Dr Jonathan Benson New Lecturer in Political Theory
The Department of Politics are delighted that Dr Jonathan Benson will join as a permanent Lecturer in Political Theory.
is currently a Hallsworth Research Fellow at the Department of Politic and will take up his post as Lecturer in January 2025.
He completed his PhD at ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp and has taught at King’s College London and Utrecht University. His research focuses on democratic theory, political economy and political epistemology.
Benson’s first book, , will be published by Oxford University Press in 2024. In the book, Benson provides an epistemic justification of democratic politics and a robust answer to democracy’s critics.
His research has also been published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, Political Studies and Politics, Philosophy & Economics.
As a new permanent member of ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), Benson will contribute to teaching and research at one of the UK’s leading centres for Political Theory.