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
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Joni Lovenduski FBA
The impacts of gender on politics: the political representation of women, the selection of candidates for elected office, the roles of women in political parties and comparative European equality policies.
Professor Kathryn Sikkink FBA
International relations with attention to international norms and institutions, transnational advocacy networks, the impact of human rights law and policies and transitional justice
