Background

Curriculum Vitae

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Research

Areas of Specialisation: Philosophy of Mind and Phenomenology (especially empathy and the emotions); Social Epistemology.

Areas of Competence: Epistemology; Ethics (especially sentimentalism).

Education

2024 – 2027

PhD in Philosophy (ongoing)

King's College London

Thesis: "Beyond the World as it Appears to Me": The Epistemology of Edith Stein's Empathy.

2022 – 2024

MPhil Stud in Philosophy (Pass, no corrections)

King's College London

Thesis: "Grasping Others' Minds: Developing Edith Stein's Empathy". Supervisor: Professor Mark Textor.

2022

Philosophy Honours (Class I)

The University of Sydney

Thesis: "The Moral Desirability of Empathy: A Response to Jesse Prinz". Supervisor: Professor Emerita Moira Gatens.

2017

BA in Philosophy and English, English Honours (Class I)

The University of Sydney

Thesis: "Judith Wright and Representation". Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Gardiner.

Publications

  • Maroney, S. (2025). "Daring to Doubt! Shaftesbury, doubt, and polite conversation." The Southern Journal of Philosophy. Invited · Open access  doi:10.1111/sjp.12621 ↗

Employment History

2025 – ongoing

Research Impact Development Assistant (RIDA)

King's College London

Multiple roles contributing to the impact assessment for research staff for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029.

2023 – ongoing

Graduate Teaching Assistant

King's College London

Ethics I; Epistemology I and II; Political Philosophy; Introduction to Epistemology; Introduction to Ethics; Introduction to Metaphysics.

2023 – ongoing

Teaching Lead

Philosophy in Prison

Working with the charity to run philosophy classes for inmates.

2012 – ongoing

Founder & Tutor

Prose Tutoring

Self-employed as an English Literature tutor for senior school students.

2024

Research Assistant (3 months)

Professor Rowland Stout

Offered criticisms and edits to Stout's manuscript for his 2025 release Passion in Action (OUP).

2017 – 2019

Teacher's Aide

Redfern Jarjum College

Teacher's Aide at a specialist school for Indigenous children.

2016 – 2021

Warehouse Manager

The Sydney Festival

10-week summer contract managing delivery and logistics.

Service

2025 – ongoing

The Philosophy Bar

A new, public philosophy initiative offering 1-on-1 philosophical conversations.

2025 – ongoing

Advisor

Philosophy in Prison

Part of an advisory board reporting directly to the charity's trustees, giving feedback, developing resources, and offering practical direction to the charity's workings.

2024 – ongoing

GTA Student Representative

King's College London

2023 – ongoing

UCU Philosophy Department Representative

King's College London

2023 – ongoing

LEMM (Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Mind) Co-Organiser

2023 – 2024

MPhil Stud Representative

King's College London

Awards & Grants

  • Associate Fellow (AFHEA) — Higher Education Academy, 2026
  • Associate of King's College London (AKC) — 2026
  • Arts & Humanities Small Grant (£1,000) — King's College London, 2026. Phenomenology Today Symposium, July 2026.
  • Sorabji Graduate Bursary (£1,900) — King's College London, 2025/2026
  • The Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship (AUD$180–270,000) — The Ramsay Centre, 2024–2027
  • Lucy Firth Postgraduate Research Scholarship in History of Philosophy — The University of Sydney, 2024–2027. Full stipend and tuition. Declined.
  • International Chancellor's Scholarship (£150,000) — Warwick University, 2024–2027. Declined.
  • Oxford-Open-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership (£96,000) — Open University, 2024–2027. Declined.
  • Antognazza Award (£2,000) — King's College London, 2024. Philosophy Department competitive scholarship.
  • Runner-up, GTA Awards (£50) — King's College London, 2024–25
  • 1st place, GTA Awards (£200) — King's College London, 2023–24
  • Three Minute Thesis® Competition Winner (£500) — Vitae / King's College London, 2023. National Semi-Finalist UK.
  • Arts & Humanities Small Grant (£2,975) — King's College London, 2023. "Feminist Philosophy" Conference.
  • Arts & Humanities Small Grant (£2,156) — King's College London, 2023. "Knowing and Doing" Conference.
  • CEU Early Modern Social Epistemology Conference Grant (£250) — King's College London, 2023

Speaking Engagements

  • "Perceptual-Motivational Emotions? Edith Stein's Ontology of Feelings." Passion in Action: Philosophy of Emotion Conference. 2025.
  • "'Beyond the world as it appears to me.' Edith Stein's Empathic Fulfilment." Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society. 2025.
  • "Edith Stein's Empathy: perspective-taking without simulation." Welcome Week Graduate Conference, King's College London. 2024.
  • "Shaftesbury's Conciliationism: Friendship and Disagreement in The Moralists." Early Modern Social Epistemology, CEU, Vienna. 2023.
  • "'What can I do? Where do I start?' Developing Medina's schema to effect meta-lucidity." London Graduate Philosophy Conference, Senate House. 2022.
  • "Overcoming Empathy's Capriciousness." Applied Ethics UNC Graduate Conference. 2022.
  • "Towards a folk psychological theory of empathy." The Cumberland Lodge Conference, King's College London. 2022.

Languages

  • English — Native
  • Spanish — Intermediate (B1), Continuing Education
  • German — Beginner (A1), Continuing Education

Creative Arts Experience

Music and Poetry Events — Co-creator; Director

2017 – 2019

Sound and Sense

Quarterly poetry and music event.

2019 – ongoing

DStreet

Community-focused electronic music events host and radio. @d._street on Instagram.

Theatre — Writer / Director / Producer

  • Beautiful Thoughts — Darwin Fringe Festival, 2020. Cancelled — COVID.
  • I Killed A Nazi — Sydney Fringe Festival, 2019. Cancelled in rehearsal.
  • The Supreme Gentleman — Sydney Fringe Festival, 2018.
  • Fragility: The Final Refuge — Sydney Fringe Festival, 2017.