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Critical Theory and Philosophy

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Lidija Grmek Zupanc
Unknown
2
Emil Øversveen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
3
Huaping Lu‐Adler
Georgetown University
4
Amaya Querejazu
Universidad de Antioquia
5
Peter J. Verovšek
University of Groningen
6
Robin Zheng
Yale-NUS College
7
Ruth Rebecca Tietjen
Tilburg University
8
Tamir Bar‐On
Academy of Public Administration
9
Mie Inouye
Bard College
10
Harrison Frye
University of Georgia

Rising Stars Papers

1
Animacy and the Agency of Spiritual Beings in Pluriversal Societies
International Political Sociology|2024
9 cit.
2
Are the International Tribunals of Rights of Nature pluriversal?
International Relations|2024
7 cit.
3
Loneliness and radicalization
Philosophy & Social Criticism|2025
6 cit.
4
Collective Memory and the Stalling of European Integration: Generational Dynamics and the Crisis of European Leadership
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies|2024
3 cit.
5
Kant on public reason and the linguistic Other
Asian Journal of Philosophy|2024
3 cit.
6
Habermas the Freelance Journalist: The Relationship between Theory and Practice in Habermas’s Early Career
New German Critique|2024
2 cit.
7
Søren Mau (2021): Stum Tvang. En marxistisk undersøgelse af kapitalismens økonomiske magt.Søren Mau(2021)Stum Tvang. En marxistisk undersøgelse af kapitalismens økonomiske magt.9788772046518Forlaget Klim. 410 pages.
Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research|2024
1 cit.
8
The Real Problem of Envy
Philosophy &amp Public Affairs|2025
1 cit.
9
The roots of liberal and illiberal democracy: political theory, collective memory and conflicting visions of sovereignty in Europe
Journal of Contemporary European Studies|2025
1 cit.
10
Racial Imagination, Epistemic Dependence, and Epistemic Oppression
Revista de Estudios Kantianos|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Daniela Gandorfer
University of Westminster
2
Jeffrey Gordon
University of Colorado System
3
Alexandra Homolar
University of Warwick
4
Marie Paxton
Westminster University
5
Dustin S. Stoltz
University of Notre Dame
6
Arvi Särkelä
University of Lucerne
7
Nick Riggle
University of San Diego
8
Neal Harris
Oxford Brookes University
9
Ásgeir Tryggvason
Örebro University
10
Ben Manski
George Mason University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Aesthetic Value and the Practice of Aesthetic Valuing
The Philosophical Review|2024
50 cit.
2
Convergence, Community, and Force in Aesthetic Discourse
Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy|2022
44 cit.
3
Narrative alliances: the discursive foundations of international order
International Affairs|2024
23 cit.
4
Down and Dirty in the Field of Play: Startup Societies, Cryptostatecraft, and Critical Complicity
Law and Critique|2022
21 cit.
5
Imaginaries of trauma and victimhood: The role of the ‘China threat’ in Trump’s populism of the privileged
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations|2024
19 cit.
6
What is capitalism? Toward a working definition
Social Science Information|2023
13 cit.
7
Weaponizing Masculinity
Journal for the Study of Radicalism|2022
12 cit.
8
Agonistic teaching: Four principles
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy|2023
11 cit.
9
Schooling and ESE: revisiting Stevenson’s gap from a pragmatist perspective
Environmental Education Research|2022
10 cit.
10
text2map: R Tools for Text Matrices
The Journal of Open Source Software|2022
9 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Lawrence Grossberg
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2
Martin Jay
University of California, Berkeley
3
José Luis Martí
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
4
Joris I. Rotmans
Leiden University Medical Center
5
Herbert Marcuse
University of California, San Diego
6
Gillian Rose
University of Salzburg
7
Graham Smith
The University of Notre Dame Australia
8
Joachim Schwermer
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
9
John Gastil
University of Washington
10
Michalinos Zembylas
Michigan State University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture
South Atlantic Review|1989
2.7k cit.
2
Situating knowledges: positionality, reflexivities and other tactics
Progress in Human Geography|1997
2.3k cit.
3
Visual methodologies: an introduction to the interpretation of visual materials
Choice Reviews Online|2002
2.2k cit.
4
More evolution than revolution: transition management in public policy
foresight|2001
2.1k cit.
5
Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge
Geographical Journal|1994
1.1k cit.
6
On Postmodernism and Articulation
Journal of Communication Inquiry|1986
1.1k cit.
7
The Place of Self‐Interest and the Role of Power in Deliberative Democracy*
Journal of Political Philosophy|2009
997 cit.
8
Emotions and Teacher Identity: A poststructural perspective
Teachers and Teaching|2003
931 cit.
9
Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development
International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology|2007
876 cit.
10
The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-1950.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1974
825 cit.

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