Bio

Hello, I am Yvette Drissen and I am currently doing my Ph.D. at Tilburg University, in the Netherlands. My research title is: When Success Becomes the New Normal: The Competitive Society and its Symptoms.

I rack my brain over questions such as, how to define competition? What are the moral limits of competition in societies? How is competition related to inequality and (the ideal of) the meritocracy? How meritorious are those who are considered 'winners'? And how does competition affect our wellbeing and in particular our emotional states (our sens of self-worth, self-esteem, anxiety, shame, pride, the feeling of victory, et cetera).

I am also interested in more practical questions, such as how to organise academia and other work environments in less competitive ways? How to implement more cooperative ways of learning in education?

Expertise

- Political Philosophy

- Applied Ethics

- Moral Psychology (interest)

Teaching

- Seminars Philosophy of Science for Psychology students (service teaching)

- Seminars Business Ethics for Business Economics students (service teaching)

- One lecture on competition for the Master's course 'Zin en Waarde van Werk' for Philosophy students

Courses

Collaboration

- Member of the Ethics Committee at the hospital in Tilburg (het Elizabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis)

- Chair of the National OZSW PhD Council (Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte)

Highlights

- Member of the department's Diversity Committee

Recent publications

  1. When Success Becomes the New Normal: The Competitive Society and its …

    Drissen, Y. (2024). When Success Becomes the New Normal: The Competitive Society and its Symptoms.
  2. A Losing Game: Clarifying and Informing Debates on Positional Competi…

    Drissen, Y. (Accepted/In press). A Losing Game: Clarifying and Informing Debates on Positional Competition. Social Theory and Practice , 49(3), 413-435.
  3. Competition and its tendency to corrupt philosophy

    Drissen, Y. (2022). Competition and its tendency to corrupt philosophy. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 9(1), 6-27.
  4. Discriminatie, diversiteit en inclusie

    Drissen, Y. (2022). Discriminatie, diversiteit en inclusie. In Ethisch zakendoen (pp. 181-196). Lannoo Campus.
  5. Goed kan altijd beter (dan anderen) - Wat we allemaal verliezen in de…

    Drissen, Y. (Author). (2020). Goed kan altijd beter (dan anderen): Wat we allemaal verliezen in de strijd voor de winst. Digital or Visual Products, Bij Nader Inzien. https://bijnaderinzien.com/2020/09/14/goed-kan-altijd-beter-dan-anderen/

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