People
TheoryLAB is directed by Dr Joe Hoover (j.hoover@qmul.ac.uk).
We currently have over 80 members working on a diverse range of theory-focused scholarship, across all academic levels. If you would like to be included in our mailing list, please do get in touch at spir-theorylab@qmul.ac.uk.
Visiting Scholars
Scholars interested in visiting TheoryLab and QMUL should contact Dr Joe Hoover or Dr Elke Schwarz. For details about visiting titles, see here.
Previous Visiting Scholars
Dr Takefumi Ukai (Seinan Gakuin University), June – July 2018
Dr Ukai’s research on ‘Time in Democracy: Its Past, Present and Future’ analyses the theoretical relationship between time and democracy as self-governance by the people.
Dr Mariam Martinez Ramirez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), July – August 2017
Mariam Martinez Ramirez’s research explores the challenges of populism for contemporary democracy and democratic theory.
Prof Yannis Stavrakakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), September 2014 – February 2015
Prof Stavrakakis uses discourse theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis to study contemporary populism, in particular left-wing populism in Europe. He came to QMUL as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor.
Prof Paul Patton (University of New South Wales), May – June 2013
Prof Patton’s research focuses on the divide and/or intersection between analytic and Continental political philosophy, with a particular focus on rights and how a post-structuralist perspective and a Rawlsian perspective might mutually enrich one another. He came to QMUL as an HSS Visiting Fellow.