Professor Will Kymlicka FBA
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2011
- Subjects
- Politics
Summary
Will Kymlicka is the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy in the Philosophy Department at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, where he has taught since 1998. His research interests focus on issues of democracy and diversity, and in particular on models of citizenship and social justice within multicultural societies. He has published eight books and over 200 articles, which have been translated into 34 languages, and has received several awards, most recently, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, and Honorary Doctorates from the University of Copenhagen in 2013 and KU Leuven in 2014. His most recent book is Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Oxford University Press, 2011), co-authored with Sue Donaldson.
Current post
Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen's University
Publications
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International Relations, with special reference to security studies in the Asia-Pacific, including US-China relations, human rights, Asian regional institutions, and East Asian regional governance
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Colonialism and post-colonialism; civil wars and extreme violence in Africa; political violence and political justice; decolonization of the university and higher education, War on Terror
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Political Philosophy, inequality, global health ethics, and values in public policy
