Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz.

He received his PhD in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

[3] Marder carried out research in phenomenology as an FCT fellow at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and held the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

[4] before accepting the Ikerbasque research professorship at the University of the Basque Country.

[5] Marder is an editorial associate of the journal Telos (New York)[6] and an editor of four-book series: Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy Series,[7] Critical Plant Studies,[8] Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics, and Cultural Studies,[9] and Palgrave Studies in Postmetaphysical Thought.