Alexander
Schaefer

Hi, I’m Alex and I’m an assistant professor of philosophy at The University at Buffalo. After completing my dissertation at the University of Arizona under the supervision of David Schmidtz, I was postdoctoral research fellow at New York University's Classical Liberal Institute.

My research focuses on social complexity and the social contract. When writing on both topics, I aim to put philosophy in dialogue with social science. So, most of my work ends up falling within the subfield of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics — usually called "PPE".

I won’t discuss hobbies here because that is unprofessional. Also, I don’t have any.