MANOHAR KUMAR GREQAM, Aix Marseille University, 5 Boulevard Maurice Bourdet, CS 50498, 13205 Marseille Cedex 1, France manohar.KUMAR@univ-amu.fr PRESENT POSITION Postdoctoral Fellow, GREQAM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille AREAS OF SPECIALISATION Moral and Political Philosophy, Theories of Democracy, Liberty, Security and Secrecy, Theories of Civil Society, Civil Disobedience, Epistemic Injustice ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Fellow, Aix Marseille University Feb. 2017 onwards Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Humanities Feb. 2015- Jan. 2017 and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Visiting Researcher, Centre for Ethics and Global Politics Sept. 2014- Jan.2015 Luiss Guido Carli, Rome Tutor, M.A. in International Relations, Luiss Guido Dec. 2013- Aug. 2014 Carli, Rome WORK EXPERIENCE (Non-Academic) Jan- Aug. 2010- Assistant Fellow, Digantar, Jaipur, India Jun.2008- Aug.2009- Programme Associate, ICICI Centre for Elementary Education, Pune, India Nov-Dec. 2007- Research Intern, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India EDUCATION 2010-13 PhD, Political Theory, Luiss Guido Carli, Rome Thesis: For Whom the Whistle blows? Secrecy, Civil Disobedience, and Democratic Accountability Supervisor: Dr. Daniele Santoro Committee: Prof. Sebastiano Maffettone, Prof. Oreste Massari, Dr. Emmanuela Ceva 2006-08 Master of Arts, Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Thesis: Civil Society and Development: a case study of Self Help Groups in Jharkhand. Supervisor: Prof. Ashwani Kumar 2003-06 Bachelor of Arts with First Class honours, Economics, Hindu College, University of Delhi AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS Feb.2017 onwards Postdoctoral Fellow, GREQAM, Aix Marseille University Sept. 2015- Feb. 2016 Visiting Fellow at CAS SEE, Rijeka (Declined) Feb.2015- Jan.2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 2010-13 Luiss Guido Carli Graduate fellowship in Political Theory 2008 Gold Medal for best student in Development Studies 2007 Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship 2007 Best Student of Development Studies for the Academic Year 2006-2007 PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Speaking Truth to Power. A Theory of Whistleblowing with Daniele Santoro. (Forthcoming in 2018 in Springer for their book series ‘Philosophy and Politics: Critical Perspectives’ edited by Alessandro Ferrara and David Rasmussen). JOURNAL ARTICLES “A Justification of Whistleblowing”, Philosophy and Social Criticism, with Daniele Santoro. (2017) DOI 0191453717708469 BOOK CHAPTERS “A Right to Protection of Whistleblowers”, with Daniele Santoro, in Archibugi, D and A, Benli (eds.). Claiming Rights in Europe: A European Citizenship in Practice. Routledge, Taylor and Francis (2018) BOOK REVIEWS Adam Przeworski, Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government, Plurilogue. Vol. 3, Issue 2. 2013. POLICY PAPERS Policy Recommendation on an European Directive on Whistleblowing for the Project A Change of Direction: Fostering Whistleblowing in the fight against Corruption in Europe. 2017 Policy Survey on the Existing Whistleblowing Legislations in European Member States for the Project A Change of Direction: Fostering Whistleblowing in the fight against Corruption in Europe. 2017 “Blowing the Whistle on Corruption - Report”, with Daniele Santoro, Leonardo Ferrante, Martina Turola. Campaign for an European Directive on Whistleblowing, in collaboration with Libera and Restarting the Future. 2014. MODULES “Civil Disobedience” for the Module on Philosophy of Law for e-pathshala of University Grants Commission. 2015 “Liberty and Security” for the Module on Philosophy of Law for e-pathshala of University Grants Commission. 2015 “Secrecy” for the Module on Philosophy of Law for e-pathshala of University Grants Commission. 2015 OTHER PUBLICATIONS “Secrecy and the failure of DNC”, Daily Nous series ‘Philosophers On’ DNC Leaks. 2016. ARTICLES IN PROGRESS Bound to Fail. Epistemic Injustice and Educational Opportunities with Daniele Santoro. (Under review). Liberty, Secrecy and Right of Assessment with Daniele Santoro. (Under review) Liberty and Security: A Critique of the balance model with Daniele Santoro. (In preparation) Whistleblowing: Conscientious Objection or Civil Disobedience? (In preparation) The Wrong of Political Corruption. (In preparation) TEACHING EXPERIENCE An undergraduate course on Social and Political Philosophy at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi for the autumn semester 2015. Tutor, M.A. in International Relations, Luiss Guido Carli, Rome (2013-2014) EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Associate Editor, Plurilogue CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCES Kumar, M (2017, June), The Wrong of Political Corruption. Meetings in Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho, Braga Kumar, M. (2016, June), Whistleblowing: Conscientious Objection or Civil Disobedience? Meetings in Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho, Braga. Kumar, M. (2016, June), The wrong of Political Corruption. Idea conference on Anti- Corruption and Democratic Development, Istanbul. Kumar, M. & Rajesh, R. (2016, January), Quotas in Super-specialised disciplines: A defense. Philosophy of Education Conference, Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Kumar, M. & Santoro, D. (2014, May) A justification of Whistleblowing.  Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, Braga. (peer reviewed Kumar, M. & Santoro, D. (2014, May) Bound to Fail. Epistemic Injustice and Educational Opportunities. Second International Seminar on Philosophy of Education, Bangalore. Kumar, M. & Santoro, D. (2013, June). Liberty, Security and Right to Information. Annual Applied Legal and Social Philosophy Conference, Stirling. Kumar, M. & Santoro, D. (2013, July). Liberty, Security and Right to Information. Annual Society for Philosophy of Technology Conference, Lisbon. OTHER CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Kumar, M. (2016, June), Whistleblowing as a form of Civil Disobedience. Summer School on Equality and Citizenship III, University of Rijeka. Kumar, M. & Santoro, D. (2014, May) A justification of Whistleblowing. Prague 2014 Critical theory conference, Prague. Kumar, M. & Santoro, D. (2014, April) Bound to Fail. Epistemic Injustice and Educational Opportunities. Workshop ‘An Inclusive Polis: Values, Procedures and Policies’.  Department of Humanities, University of Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli. Santoro, D. & Kumar, M. (2012, Sept.) Liberty, Security and Epistemic Dissent. Annual Society for Italian Analytic Philosophy conference, Alghero. Kumar, M. (2011, Dec.)Truth and Politics. International Symposium on Ideologies, values and political behaviours in Central and Eastern Europe, West University, Timisoara. INVITED COMMENTS Smith, W (2017, Sept.) Civil Disobedience and Unauthorised Whistleblowing. International Colloquium ‘The Democratic Legitimacy of State Secrecy’. Leiden. Hubbs, G (2013, Oct.) Transparency, Corruption and Democratic Institutions. Colloquium on Ethics, Politics and Society, Luiss Guido Carli, Rome. Ahmed, H (2012, Dec.) Monuments. International Research Network on Religion and Democracy Annual Conference titled ‘Religion and Democracy: Local Questions, Global Perspectives’. Delhi Chandhoke, N (2011, May) Transiting from Descriptive to Normative Pluralism. Colloquium on Ethics, Politics and Society, Luiss Guido Carli, Rome. SUMMER/WINTER SCHOOL: Summer School on Equality and Citizenship III, University of Rijeka. Advanced Winter School on Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Mumbai (2009), jointly organized by National Institute of Advanced Studies and Indian Council for Social Science Research. Summer School on Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore (2007) INVITED TALKS A panel discussion on Marital Rape: Philosophical Issues on Violence at the Gargi College, University of Delhi, January 18, 2016. ‘Justification of Whistleblowing’, Wednesday Seminar, Department of Philosophy, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi, November 4, 2015. ‘Whistleblowing as a form of Civil Disobedience’, Workshop, Civil Disobedience Beyond the State II, Berlin, May 2015. Guest Lecture “On Relativism” in the course of Philosophy of Social Sciences in the B.A. Programme at Luiss Guido Carli, Rome for 2013 fall term. Guest Lecture on ‘Liberty, Security, and Epistemic Dissent’ at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, December 2012. Two Guest Lectures on Theories of Civil Society in the Indian Political Theory course for MA in International Politics at Luiss Guido Carli, Rome for 2012 fall term. Guest Lecture on ‘Liberty and Security’ on the course on Civil Society, Human Rights, and Information, for diplomats from Yemen. September, 2012 at Luiss Guido Carli, Rome Conducted a workshop on Political Theory especially on Democracy, Equality and Liberty at Digantar, Jaipur from August 3-8, 2011. SEMINAR TALKS ‘Is Whistleblowing a Form of Conscientious Objection’, Tuesday Seminar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi, September 27, 2016. ‘Liberty and Security: A Critique of the Balance Model’, Tuesday Seminar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi, April 19, 2016. ‘Whistleblowing as a form of Civil Disobedience’, Tuesday Seminar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi, August 18, 2015. Public talk on ‘Justification of Whistleblowing’, Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, September 19, 2014. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Conference and Workshop Planning Co- convener, Panel titled ‘Incivility, Whistleblowing, and Disobedience: Bad Citizenship or Democratic Dissent’, MANCEPT Workshops, Manchester, September, 2014. Member, Organizing Committee, International Research Network on Religion and Democracy Annual Conference titled ‘Religion and Democracy: Local Questions, Global Perspectives’, Delhi, December, 2012. Conference Coordinator, TISS-LSE Global Civil Society Yearbook Workshop, Mumbai, May, 2008. Member, Core Committee, First Development Studies Annual Students’ Conference, 2008. Member, Core Committee, First All India Economics Students’ Meet, Delhi, 2005. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES Member, Society for Philosophy of Technology (SPT). 2013. Member, Society for Italian Analytic Philosophy (SIFA). 2012. LANGUAGES English and Hindi (Professional) Italian (Basic) ************** C.V. Manohar Kumar (Manohar.KUMAR@univ-amu.fr) Page 9