Patrick Cockburn

Dr. Patrick Cockburn is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Political Economy at Swansea University's School of Social Sciences, within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He joined the university in 2019 after 11 years at Aarhus University, Denmark. His research bridges political philosophy and social science, focusing on economic power, justice in capitalist societies, and the political theories of family structures. He authored *The Politics of Dependence* (2018) and co-edited *Contested Property Claims* (2018). As Program Director for Philosophy, PPE, and Philosophy & Politics programs, he supervises PhD topics on social/economic justice.

Research interests include economic justice, inequality, normative political economy, and the sociology of the family. His methodological work critiques applied political theory methods, advocating integration of qualitative social research with moral realism principles. Notable recent publications explore family abolitionism (2024) and democratic firm analogies (2023).

• Teaches modules on ethics, political philosophy, and capitalism's ethical dilemmas.
• Supervises PhD candidates researching Welsh/Cornish identity dynamics and environmental activism in Türkiye.
• Active in interdisciplinary collaborations, including Routledge and Palgrave Macmillan publications.

Labs/teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary groups on property theory and family politics through Routledge edited volumes and Palgrave monographs.