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Robin Douglass is a Professor of Political Theory at King's College London, based in the Department of Political Economy within the School of Politics & Economics. He joined the university in 2012 and specializes in the history of modern political thought, focusing on 17th- and 18th-century thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, Bernard Mandeville, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Adam Smith. His research explores themes like commercial society, moral psychology, and the foundations of political philosophy.
He is a co-founder of the European Hobbes Society and co-editor of the European Journal of Political Theory. His notable works include Mandeville’s Fable: Pride, Hypocrisy, and Sociability (2023) and edited volumes on Hobbes and Rousseau. Douglass teaches courses on the history of political thought and advanced political theory at King’s.
His research interests span Hobbesian political realism, the moral implications of hypocrisy in Mandeville’s philosophy, and Rousseau’s critiques of representative governance. He has received a prestigious academic award (2022) for contributions to political theory in the UK and Ireland.
Active in interdisciplinary groups, Douglass collaborates with the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) Research Group and contributes to discussions on the intersections of political economy and moral philosophy. He has organized events like the 2023 Mandeville’s Fable book launch and workshops on topics like ‘Living Together: Inventing Moral Science.’
