Brian Kogelmann

Dr. Brian Kogelmann is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Purdue University. His research focuses on political philosophy, particularly contemporary approaches to social contract theory and contractarianism. He earned his BA in philosophy and political science from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Kogelmann is an alum of the Mercatus Adam Smith Fellowship and was a Bernard Marcus Fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies. 

He is the author of Secret Government: The Pathologies of Publicity (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and the co-editor of Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of Vincent and Elinor Ostrom (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) with Peter Boettke and Bobbi Herzberg.

Formerly, he was an Assistant Professor of General Business and the Academic Director of the Kendrick Center for an Ethical Economy at West Virginia University.

For further publications by Kogelmann, visit his website.