Tvrtko Vrdoljak is a doctoral candidate in political theory and philosophy at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. He previously completed two MA degrees in political theory, at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Toronto, and a BA degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at St. Francis College, NY.

Tvrtko is completing a dissertation titled “The Metaphysics of Politics: Nietzsche and his Interlocutors” which rethinks politics beyond logocentrism and anthropocentrism, with the help of F. Nietzsche, M. Foucault, B. Latour, and the broader process philosophy.

His research and teaching interests include history of political thought, contemporary political theory, political ecology, and the history and philosophy of social sciences.

At the Institute for Political Ecology, he researches theories of social change as part of the Horizon Europe project “Towards a Sustainable Wellbeing Economy.”