Dr David Blunt

Overview

Gwilym David Blunt is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Department of International Politics at City, University of London. He was previously a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and a fellow of Corpus Christi College. He took his doctorate from University College London, for his thesis: Transnational Philanthropy, Justice, and Domination.

Research Interests:

His research interests involve contemporary political philosophy and the history of political thought.

Contemporary Political Philosophy:

David's interest in contemporary political philosophy is focussed on transnational socioeconomic justice, the ethics of political violence, as well as conceptions of power and domination. He is also interested in the relationship between ideal theory models and guidance in non-ideal circumstances, with special attention paid to the justifiability of political violence.

The History of Political Thought:

David also works on the history of republican and Marxist political thought. Regarding republicanism, he is interested in the shifting contextual understanding of domination from antiquity to the nineteenth century, but with special interest in the early modern period. As for Marxism, he interested in the development of Marxist theory and its influence on the culture in pre-revolutionary parties and the self-understanding of revolutionaries.

Qualifications

• PhD, University College London, London, United Kingdom
• MPhil, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• BA (hons), University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Employment

• Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, Aug 2021 – present
• Lecturer in International Relations, City, University of London, Sep 2017 – Jun 2021
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Oct 2014 – Sep 2017
• Fellow, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, Oct 2013 – Sep 2017
• Temporary University Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Oct 2013 – Sep 2014
• Teaching Associate, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Oct 2012 – Jun 2013

Fellowships

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy, Jun 2021 – present

Award

• City, University of London (2020) City Heroes Award (Shortlisted)

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