Political Ethics Research Associates

Gianluca Andresani is Lecturer in the Business School.  His research interests are in the areas of ethics and public policy, ethics and public service, professional ethics (in particular medical, legal and academic professions), organisational and political ethics.

Cornelia Beyer is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Hull.  Her research interests focus on International Relations theory, Counterterrorism and Global Governance.  Her contribution to the project lies in the field of normative aspects within the area of security more broadly and seen from an international relations standpoint.

 

Gary Blackburn is a PhD student within the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull.  He holds an MA in International Politics and is a member of the Military Ethics Education Network.  His research interests include liberalism and strategy and civil-military relations.  He is also a professional market researcher.

Stephen Burwood is Lecturer in Philosophy.  His research interests are primarily in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of human embodiment, though he has also written in the fields of environmental philosophy and the philosophy of education.  He is currently writing on the concept of the self.

Don Carrick is a tutor in medical ethics at the University of Leeds.  He is currently undertaking research into the ethics of military education and development. He is Project Director of the Military Ethics Education Network.

Raphael Cohen-Almagor is Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies.  His research interests include multiculturalism, media ethics, freedom of expression, liberal democracy, media and terror and political extremism.

James Connelly is Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies.  His research interests include the politics and ethics of the environment, citizenship and virtue ethics.  He is Project Leader of the Military Ethics Education Network.

Xiudian Dai is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies.  Xiudian's main teaching and research interests are the political economy of new media technologies in general and the politics of the Internet in particular. 

Owen Fellows completed his PhD thesis on the topic of international redistributive justice undertaken under the auspices of the IAE as the Institute PhD Scholarship holder in 2010, and is now a tutor in the Department of Politics and International Studies.  He continues to research into issues of international justice and the history of political thought.

Paul Gilbert is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy.  His research interests are principally in the field of human relationships, both personal and political, including aspects of national identity.  He has published on terroism, security and nationalism.

Antony Hatzistavrou is Lecturer in Philosophy.  His research is focused on philosophy of action, legal and political philosophy and ancient philosophy.  He is currently working on the justification of legal and political authority. 

Tom Kane is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies.  His main research interests are strategic studies, international politics and the application of political thought.  Currently he is working on the political agenda of non-governmental organisations, and contemporary problems of using military force to achieve political goals.

Simon Lee is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies.  His main research interests are in the political economy of competitiveness and comparative economic performance; the political economy of the Third Way; theories of globalisation and governance; and the International Monetary Fund.

Paul Robinson is Associate Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa.  He has recently published on war and honour and British defence policy.

Sunil Shastri is a Lecturer in the Scarborough Centre for Environmental and Marine Science. His research focuses on Ocean Governance, including Science and technology of resources; Geopolitical economy of resources; Institutions and organisations; Legislation and implementation; and Stakeholder participation.

Colin Tyler is Reader in the Department of Politics and International Studies.  He is interested in the philosophy of British Idealism, public reason and citizenship and modern political philosophy.

 

Dominic Welburn is a PhD student and politics tutor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull. His research focuses on the feasibility of developing a Rawlsian environmental ethic that is, theoretically extending Rawls's political liberalism to incorporate non-human species and the demands of intergenerational justice. His other research interests include environmental philosophy, theories of democracy and the history of political thought.


Suzanne Uniacke is Reader in the Department of Philosophy. She was an external consultant and invited participant in the Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War, a multi-disciplinary project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, 2004-2008.  She is currently working on the ethics of retaliation.