Biography
Dr Kai Spiekermann is Lecturer in Political Philosophy in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Research Interests
Philosophy of the social sciences; normative and positive questions of moral theory and political philosophy; game theory and its philosophical applications.
Teaching Responsibilities
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GV225 Public Choice and Politics
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GV405 Methods in Political Theory
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GV501 Doctoral Workshop: Political Theory
Publications
Rules, norms, and commitment
Peter, Fabienne and Spiekermann, Kai (2011) Rules, norms, and commitment. In: Jarvie, Ian C. and Zamora-Bonilla, Jesus, (eds.) The Sage handbook of philosophy of social science. SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK. ISBN 9781847874009
Epistemic aspects of representative government
Goodin, Robert E. and Spiekermann, Kai (2011) Epistemic aspects of representative government. European political science review, Online . pp. 1-23. ISSN 1755-7739
Epistemic democracy with defensible premises
Dietrich, Franz and Spiekermann, Kai (2010) Epistemic democracy with defensible premises. Working papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Independent opinions?
Dietrich, Franz and Spiekermann, Kai (2010) Independent opinions? Working papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Judgement aggregation and distributed thinking
Spiekermann, Kai (2010) Judgement aggregation and distributed thinking. AI & society, 25 (4). pp. 401-412. ISSN 1435-5655
Courts of many minds
Spiekermann, Kai and Goodin, Robert E. (2010) Courts of many minds. Working paper series, Social Science Electronic Publishing.
Epistemic aspects of representative government
Goodin, Robert E. and Spiekermann, Kai (2010) Epistemic aspects of representative government. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Sort out your neighbourhood: public good games on dynamic networks
Spiekermann, Kai (2009) Sort out your neighbourhood: public good games on dynamic networks. Synthese, 168 (2). pp. 273-294. ISSN 1573-0964
What the neighbours think: state-building, esteem and political culture
Spiekermann, Kai (2009) What the neighbours think: state-building, esteem and political culture. In: Raue, Julia and Sutter, Patrick, (eds.) Facets and practices of state-building. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789004174030
Reply: clubbish justice
Spiekermann, Kai (2008) Reply: clubbish justice. Politics, philosophy and economics, 7 (4). pp. 447-453. ISSN 1470-594X
Translucency, assortation, and information pooling: how groups solve social dilemmas
Spiekermann, Kai (2007) Translucency, assortation, and information pooling: how groups solve social dilemmas. Politics, philosophy and economics, 6 (3). pp. 285-306. ISSN 1470-594X