Congratulations to David Owen, Professor in Politics, who has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to philosophy and politics.
Professor Owen is one of 52 scholars in the UK to be elected this year to the British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He joins a community of 1,600 distinguished intellectuals.
Professor Owen commented:
“Being elected a Fellow of the British Academy is a very great honour, and since nearly all my academic career (28 years!) has been at the University of Southampton, it should really be taken as a tribute to all the colleagues, past and present, across the university who have enabled me to do the work that this award recognizes, especially my colleagues in Politics and International Relations without whom this would not have been possible.”
Welcoming the new cohort of Fellows, Professor Julia Black, President of the British Academy, said:
“It is with great pleasure that we welcome yet another outstanding cohort to the Academy’s Fellowship. The scope of research and expertise on display across our newly elected UK, Corresponding and Honorary Fellows shows the breadth and depth of knowledge and insight held by the British Academy and which we work hard to harness to help shape the world.
“With the vast expertise and wide-ranging insights brought by our new Fellows, the Academy continues to showcase the importance of the SHAPE disciplines in opening fresh seams of knowledge and understanding, while simultaneously advancing the well-being and prosperity of societies worldwide. I wholeheartedly congratulate each of our new Fellows on this achievement and look forward to working together.”
David Owen joined the University of Southampton in 1995. He has made significant contributions to post-Kantian social and political philosophy, to democratic theory, and to the political ethics of refugee protection and global migration governance.
He is on the editorial board of leading journals such as Political Theory and Political Studies as well as new ventures such as the Journal of Social and Political Philosophy and was previously Associate Editor of the European Journal of Political Theory for several years. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Nietzsche Studies and on the editorial board of Max Weber Studies.
His most recent work, with Politics and International Relations (PAIR) colleagues Pia Riggirozzi and Natalia Cintra, addresses the gendered dimensions of forced migration in its relationship to sexual and reproductive health through the ESRC-GCRF project Redressing Gendered Health Inequalities of Displaced Women and Girls in Central and South America led by Professor Riggirozzi.
He is currently writing a book on Nietzsche for Oxford University Press’s Founders of Social and Political Thought series as well as continuing to work on a range of other issues as his curiosity drives him.
He has twice been Head of Politics and International Relations, has occupied every other major administrative role, and is currently Director of Research. He is also academic lead for the University’s bid to become a University of Sanctuary.
