David Jenkins is a lecturer in political theory. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher in the philosophy department at the University of Warwick (2017–2020), and before that was a Teaching Fellow at UCL (2016–2017).
In 2015 he was the Krzysztof Michalski Junior Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Before becoming pursuing a career in academia David worked in London, UK as a civil servant in housing.
He has published on the work of James Baldwin and Jose Saramago, issues of solidarity within both ideal and non-ideal theory, the limits of the value of reciprocity, aesthetics in urban environments, as well as a number of papers on unconditional basic income.
His current work focuses on sociality within urban experiences, the concept of partisanship (with an emphasis on the Communist Party India (Marxist) in Kerala) and homelessness and housing rights. He is currently co-editing a book on social rights (with Kimberley Brownlee and Adam Neal) that is due out from Oxford University Press next year.
He has supervised Bachelors and Masters dissertations on a wide range of topics including unconditional basic income, religious toleration, Marxism and immigration. His teaching interests traverse both contemporary political theory and the history of modern political thought, and he is happy to supervise students in subjects related to either of these fields.
He particularly welcomes dissertations on themes of housing, political parties and unconditional basic income.
Publications
Jenkins, D., & Neal, A. (2023). Work relationships and autonomy. Journal of Value Inquiry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10790-023-09939-4
Jenkins, D. (2023). Against Project Arcadia. Political Theory, 51(1), 112-125. doi: 10.1177/00905917221128891
Jenkins, D. (2023). Understanding and evaluating populist strategy. Philosophy & Social Criticism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/01914537231155171
Jenkins, D. (2022). Reading the room: With NZ's hate speech laws postponed, where are the limits for comedy? The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/reading-the-room-with-nzs-hate-speech-laws-postponed-where-are-the-limits-for-comedy-194901
Jenkins, D. (2022). Gentrification as domination. Critical Review of International Social & Political Philosophy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2119523
Jenkins, D. (2023). Against Project Arcadia. Political Theory, 51(1), 112-125. doi: 10.1177/00905917221128891
Journal - Research Article
Jenkins, D. (2023). Understanding and evaluating populist strategy. Philosophy & Social Criticism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/01914537231155171
Journal - Research Article
Jenkins, D., & Neal, A. (2023). Work relationships and autonomy. Journal of Value Inquiry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10790-023-09939-4
Journal - Research Article
Jenkins, D. (2022). Civic friendship and partisanship. Representation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00344893.2022.2064908
Journal - Research Article
Jenkins, D. (2022). Gentrification as domination. Critical Review of International Social & Political Philosophy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2119523
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Jenkins, D., & Brownlee, K. (2022). What a home does. Law & Philosophy, 41, 441-468. doi: 10.1007/s10982-021-09414-w
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Jenkins, D., & Ram, L. (2022). 'Party in the street': The partisan politics of space. Environment & Planning C, 40(3), 724-743. doi: 10.1177/23996544211033875
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Jenkins, D. (2021). Differences of difference. Critical Review of International Social & Political Philosophy, 24(2), 206-229. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2018.1535533
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Jenkins, D. (2021). Understanding and fighting structural injustice. Journal of Social Philosophy, 52, 569-586. doi: 10.1111/josp.12386
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Jenkins, D. (2021). Work, rest, play... and the commute. Critical Review of International Social & Political Philosophy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2021.1926134
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Jenkins, D. (2020). ‘Everybody’s gotta do something’: Neutrality and work. Critical Review of International Social & Political Philosophy, 23(7), 831-852. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2018.1497248
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Jenkins, D. (2019). Effort as responsibility. Ethics, Politics & Society, 2, 65-92.
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Jenkins, D. (2019). James Baldwin and recognition. American Political Thought, 8(1), 82-107. doi: 10.1086/699910
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Jenkins, D. (2019). The sociology of identification. Ethical Perspectives, 23(2), 231-258. doi: 10.2143/EP.23.2.3157182
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Jenkins, D., & Lukes, S. (2017). The power of occlusion. Journal of Political Power, 10(1), 6-24. doi: 10.1080/2158379X.2017.1285156
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Jenkins, D. (2015). An ethos for (in)justice. Social Theory & Practice, 41(2), 185-206. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/24332277
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Jenkins, D. (2015). Denying reciprocity. European Journal of Political Theory, 15(3), 312-332. doi: 10.1177/1474885115569513
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Jenkins, D. (2015). Distribution and disruption. Basic Income Studies, 10(2). doi: 10.1515/bis-2014-0018
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Jenkins, D. (2022). Reading the room: With NZ's hate speech laws postponed, where are the limits for comedy? The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/reading-the-room-with-nzs-hate-speech-laws-postponed-where-are-the-limits-for-comedy-194901
Journal - Research Other
Jenkins, D. (2019). [Review of the book A political companion to W. E. B. Du Bois]. American Political Thought, 8(1), 150-155. doi: 10.1086/701512
Journal - Research Other
Jenkins, D. (2019). The value of necessity. In M. Coeckelbergh, J. Loh, M. Funk, J. Seibt & M. Nørskov (Eds.), Envisioning robots in society: Power, politics, and public space: Proceedings of the Robophilosophy/TRANSOR 2018 Conference. (pp. 156-165). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-156
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