Flinders University
Dr Lina Eriksson
Dr
Lina
Eriksson
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/lina.eriksson
| Position/s: | Lecturer Department of Philosophy |
| Phone: | +61 8 82012016 |
| Email: | lina.eriksson@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Humanities (267) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
After having done two BA's - one in mathematics and one in political science - Lina Eriksson did her PhD in political science/political theory at the Political Science department at Goteborg University, Sweden. Her doctoral studies also included a year at Harvard University, USA on a Fulbright scholarship. In 2005, she then moved to the Philosophy Program at Australian National University, where she did a post doc on several different projects for 5 years. In 2010, she took up a position as a Lecturer in philosophy at Flinders University.
Qualifications
BA in mathematics, Goteborg University
BA in political science, Goteborg University
PhD in political science, Goteborg University
Honours, awards and grants
Fulbright Scholarshop 2001-2002
Stein Rokkan Prize in Comparative Politics 2008
Key responsibilities
Lina Eriksson is currently teaching Ethics for Professionals, and will in 2011 teach Global Justice and general political philosophy (The Individual and Society).
Teaching
Teaching interests
Critical reasoning, political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of science
Research and supervision
Research interests
Political Philosophy
Ethics
Philosophy of Social Science
Decision Theory
RHD research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor:
philosophy of psychology and political philosophy (1);
Associate supervisor:
political philosophy (2);
Completion
Associate supervisor:
ethics (1);
Publications
Books
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2011). Rational Choice Theory - Potential and Limits. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Goodin, R.E., Rice, J., Parpo, A. and Eriksson, L.M.J. (2008). Discretionary Time: a new measure of freedom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Book chapters
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2010). Rational Choice Explanations of Norms: What they can and cannot tell us. In Michael Baurmann, Geoffrey Brennan, Robert E. Goodin, and Nicholas Southwood, ed. Norms and Values: The Role of Social Norms as Instruments of Value Realisation. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 179-197.
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2009). Self-governance in micro-level theory. In Peter Triantafillou and Eva Sorensen, ed. Politics of Self-Governance. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 61-74. [online]. Available from: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R1DyGCkXNqUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=075467164X&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I6YTT53TD_CcmQXW2PXACg&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepae.
Refereed journal articles
Eriksson, L.M.J. and Rabinowicz, W. (2013). The Interference Problem for the Betting Interpretation. Synthese, 190(5), pp.809-830. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0187-7.
Southwood, N. and Eriksson, L.M.J. (2011). Norms and Conventions. Philosophical Explorations, 14(2), pp.195-217. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13869795.2011.569748.
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2010). Choice under Description: The Motivational Nexus. Rationality and Society, 22(2), pp.159-187. [online]. Available from: http://rss.sagepub.com/content/22/2/159.full.pdf+html.
Goodin, R.E. and Eriksson, L.M.J. (2009). Democratically relevant alternatives. Analysis, 69(1), pp.9-17. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/analys/ann002.
Eriksson, L.M.J. and Hajek, A. (2007). What are degrees of belief? Studia Logica: an international journal for symbolic logic, 86(2), pp.183-215. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11225-007-9059-4.
Eriksson, L.M.J. and Goodin, R.E. (2007). The Measuring Rod of Time: The Example of Swedish Day-fines. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 24(2), pp.125-136. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2007.00376.x.
Books
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2011). Rational Choice Theory - Potential and Limits. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Goodin, R.E., Rice, J., Parpo, A. and Eriksson, L.M.J. (2008). Discretionary Time: a new measure of freedom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2005). Economic Man - the last man standing. Göteborg: Göteborg University.
Book chapters
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2010). Rational Choice Explanations of Norms: What they can and cannot tell us. In Michael Baurmann, Geoffrey Brennan, Robert E. Goodin, and Nicholas Southwood, ed. Norms and Values: The Role of Social Norms as Instruments of Value Realisation. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 179-197.
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2009). Self-governance in micro-level theory. In Peter Triantafillou and Eva Sorensen, ed. Politics of Self-Governance. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 61-74. [online]. Available from: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R1DyGCkXNqUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=075467164X&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I6YTT53TD_CcmQXW2PXACg&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepae.
Refereed journal articles
Eriksson, L.M.J. and Rabinowicz, W. (2013). The Interference Problem for the Betting Interpretation. Synthese, 190(5), pp.809-830. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0187-7.
Southwood, N. and Eriksson, L.M.J. (2011). Norms and Conventions. Philosophical Explorations, 14(2), pp.195-217. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13869795.2011.569748.
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2010). Choice under Description: The Motivational Nexus. Rationality and Society, 22(2), pp.159-187. [online]. Available from: http://rss.sagepub.com/content/22/2/159.full.pdf+html.
Goodin, R.E. and Eriksson, L.M.J. (2009). Democratically relevant alternatives. Analysis, 69(1), pp.9-17. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/analys/ann002.
Eriksson, L.M.J. and Hajek, A. (2007). What are degrees of belief? Studia Logica: an international journal for symbolic logic, 86(2), pp.183-215. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11225-007-9059-4.
Eriksson, L.M.J. and Goodin, R.E. (2007). The Measuring Rod of Time: The Example of Swedish Day-fines. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 24(2), pp.125-136. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2007.00376.x.
Eriksson, L.M.J., Rice, J. and Goodin, R.E. (2007). Temporal Aspects of Life Satisfaction. Social Indicators Research, 80(3), pp.511-533. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-006-0005-z.
Journal articles
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2008). Issues in Democratic Theory. Political Theory, 36(4), pp.641-646.
Eriksson, L.M.J. (2008). The Concept(s) and Controversies of Equilibrium. Biology and Philosophy, 23(3), pp.447-454.
Professional and community engagement
On the editorial board for Jounral of Democratic Theory.
Reviewer for several academic journals.
Lecturer for professional development workshops for teachers in the IB -program, on democracy and on global citizenship.
Assissting Year 12-students with their research projects.
