Filippa Ronquist is a Law and Philosophy Fellow at the UCLA School of Law, where she teaches legal philosophy.

Filippa’s research spans moral, political and legal philosophy. She is especially interested in questions related to authority, legitimacy, power and freedom, as well as in questions related to practical reason and normativity.

Her recent publications include “For Your Own Good? Authority, Categorical Reason, and Paternalism,” in Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs (2026) and “Conventionalism and the Wrong of Promise-Breaking,” in Engaging Raz (Oxford University Press, 2025).

Filippa received her PhD in philosophy from UCL in 2026. During her PhD, she held visiting research positions at UC Berkeley, Yale and Oxford. Her research has been supported by the Sweden-America Foundation, the Aristotelian Society, and the Royal Institute of Philosophy, amongst others. She holds an MPhil in Philosophy from UCL, and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford.