Prof. Dr. Kristina Lepold
Kristina Lepold is Professor of Social Philosophy/Critical Theory. She specializes in social philosophy, political philosophy, and critical philosophy of race.
Kristina Lepold studied political science and economics at the University of Mannheim and Sciences Po Paris (B.A. 2009) and sociology with a specialization in social theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc. 2010). From 2011 to 2016, she worked on her doctoral dissertation in philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, and received her Ph.D. in 2017. During her studies and doctorate, she received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. Research stays took her to Columbia University in New York (2013), Harvard University (2018-19), and MIT (2023 and 2024). Before joining Humboldt University in October 2020, she was a postdoctoral research associate at Goethe University Frankfurt. From October 2020 until September 2026, she held the Junior Professorship of Social Philosophy/Critical Theory at Humboldt University Berlin.
Kristina Lepold was a member of the steering committee of SWIP Germany e.V. (2021-2023) and a SWIP Ambassador at the Department of Philosophy at Humboldt University (2021-2026). Since September 2025, she serves as the Department's Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer. She is associated with the Center for Social Critique and was a member of the DFG research network "The Relation between Recognition Theory and Theories of Epistemic Injustice" (2021-2024).
Here is a short portrait of Kristina Lepold on the website of SWIP Germany e.V.
And here is an interview on the pages of Philpublica. (Both in German.)