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Political Philosophy and Ethics

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Sean M. Diament
Pomona College
2
Arash Abizadeh
McGill University
3
Briana Toole
Claremont McKenna College
4
C. Thi Nguyen
Utah Valley University
5
Samuel Bagg
McGill University
6
Maeve McKeown
University of Groningen
7
Uğur Aytaç
Utrecht University
8
Lars J. K. Moen
University of Vienna
9
Jan Kandiyali
University of Sheffield
10
Sukaina Hirji
Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Rising Stars Papers

1
Big Tech, Algorithmic Power, and Democratic Control
The Journal of Politics|2024
13 cit.
2
The personality of a personality cult? Personality characteristics of Donald Trump's most loyal supporters
Political Psychology|2024
5 cit.
3
What is the Point of Social Media? Corporate Purpose and Digital Democratization
Philosophy & Technology|2025
3 cit.
4
Collectivizing Public Reason
Social Theory and Practice|2024
1 cit.
5
Moral agency under oppression
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research|2024
1 cit.
6
Debunking taste
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism|2024
1 cit.
7
Building a Better Aesthetic Hedonism
Philosophical Topics|2024
1 cit.
8
Kevin Elliott: Democracy for Busy People. (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2023. pp. vii, 243.)
The Review of Politics|2025
0 cit.
9
Power, costs, collective action, bargaining, and solidarity
American Journal of Political Science|2025
0 cit.
10
The burdens of jurisdiction and the alleged right to exclude unwanted migrants
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Sooyeon Kang
Loyola University Chicago
2
Damien Page
Leeds Beckett University
3
David V. Axelsen
University of Essex
4
Ian Zuckerman
Stanford University
5
Stacey Goguen
Northeastern Illinois University
6
Marianna Bindi
University of Pavia
7
Alex Prichard
University of Exeter
8
Alfred Archer
Tilburg University
9
Zühre Emanet
SOAS University of London
10
Marie Dos Santos
Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Using Stars for Moral Navigation: An Ethical Exploration into Celebrity
Journal of Applied Philosophy|2022
20 cit.
2
Being a Celebrity: Alienation, Integrity, and the Uncanny
Journal of the American Philosophical Association|2022
18 cit.
3
Influencers as role models
Celebrity Studies|2024
18 cit.
4
How Public Statues Wrong: Affective Artifacts and Affective Injustice
Topoi|2024
17 cit.
5
Upping the ante without taking up arms: Why mass movements escalate demands
Journal of Peace Research|2023
14 cit.
6
Emotional Imperialism
Philosophical Topics|2023
14 cit.
7
Envy, Levelling-Down, and Harrison Bergeron: Defending Limitarianism Against Three Common Objections
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice|2022
13 cit.
8
The sensorium and fleshy schools
British Educational Research Journal|2022
12 cit.
9
On the Uses and Abuses of Celebrity Epistemic Power
Social Epistemology|2022
12 cit.
10
Exemplars and expertise: what we cannot learn from saints and heroes
Inquiry|2023
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Jesse Graham
University of Virginia
2
Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard University
3
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
4
Mark E. Warren
University of British Columbia
5
Martti Koskenniemi
University of Helsinki
6
José Luis Martí
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
7
Adam Swift
McLaren Honda (United Kingdom)
8
Simon Niemeyer
Australian National University
9
Bertil Tungodden
Norwegian School of Economics
10
Michael Wenzel
Flinders University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|2009
4.6k cit.
2
Mapping the moral domain.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|2011
2.6k cit.
3
When Morality Opposes Justice: Conservatives Have Moral Intuitions that Liberals may not Recognize
Social Justice Research|2007
2.1k cit.
4
Libertarian Paternalism
American Economic Review|2003
1.8k cit.
5
The Law of Group Polarization
Journal of Political Philosophy|2002
1.3k cit.
6
Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron
The University of Chicago Law Review|2003
1.3k cit.
7
Social Norms and Social Roles
Columbia Law Review|1996
1.2k cit.
8
Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government.
The Philosophical Review|1999
1.1k cit.
9
From Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Legal Argument
Journal of Law and Society|1990
1.1k cit.
10
Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures*
Journal of Political Philosophy|2008
1k cit.

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