I was a SGSAH-funded philosophy PhD student (2021-2025) at the University of Glasgow as a member of the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre. My supervisors were Professor J. Adam Carter and Dr. Emma C. Gordon. In October 2025, I defended my PhD, being examined by Professor Mona Simion and Professor Neil Levy.

In March 2026, I will begin a four year postdoc as an International Research Fellow on Professor Maria Baghramian's ERC Horizon Project ETICA at the AUA.

My research is focused mainly on political and social epistemology but I also take interest in issues in epistemology in general, LLMs, conspiracy theories, and the Scottish Enlightenment. 

Contact me at r.aird.1@research.gla.ac.uk.

See my PhilPapers here.

Outside of philosophy, I like going to the gym and watching snooker. I also sporadically write film reviews of varying length and seriousness here.