Daniel Hutton Ferris
Lecturer in Political Theory
Newcastle University
About
I'm a political theorist at Newcastle University.
Last year I was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford's Center for Ethics and before that I studied in Oxford, Toronto, and Frankfurt.
My main research interest is in democratic theory; I interpret and evaluate novel forms of representation and participation.
I also work on the history of political thought and comparative political theory.
Publications
"Lottocracy or Psephocracy? Democracy, Elections, and Random Selection"
European Journal of Political Theory, online first.
American Journal of Political Science, online first.
Click here for a short summary on the AJPS blog.
"Democratic Peace Beyond Westphalia: Kang and Kant"
Comparative Political Theory, Vol 3, Issue 1 (2023)
"Civic Virtue in the Deliberative System"
Journal of Deliberative Democracy, Vol. 15, Issue 1 (2019).
Work in Progess
An article evaluating the democratic credentials of north-American Indigenous customary governments.
An article on democratic responsiveness and ranked choice voting in the US.
An article developing a theory of democratic writing, with Zak Black.
Employment & Education
Newcastle University
Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy
Stanford University
Postdoctoral Researcher (Center for Ethics)
University of Toronto
PhD Political Science
Goethe University
Visiting Scholar (Forst Kolloquium)
University of Oxford
MPhil Politics & BA PPE
Teaching
Graduate
Stanford University
Moral Theory and Current Debates
Undergraduate
Newcastle University
A Global History of Political Thought
University of Toronto
Contact
Henry Daysh Building 456,
Newcastle University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
England UK,
NE1 7RU
daniel.huttonferris@newcastle.ac.uk
+447943577744