Kieran Dunn 

Research

Title of Research:

Rectifying Historical Injustice: Racial Injustice and Political Methodology

Brief overview of research topic:

Political theory attempts to describe our world while concurrently being a part of that world. In this project, I explore this relationship between a radically unjust world and political theory. I focus on the recent “structural turn” in reparative justice and philosophy more generally. In doing so, I intend to develop an account of structural injustice focusing on racial injustice that can answer the question of what responsibility philosophical and political theory as a discipline and political theorists as political agents have to rectify historical injustice.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Visiting Fellow in Philosophy at Harvard University, USA, September to December 2024.

Visiting Postgraduate Research Student in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, May to June 2024. 

MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science

BA in Mathematics and Philosophy (with honours and distinction) from Colby College, USA

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant for 5SSPP210: Post-Colonial Theory and 6SSPP377: Advanced Topics in Political Theory in the Department of Political Economy, King's College London.

Grader and Tutor for PL151: Philosophy of Logic and Argumentation at Colby College

Publications/Conference Presentations