Our Team
Descoding Descartes is an
NWO-funded research project
hosted at Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil),
Erasmus University Rotterdam
![Dr. Erik-Jan Bos](https://decodingdescartes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Erik-Jan-Bos.jpg)
Dr. Erik-Jan Bos
PhD in 2002
Erik-Jan Bos graduated in 2002 on The Correspondence between Descartes and Henricus Regius. For Decoding Descartes, he is currently preparing a new critical edition of Descartes’ correspondence.
![Prof. Dr. Han van Ruler](https://decodingdescartes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/han-cropped.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Han van Ruler
PhD in 1995
Han van Ruler graduated in 1995 (cum laude) on his prize winning book The Crisis of Causality.
For Decoding Descartes, he is preparing a comprehensive and innovative interpretation of Descartes' philosophy that is quite unlike the standard view.
![Doğukan Öztürkoğlu](https://decodingdescartes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dogukan-Ozturkoglu.jpg)
Doğukan Öztürkoğlu
MA in 2018
Doğukan Öztürkoğlu graduated as MA at the University of Groningen in 2018 on a thesis related to Descartes' theory of morals. For Decoding Descartes, he is working on a dissertation on Descartes' epistemological turn.
![Paolo Rossini](https://decodingdescartes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Paolo-Rossini.jpg)
Paolo Rossini
PhD in 2019
Paolo Rossini graduated PhD (cum laude) in 2019 on a dissertation on Giordano Bruno. Enjoying a Marie Curie Fellowship at ESPhil, he analyzes the networks within the Republic of Letters for the early diffusion of Cartesianism.
![Sara Madera Gómez](https://decodingdescartes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sara-Madera-Gomez.jpg)
Sara Madera Gómez
MA in 2019
Sara Madera Gómez graduated as MA at the University of Edinburgh in 2019. She is preparing a thesis on the concept of non-human animal nature in early modern philosophy, from Descartes and Spinoza to Leibniz.
![Laura H](https://decodingdescartes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/discours.jpg)
Laura H
Position
In the spring of 2022, a new job opportunity within Decoding Descartes will be announced in the form of a position for an ESPhil student assistant in support of the preparation of the new edition of Descartes' Correspondence. Check the newsupdates on our website for upcoming details.