Oda Karoline Storbråten Davanger
About
Davanger works on political philosophy, with equality and social justice as her focus. Her areas in philosophy include feminist philosophy (including feminist epistemology and feminist ethics), history of philosophy, french existentialism and continental philosophy. Her PhD-project analyzes the aporias of democracy by way of habitual racism and sexism. The project investigates the citizen's democratic and political agency as a philosophical problem in a world that both presumes and promises liberty, equality and justice.
Davanger holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Earlham College and an MPhil in philosophy from the University of Oslo. She holds the following positions at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies:
- Leader of the Women's Network for Philosophy at NTNU.
- Coordinator of the Research Group in Feminist and Decolonial Philosophies.
- Board member in Forum for Feminist Philosophy.
Fall 2023 Davanger is a visiting research scholar at Emory University in Atlanta.
Spring 2024 Davanger is a visiting research scholar at The New School for Social Research in New York.
Research
Publications
2025
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Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2025)
Simona Forti, Totalitarianism: A Borderline Idea in Political Philosophy, trans. Simone Ghelli (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2024).
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal
Book review
2024
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Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2024)
12 kvinnelige filosofer: Fra antikken til i dag.
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning
Book review
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Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2024)
Afrikansk-amerikansk filosofi: Når filosofi oppstår mellom det partikulære og det generelle.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Academic article
2023
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Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2023)
Emancipatory Engagement with Oppression. The Perils of Identity in Feminist and Anti-Racist Politics.
Academic chapter
2022
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2022)
Epistemology, Political Perils and the Ethnocentrism Problem in Feminism.
Open Philosophy
Academic article
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2022)
Bevisstgjørende kulturkritikk: Arne Johan Vetlesen, Smerte i vår tid.
Agora Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon
Book review
2021
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2021)
Er ikke jeg en kvinne?.
Klassekampen
Popular science article
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2021)
Revising Locke’s Political Philosophy to Account for Nomadic Territorial Claims.
Begrep studenttidsskrift for filosofi, NTNU
Professional article
2020
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2020)
Aversion To Reason: Where Are the Women of Philosophy?.
Filosofisk supplement
Professional article
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2020)
Smerten er banal.
Dyade
Professional article
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2020)
Dagen derpå revolusjonen: Žižek om kommunismen og krisene i vår tid.
Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie
Popular science article
2018
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2018)
«Glemt metafysikk» Bokomtale: Early Modern Women on Metaphysics.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Book review
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2018)
How the Rational Man Has Failed Mother Earth: Feminist Ethics and Climate Change.
Filosofisk supplement
Professional article
2017
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2017)
The Plotinian One and Anaximander’s Apeiron.
Filosofisk supplement
Professional article
2013
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2013)
Not So Innocent: An Akratic Reading of Leibnizian ‘Judgment’.
Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal
Academic article
2012
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2012)
Anxiety, Meditation, and This-Worldly Religious Concerns.
Dialogue: Journal of Phi Sigma Tau, International Honor Society for Philosophy.
Academic article
Journal publications
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Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2025)
Simona Forti, Totalitarianism: A Borderline Idea in Political Philosophy, trans. Simone Ghelli (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2024).
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal
Book review
-
Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2024)
12 kvinnelige filosofer: Fra antikken til i dag.
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning
Book review
-
Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2024)
Afrikansk-amerikansk filosofi: Når filosofi oppstår mellom det partikulære og det generelle.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2020)
Aversion To Reason: Where Are the Women of Philosophy?.
Filosofisk supplement
Professional article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2013)
Not So Innocent: An Akratic Reading of Leibnizian ‘Judgment’.
Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal
Academic article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2021)
Er ikke jeg en kvinne?.
Klassekampen
Popular science article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2021)
Revising Locke’s Political Philosophy to Account for Nomadic Territorial Claims.
Begrep studenttidsskrift for filosofi, NTNU
Professional article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2020)
Smerten er banal.
Dyade
Professional article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2022)
Epistemology, Political Perils and the Ethnocentrism Problem in Feminism.
Open Philosophy
Academic article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2022)
Bevisstgjørende kulturkritikk: Arne Johan Vetlesen, Smerte i vår tid.
Agora Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon
Book review
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2018)
«Glemt metafysikk» Bokomtale: Early Modern Women on Metaphysics.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Book review
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2018)
How the Rational Man Has Failed Mother Earth: Feminist Ethics and Climate Change.
Filosofisk supplement
Professional article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2020)
Dagen derpå revolusjonen: Žižek om kommunismen og krisene i vår tid.
Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie
Popular science article
-
Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2017)
The Plotinian One and Anaximander’s Apeiron.
Filosofisk supplement
Professional article
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Davanger, Oda K Storbråten.
(2012)
Anxiety, Meditation, and This-Worldly Religious Concerns.
Dialogue: Journal of Phi Sigma Tau, International Honor Society for Philosophy.
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Davanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten.
(2023)
Emancipatory Engagement with Oppression. The Perils of Identity in Feminist and Anti-Racist Politics.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Spring 2023:
Special Topic FI2104 Critical Democracy;
Supervision bachelor theses in philosophy FI2001;
Supervision MPhil thesis in philosophy FI31031.
Fall 2022:
Examen filosoficum lecture series (200-variant);
Seminar lecturer in FI1105 Ethics;
Seminar lecturer in FI1101 Contemporary Philosophy - an introduction;
Lecturer in FI1001 Ancient and Modern Philosophy;
Lecturer in FI3202 Teory and Method;
Spring 2022: Examen filosoficum lecture series;
Examen filosoficum seminars (200-variant);
Philosophy writing seminar for BA and MA-students.
Fall 2021: Examen filosoficum seminars (200-variant)
Outreach
2023
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Feature articleDavanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten. (2023) De glemte historiene fra kvinnekampen i det norske filosofifaget.
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten. (2023) “Half-Hearted Intentionality”. Philosophy Colloquium Series
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten. (2023) "Half-Hearted Intentionality: Critical Phenomenology". Friday Philosophy Forum
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten. (2023) “Afro-Amerikansk eksistensialisme: Når filosofi oppstår mellom det partikulære og det generelle”. Konferanse om sexisme og rasisme i filosofihistorien
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten. (2023) Half-Hearted Intentionality: Critical Phenomenology and Arendt. Visiting Scholars Seminar
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda Karoline Storbråten. (2023) “Half-Hearted Intentionality and Political Agency”. Mid-West Continental Philosophy Conference
2022
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LectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2022) The Politics of Being Seen: How Identity Alters Political Agency. Forskningsgruppe for praktisk filosofi
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2022) The Politics of Being Seen: How Identity Alters Political Agency. Norwegian Practical Philosophy Network Conference
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2022) The Politics of Being Seen: An Introduction to Feminist Phenomenology. Vitenskapsteoretisk forum
2021
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2021) Såre tilknytninger til forskjellsidentiteter. Forum for Feministisk Filosofi
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2021) A New Reading of the Rights Paradox for Identities of Difference in Democracy. Instituttseminar
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2021) A New Reading of the Rights Paradox for Identities of Difference in Democracy. Practical Philosophy Seminar
2020
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InterviewSandvik, Hannah Monsrud; Davanger, Oda Storbråten. (2020) Hva skjer med Antarktis når isen smelter?.
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2020) Hospitality, feminist ideology and philosophy. Feminism and Hospitality: Religious and Critical Perspectives in dialogue with a Secular Age, Nordic Summer University, Winter Symposia
2019
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2019) The Ethnocentrism Problem in Feminism. Internal Seminar for Grant Award Recipients
2018
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InterviewDavanger, Oda K Storbråten; Svensson, Åshild Fløgstad. (2018) Is Critical Theory Out Of Touch?: An Inteview with Lois McNay.
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2018) Feminism’s Ethnocentric Problem: The Risk of Reproducing Oppression. Filosofisk fredagsseminar
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Conference lectureDavanger, Oda K Storbråten. (2018) Feminism’s Ethnocentric Problem. Nordic Summer University's 69th Summer Session