I am a Research Associate at the Institute of Philosophy. I hold a PhD in Political Theory from Central European University (2019).
My research lies at the intersection of moral and political philosophy, with a particular focus on the ethics of influence. I work primarily on the ethics of nudging, the practice of predictably steering people’s behavior through changing their choice environments, and on broader questions concerning when and how influence can be exercised permissibly. My doctoral dissertation examined the institutional conditions under which nudges may be morally justified. More recently, my interests have expanded to include topics in AI ethics and moral progress.
I have made scholarly visits to Tilburg University (2016), University of Warwick (2017), Catholic University of Lille (2021), and Oxford Uehiro Institute, University of Oxford (2024).
You can reach me at: viktor [dot] ivankovic [at] ifzg [dot] hr or viktor [dot] ivankovic [at] gmail [dot] com