Lerato Posholi, PhD
Postdoc (SNSF Sinergia Project)
Institute for European Global Studies,
University of Basel
Riehenstrasse 154
CH-4058 Basel
Tel.: +41 (0)61 207 48 90
- Social epistemology
- Decolonial theory
- Curriculum studies
Current position
November 2020 – present: Post-doctoral fellow, Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel
Previous positions
February 2017 – March 2019: Associate Researcher. Centre for Researching Education and Labour (REAL). University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
February 2018 – July 2018: Assistant Lecturer. MA in Education (Knowledge and Work). Centre for Researching Education and Labour. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
April 2015 – December 2016: Sessional Lecturer in Philosophy. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Educational background
2020: PhD in Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
2015: Master of Arts in Philosophy. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
2013: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
2012: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and International Relations. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Peer-reviewed articles
L. Posholi (2020). "Epistemic Decolonization as Overcoming the Hermeneutical Injustice of Eurocentrism". Philosophical Papers, 49(2), pp. 279-304
Edited volumes
S. Allais, E. Unterhalter, P. Molebatsi, L. Posholi, C. Howell (2020). "Universities, the Public Good, and the SDG4 Vision". In Wulff A (Ed.), Grading Goal Four. Brill Sense.
P. Del Monte & L. Posholi (Forthcoming). "Decolonial perspectives on education and international development". In McCowan, T & Unterhalter, E. (Eds.), Education and International Development: An Introduction (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury.