Iris van der Tuin

Iris van der Tuin is Professor of Theory of Cultural Inquiry in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University, where they also serve as the university’s academic lead for Interdisciplinary Education. Trained as a feminist epistemologist, their work connects philosophies of science and the humanities, cultural theory, science and technology studies, and critical and creative approaches to cultural inquiry.

Van der Tuin earned a PhD in the Humanities from Utrecht University, graduating cum laude, and master’s degrees in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Amsterdam, also cum laude. Their books include New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies (2012), co-written with Rick Dolphijn; Generational Feminism: New Materialist Introduction to a Generative Approach (2015); and the edited collection Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms. They are also a co-author of Challenging Institutionalization: A Propositional Toolkit for Doing Supervision of Artistic and Practice-Based Research (2025).