Political Theory
Our cluster explores the political ideas that have shaped the world we live in; unearths deep structures of power; evaluates current political arrangements; provides new conceptual tools for understanding and orienting ourselves in the world and develops normative standards for the evaluation of political processes and their outcomes.
York is a world-leading centre for the study of political theory. With a large number of political theorists, York offers unusual breath and richness in the discipline. Our research is pluralistic, combining analytic, critical, historical and feminist approaches.
Areas of outstanding strength include early modern political thought, historical injustice, applied ethics, deliberative democracy, liberal public justification, political representation, republicanism, pragmatism, Open Marxism, postcolonial theory, the politics of expertise, the politics of self-determination and the politics of cultural diversity.
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Professor Mónica Brito Vieira
Cluster Convenor
monica.britovieira@york.ac.uk
- Dr Gabrielle Badano
- Professor Werner Bonefeld
- Professor Monica Brito Vieira (Cluster Convenor)
- Dr Sara de Jong
- Dr Kieran Durkin
- Professor Matthew Festenstein
- Dr Adam Fusco
- Dr Josh Milburn
- Dr Alfred Moore
- Dr Alasia Nuti
- Professor Timothy Stanton
- Dr Tim Stuart-Buttle
- Dr Elisabeth Thorsson
- Dr Sarah van Goozen
- Hafiza Nor Ahmad
- Carlos Arellano Silva
- Nicholas Campbell
- Erik Cardona-Gomez
- Luke Carroll
- Soner Çubukçu
- Hongyuan Du
- Urban Jaksa
- Angus Hebenton
- James Hickson
- Ran Hu
- Nektarios Kastrinakis
- Medhat Khattar
- Lingmin Kong
- Connor Robinson
- Ruijie Tan
- Alex Tebble
- Rossella de Bernardi
- Qingyi Ye
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Learn to think in different ways about the deepest questions and problems of political life.
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Professor Mónica Brito Vieira
Cluster Convenor
monica.britovieira@york.ac.uk