned report on digital exclusion: .
  • Republic of Slovenia, Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development’s ‘Productivity Report 2020’.