Laura Valentini#
| Membership Number: | 6449 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.lauravalentini.net/home |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5782-5164 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021.1 - present Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory, LMU Munich
- 2021.1 - present Visiting Professor of PPE, King’s College London
- 2020.4 - 2020.12 Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics, King’s College London
- 2015.9 - 2015.12 Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, Harvard University
- 2013.9 - 2020.3 Associate Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
- 2012.1 - 2013.9 Lecturer in Political Philosophy, University College London
- 2011.9 - 2011.12 Fellow in Residence, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala
- 2009.9 - 2010.6 Post-doctoral Research Associate, UCHV, Princeton University
- 2008.9 - 2011.8 Junior Research Fellow in Politics, The Queen’s College, Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Social ontology
- Philosophy of rights and human rights
- Methodology of political philosophy
- Political authority
- Contemporary political, legal, and social philosophy
- Global justice
- Democratic theory
Honours and Awards
- Research
- 2019 Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Award (awarded annually to the best submitted unpublished manuscript in political theory; the award-recipient’s manuscript is the subject of a one-day intensive workshop)
- 2015 Philip Leverhulme Prize (Awarded by the Leverhulme Trust to recognize “the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.”
- 2010 Sir Ernest Barker Prize (Awarded annually by the UK Political Studies Association for the best dissertation in political theory)
- Teaching
- 2019 LSE excellence in education award (awarded to staff who have “demonstrated outstanding teaching contribution and educational leadership in their departments").
- 2019 High commendation for research support and guidance (LSE student-led teaching excellence awards)
