My research primarily focuses on the philosophy of psychiatry, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of action.

In my book Philosophy of Mental Disorder: An Ability-Based Approach (2024, Routledge) I have developed a view of mental disorder in terms of abilities. I argue that an individual has a mental disorder if and only if they are – in the relevant sense – unable to respond adequately to their available reasons in some of their thinking, feeling, or acting and they are harmed by the condition underlying or resulting from this inability. I develop a detailed analysis of the concept of inability that is relevant in the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic context by drawing on the most recent literature on the concepts of ability, reasons, and harm.

My current research focuses on the limits of abilities more broadly.