Volker Kaul Author & Editor

Volker Kaul teaches political philosophy at the Department of Political Science at LUISS 'Guido Carli' University in Rome and is research associate at the observatory Ethos Luiss Business School. He is also lecturer at the CEA Rome Center. Moreover, he coordinates the research area "East–West Dialogues" for the foundation Reset–Dialogues on Civilizations. Currently, he is conducting a research project on the representation of women in politics for the Italian National Research Council (CNR). His work focuses on the nexus between identity and politics. In 2016, he published together with Seyla Benhabib a book entitled Toward New Democratic Imaginaries – Istanbul Seminars on Islam, Culture and Politics for Springer. He just edited two further books: one with Ananya Vajpeyi on Populism and Minorities - Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe for Springer and another with Ingrid Salvatore on What is Pluralism? for Routledge. He is co-editing since 2010 a yearly special issue of the journal Philosophy & Social Criticism on issues related to culture, religion and politics.