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Political Theology and Sovereignty

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Ailton Krenak
Unknown
2
Andrew C. Dwyer
American Board of Internal Medicine
3
Carlota McAllister
York University
4
Sergei Prozorov
University of Helsinki
5
Niklas Plaetzer
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6
Baldwin Wong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
7
Nikhil Krishnan
University of Cambridge
8
Ville Suuronen
University of Turku
9
Karolina Hübner
University of Toronto
10
Samuel Bagg
McGill University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Trapped Between Anger and Apathy: On the Problem of Instability in Confucian Meritocracy
The Journal of Politics|2024
5 cit.
2
Careful, patient, and modest citizens: Facilitating civic education through Zhu Xi’s method of deep reading
Educational Philosophy and Theory|2024
4 cit.
3
What is Bioconservatism? Arendt, Habermas, and Fukuyama
The European Legacy|2024
2 cit.
4
Antiliberalism and Counter-Enlightenment for the 21st Century: Viktor Orbán's Illiberal Political Ideology
Government and Opposition|2025
2 cit.
5
Contributing to Public Deliberation by Religious Behavior: Beyond the Inclusivism–Exclusivism Debate
Religions|2024
1 cit.
6
Analyzing the Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases to Identify the Knowledge Tested on ABP Board Certification Exams
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society|2025
1 cit.
7
Hannah Arendt: A Very Short Introduction
Contemporary Political Theory|2024
0 cit.
8
What is Politics?
Philosophy Politics and Critique|2024
0 cit.
9
<i>J. L. Austin: Philosopher and D-Day Intelligence Officer</i> , by M. W. Rowe
Mind|2024
0 cit.
10
Insurgent legality: Luiz Gama’s plebeian republicanism between law and prefiguration
Contemporary Political Theory|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Surindar Dhesi
University of Birmingham
2
Katinka Wijsman
Utrecht University
3
Angharad E. Beckett
Durham University
4
Ian Zuckerman
Stanford University
5
Margie Cheesman
King's College London
6
Floor ten Holder
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
7
Louise Amoore
Durham University
8
T. Deniz Erkmen
Özyeğin University
9
Matthew A. Richmond
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
10
Sarah M. Hughes
Durham University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Machine learning political orders
Review of International Studies|2022
100 cit.
2
What do we mean by justice in sustainability pathways? Commitments, dilemmas, and translations from theory to practice in nature-based solutions.
Environmental Science & Policy|2022
96 cit.
3
The technopolitics of security: Agency, temporality, sovereignty
Security Dialogue|2023
65 cit.
4
A world model: On the political logics of generative AI
Political Geography|2024
62 cit.
5
Politics of data reuse in machine learning systems: Theorizing reuse entanglements
Big Data & Society|2022
29 cit.
6
Interventions in the political geographies of resistance: The contributions of Cindi Katz, 15 years on
Political Geography|2022
24 cit.
7
Machine learning, meaning making: On reading computer science texts
Big Data & Society|2023
24 cit.
8
Resistance under confinement: resilience of protests and their limits in authoritarian Turkey
Third World Quarterly|2024
11 cit.
9
Documenting Detention: The Politics of Archiving Immigration Enforcement Records in the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
The Professional Geographer|2022
10 cit.
10
Conjuring a Blockchain Pilot: Ignorance and Innovation in Humanitarian Aid
Geopolitics|2024
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Nikolas Rose
Unknown
2
Nick Vaughan‐Williams
University College Birmingham
3
Arshad Isakjee
University of Liverpool
4
Carsten Bagge Laustsen
Aarhus University
5
Carl Grundy‐Warr
National University of Singapore
6
Seán Hand
University of California, Santa Barbara
7
Bernhard Schlink
Cal Poly Humboldt
8
Benedikt Korf
University of Zurich
9
Ludvig Norman
Stockholm University
10
Navraj Singh Ghaleigh
University of Edinburgh

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Political power beyond the State: problematics of government
British Journal of Sociology|2010
3.2k cit.
2
Political Power beyond the State: Problematics of Government
British Journal of Sociology|1992
3.2k cit.
3
Governing economic life
Economy and Society|1990
2.8k cit.
4
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self.
Social Forces|1991
1.8k cit.
5
Foucault and Political Reason: Liberalism, Neo-Liberalism, and Rationalities of Government
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1997
1.6k cit.
6
The death of the social? Re-figuring the territory of government
Economy and Society|1996
1.6k cit.
7
The Politics of Life Itself
Theory Culture & Society|2001
1.4k cit.
8
Inventing Ourselves: Psychology, Power, and Personhood
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1998
1.3k cit.
9
Government and Control
The British Journal of Criminology|2000
1.2k cit.
10
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self
The Canadian Journal of Sociology|1991
1.1k cit.

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