Professor Dr Ursula Renz has been Professor of History of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Graz since February 2020 and is head of the Section History of Philosophy and the Alexius Meinong Institute.
Her research focuses on early modern philosophy (Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Shaftesbury), Kant, German Neo-Kantianism (Hermann Cohen) and late 19th and early 20th century philosophy (Ernst Cassirer and Martin Heidegger), and the history of analytic philosophy. Thematically, she works on questions of metaphysics (identity, transcendentals, the relationship between descriptive and revisionary metaphysics, the concept of being and life), epistemology (testimonies of others, epistemic virtues), questions concerning the relationship between the concept of self and self-knowledge, philosophy of emotions, the concept of cultural identity.
Ursula Renz is a member of numerous international committees (selection committee of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the awarding of AvH scholarships), boards (German Society for Philosophy, European Society for Early Modern Philosophy) and editorial boards (including the European Journal of Philosophy) and also frequently comments on current social problems and issues (see press review).