CURRICULUM VITAE Thomas Ferretti

CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomas Ferretti
Adress: Rue de la Victoire 36 (b5)
1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels (Belgium)
Phone : 02 537 67 91
E-mail: [email protected]
Research Interests: Political Philosophy; Theories of Justice; Distributive Inequalities; Economic Ethics;
Corporate Social Responsibility; Cooperatives and Workplace democracy
Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy – September 2011 – Fall 2015 (Expected)
Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) (Belgium)
Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics
Doctoral Thesis: « Justice and Egalitarian Organizations »
Supervisor: Axel Gosseries, Philosophy, UCL
Expected Thesis Defense: Fall 2015
M.A. in Philosophy – September 2009 - August 2011
Université de Montréal (Canada)
Centre de recherches en éthique
Master Thesis: « Le rôle des entreprises dans la distribution des richesses »
Supervisor: Peter Dietsch, Philosophy, Université de Montréal
Graduation: August 2011 (Deans Honors). GPA: 4.3/4.3 (A+)
B.A. in Philosophy September 2006 – May 2009
Université de Montréal (Canada)
Graduation: June 2009 (Deans Honors). GPA: 3.8/4.3 (A-)
Scholarships
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Ph.D :
September 2011 – August 2015: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Graduate Scholarship (Ph.D.), Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Center of Canada (SSHRC) (80.000 $CAN)
September 2012 – August 2014: ‘Québec – Belgique (WBI)’ Scholarship (24.000 $CAN)
September 2011: Doctoral Scholarship, Research – Quebec Fund for Research on Society and Culture
(FQRSC) (I declined this scholarship in favor of the SSHRC) (60.000 $CAN)
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M.A. :
September 2010 – August 2011: Master Scholarship, Research (FQRSC) (15.000 $CAN)
September 2009 – August 2010: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Graduate Scholarship (M.A.), Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Center of Canada (SSHRC) (17.500 $CAN)
Research Stays (Ph.D)
University of York (United Kingdom) – April 25th - June 1st 2014
Department of Politics. Host: Professor Martin O’Neill
Mondragon University and Int. Inst. for Sociology of Law (Spain) – March 27th – April 20th 2014
Faculty of Management and IISL. Host: Professor Rafa Altuna
Summer Schools (Ph.D)
Summer School on Political Philosophy and Public Policy: Property Owning Democracy and
Predistribution (July 14-18th 2014), University of Minho, Braga (Portugal)
Brave new world Conference (June 12-13th 2014) University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
15th Summer School on History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy and Economic History
(September 3-8th 2012), Université de Lille 1 (France)
PhD research seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility (February 15-16th 2012), Vlerick Leuven
Gent Management School (Belgium)
Publications
Academic publications
Dietsch, Peter & Ferretti, Thomas (2010) « Deux manières de présenter le défi de la justice globale »,
Mouvements, Paris: La Découverte, No.64, pp.64-75
Newspaper articles
Ferretti, Thomas (April 6th 2013). « Liberté d’expression en entreprise », La Libre Belgique, Business
Section (National Newspaper in Belgium)
Ferretti, Thomas (October 16th 2012). « John Stuart Mill et l’Année internationale des coopératives »,
Le Devoir (National Newspaper in Quebec)
Ferretti, Thomas, Maxime Lambrecht et Vincent Aubert (May 16th 2012). « Il n'y a pas lieu de fêter le
‘Tax Freedom Day’ », Le Devoir (National Newspaper in Quebec)
Selected Presentations
Refereed Presentations: Conferences and Summer Schools
Ferretti, Thomas (September 5th, 2014) « Libéralisme égalitaire et réglementation du système socioéconomique: Organisations égalitaires ou État-providence capitaliste ? », Midis de l’éthique du
Centre de recherche en éthique, Université de Montréal (Canada)
Ferretti, Thomas (July 18th 2014) « Welfare State Capitalism and its discontents: Clarifying an old
intuition », Summer School on Political Philosophy and Public Policy: Property Owning
Democracy and Predistribution, Université du Minho, Braga (Portugal)
Ferretti, Thomas (June 13th 2014) « Justifying State Intervention to Make Firms’ Structure More
Egalitarian », Brave New World Conference, University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Ferretti, Thomas (November 12th 2013) « Libéralisme égalitaire, prédistribution et redistribution,
Séminaire des doctorants, Université catholique de Lille (France).
Ferretti, Thomas (September 8th 2012). « Promoting cooperatives and workplace democracy to fight
exploitation », 15th Summer School on History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy
and Economic History, Université de Lille 1 et Université Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbone (France)
Ferretti, Thomas (May 10th 2012). « Desing institutionnel et justice sociale », Congrès annuel de
l'ACFAS: Une philosophie politique de l'entreprise? Montréal (Canada).
Ferretti, Thomas (February 15th 2012). « Corporate social responsibility and its limits », The CSR
Research Seminar: Shaping the Future of CSR Research, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management
School (Belgium)
Workshops
Ferretti, Thomas (May 14th 2014) « An argument for State intervention in firms’ structure », Morrell
Political Theory Workshop, University of York, York (United Kingdom)
Ferretti, Thomas (April 14th 2014) « Political Philosophy, Initial Distribution and Cooperatives »,
Mondragon University, Oñati (Spain)
Ferretti, Thomas (March 11th 2014) « Pour la prédistribution » Midis intimes de la Chaire Hoover,
Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Ferretti, Thomas (October 22nd 2013) « What is Predistribution ? », Vives Doctoral Seminar, Chaire
Hoover, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium).
Ferretti, Thomas (November 8th 2012). « A Maximum Income: Good or Bad Idea? », International
Bernheim Workshop: Fair CEO Compensation, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Research Experience
Conference logistic – June 13th-14th 2013
Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Workshop on Discrimination, Louvain-Aarhus Project
Helping for the logistics a the workshop organized by
Professor Axel Gosseries
Research assistant – May - September 2008 and June - August 2010
Université de Montréal (Canada)
Professor Peter Dietsch, Philosophy
Research Project: Global Justice and Tax Competition
Co-Publication: « Deux manières de présenter le défi de la justice globale »
(See Publications)
Research assistant – June - August 2009
Ecole nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) (Canada)
Professor Yves Boisvert, Public Policy (Public Policy Lab)
Research Project: Elderly and Gambling Problems
Teaching Experience
Teaching support – January 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Hoover Chair
Helping students and grading exams. Course: « Ethique économique, sociale et politique »
Professor Philippe Van Parijs, Philosophy
Supervision – March - August 2014
Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Hoover Chair
Supervising and grading the Final Paper of one student in the
‘Certificate in Economic and Social Ethics’
Professor Hervé Pourtois, Philosophy
Invited speaker – March 26th 2014
Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Giving a 2-hours-lecture, « Méta-Métis » course: « Ethics and consumerism »
Professor Tanguy Isaac, Economics
Civil Society Activity
Member and Invited Speaker – February 2012 - December 2014
Human Rights League, Brussels
Member of the Socio-economic Rights Commission
Regular invited speaker for the educational project: « Young People and Politics »
Regular invited speaker for the educational project: « Café-philo, Théâtre Varia »
Language Skills
French: Mother tongue.
English: Full Working Proficiency (TOEFL (2010): 108 / 120)
Spanish: Basic speaking and writing, good passive understanding and reading
References
Prof. Axel Gosseries, Hoover Chair, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
[email protected]
Prof. Philippe Van Parijs, Hoover Chair, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
[email protected]
Prof. Martin O’Neill, University of York (United Kingdom)
[email protected]
Prof. Peter Dietsch, CRE, Université de Montréal (Canada)
[email protected]

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