PhD placement
Students who completed philosophy PhDs since 2006 (in some cases jointly supervised with another discipline):
| Year | Student | Current post |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wenna Yeo | Programme Director, Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust Te Tautiaki Hoiho |
| 2023 | Briony Blackmore | Senior Assurance Advisor, New Zealand Police |
| 2021 | Chloe Wall | Teaching Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington |
| 2021 | Anthony Gambrell | PhD programme, Education, University of Iceland |
| 2019 | Charles Gibson | Academic Committees and Services Specialist, University of Otago |
| 2018 | André R. Sant'Anna | Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, South Korea |
| 2017 | Jon Keyzer | Senior Analyst, Maritime New Zealand |
| 2017 | Unsal Cimen | Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Mus Alparslan University, Turkey |
| 2017 | Manuel Lechthaler | Teacher of Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, Westhill Academy (Scotland) |
| 2017 | Tiddy Smith | Adjunct professor, Universitas Indonesia; website |
| 2017 | Ali Hosseinkhani | Assistant Professor, Iranian Institute of Philosophy |
| 2016 | Guillermo Badia | Senior Lecturer in Logic, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, Australia |
| 2015 | Hannah Clark-Younger | Co-Founder/Head of AI, startups iostack and Lumiate |
| 2015 | Daniel Wee | Lecturer, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam |
| 2015 | Kirsten Walsh | Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Exeter |
| 2014 | Paul Broadbent | Software developer |
| 2014 | Hannah Burgess | Policy Analyst, Oranga Tamariki, Minitatanga mō ngā Wāhine, Ministry of Social Development and Pharmac |
| 2014 | Juan Manuel Gómez París | High School Principal, Colegio Bilingüe Richmond; Lecturer, Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogotá, Colombia |
| 2013 | Sarah Grant | Project editor, Epigeum |
| 2012 | Jonathan Jong | Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Brain, Belief and Behaviour Research Group, Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University |
| 2008 | Mary Butler | Professor of Occupational Therapy, University of South Australia |
| 2007 | Greg Dawes | Professor (Philosophy and Religion) University of Otago |
| 2007 | Glenn Peoples | Business Analyst, blogger and author on theology and the philosophy of religion |
| 2006 | Lynley Anderson | Emeritus Professor, Bioethics, University of Otago |
| 2006 | Peter Ogle | unknown |
| 2006 | Sanjay Thakur | Marine Protection Advisor, Department of Conservation |
| 2006 | Scott Williamson | Director, Hewat Galt Lawyers, Invercargill |
MA placement
Students who completed philosophy MAs since 2006:
| Year | Student | Current post |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rosa Berry Vaughan | Postgraduate programme, Victoria University of Wellington |
| 2024 | Mitchell Scanlan | University of Minnesota Medical School |
| 2023 | Seth Whittington | Foreign Policy Officer, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| 2023 | Rachel Cao | PhD scholarship, Philosophy, Australian National University |
| 2022 | Jack Bramwell | Manager, Client Services, Ministry of Social Development |
| 2022 | Andrew Rutherford | Managing Director, Exploring New Zealand |
| 2020 | Finn Butler | PhD programme, University of Melbourne |
| 2019 | Zach Swindlehurst | PhD programme, Australian National University |
| 2018 | Chris Lernpass | PhD programme, Australian National University |
| 2017 | Britta Clark | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Solar Geoengineering Research Program, Harvard University |
| 2017 | Sam Pensler | PhD student in Philosophy at UCLA |
| 2017 | Mike McLeod | Musician and entrepreneur |
| 2016 | Duncan Wilson | Principal Policy Advisor, Ministry of Transport |
| 2016 | Trees Beckett | Senior Policy Advisor, New Zealand Police |
| 2016 | Caitlin Fitchett | PhD student, Harvard University |
| 2016 | Mark Specht | Energy Analyst, Oakland California |
| 2013 | James Darcy | Product Consultant, Health and Well-being at HealthPartners, Minneapolis |
| 2013 | Lucy Weston-Taylor | Analyst, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand |
| 2011 | Elizabeth Olsen | Senior Business Analyst |
| 2010 | Andrew Donnelly | Freelance Regulatory and Marketing Consultant, Bonn |
| 2010 | Macintosh Stewart | Senior Teaching Fellow Philosophy; Academic Committees and Services Specialist, University of Otago |
| 2010 | Cristy Yonetani | Teacher Pūmanawa Gifted Education, St Marks School, Christchurch |
| 2009 | Matthew George | Independent film-maker |
| 2008 | Kelvin McQueen | Associate Professor, Philosophy, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University |
| 2007 | Duncan Eddy | Dunedin Ōtepoti activist |
| 2007 | Marco Fahmi | Data and Analytics Expert, Queensland Government |
| 2007 | Emily Jennings | Holistic Health and Meditation Coach, Washington DC |
| 2007 | Holly Lawford-Smith | Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne |
| 2007 | Raamy Majeed | Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Manchester |
| 2006 | Charles Boulton | Political Counsellor, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| 2006 | Euan Cochrane | Principal Investigator, Digital Preservation Services, Yale University Library |
| 2006 | Taryn Knox | Lecturer, Bioethics Centre, University of Otago |
| 2006 | Ian Lawson | Bard College Berlin; PhD University of Sydney 2015 |
| 2006 | Dan Sears | MA student in TESL at University of Washington |
| 2006 | Steven Sue | Principal Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment |
| 2005 | Emily Gill | Senior Communications Advisor, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand |