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Lecturer (Teaching) in Political Theory (he/him)
Room:ÌýB.13, 29 Tavistock Square
Email:Ìýjohn.wilesmith@ucl.ac.ukÌý

Biography

I am a Lecturer (Teaching) in Political Theory at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº. I joined the Department as a Teaching Fellow in January 2018. Prior to this, I taught in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London.

I hold a PhD in Political Theory and an MA in Legal and Political Theory, both from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº. I amÌýco-director of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics.

Research

My main areas of interest are social justice, egalitarianism, liberalism, analytic methods, and applied issues of economic ownership and control. So far, my published research has focused mainly on the structure and role of firms in a just political economy, and the nature and value of a ‘property-owning democracy’. A more embryonic area of interest that I plan to pursue is the pedagogy of political theory.

Publications

Journal articles

• Wilesmith, J. (2021) ‘’,ÌýJournal of Political Philosophy, 29(2), pp. 231–251.
• Wilesmith, J. (2015)Ìý‘’,ÌýDiacritica, 29(2), pp.87–108.

Book reviews

• Wilesmith, J. (2018)Ìý‘’,ÌýEconomics and Philosophy, 34(1), pp.114–120.

Teaching

Since 2018, I have led the following modules:

• Meanings of Liberty: Methods and Approaches in Political Theory (PUBL0022)
• Contemporary Political Philosophy II: Social Justice and Equality (PUBL0072)
• Global Ethics (PUBL0045)
• Authority, Democracy, and Resistance (POLS0032)
• Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutions (POLS0075)
• Philosophy, Values, and the Social Sciences (POLS0033)

I have also taught elements of Justice: The Moral Foundations of Politics (POLS0061) andÌýIntroduction to Politics (POLS0006), andÌýI have supervised a range of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.