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Duncan Bell is a Professor of Political Thought and International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and co-directs the Cambridge Centre for Political Thought. His career has been centered at Cambridge since 2004.
- Education: B.A. in War Studies (King’s College London), M.Phil (International Relations, Cambridge), PhD (History, University of Cambridge, 2004)
His research intersects political theory, intellectual history, and international relations, focusing on:
- Modern British political thought and empire
- Settler colonialism
- Imagining humanity’s future through philosophy, science, and fiction
- Liberalism and political realism
His recent work includes a history of future imaginings from Darwin to AI and a monograph on H.G. Wells. His publications have won the Transatlantic Studies Association Book Prize and Francisco Guiccardini Prize, among others.
- Scientific Awards: Academia Europa (2024), British Academy (2021), ISA Prizes (2017, 2019, 2020), Philip Leverhulme Prize (2012), Royal Historical Society Fellow (2009)
He has held visiting positions at Columbia, Harvard, Darmstadt, and FU Berlin, and contributes to the POLIS History and IR programme.
