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Zofia Stemplowska is a Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) and holds the Asa Briggs Fellowship at Worcester College. Her research focuses on domestic and global justice, historical injustice, commemoration, and the feasibility of normative theories. She has held academic positions at Warwick University, the University of Reading, and the University of Manchester, and was a Barbara McCoy Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. Stemplowska earned her BA, MPhil, and DPhil in Politics from Oxford, studying at New College and Nuffield College.
Her work bridges ideal and nonideal theory, addressing urgent global challenges such as refugee admissions, sanctions on Russia, and the ethics of public commemoration. She co-edits the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's social/political philosophy section and serves as an associate editor for Philosophy and Public Affairs.
Stemplowska’s research interests include global poverty, luck egalitarianism, and the moral responsibilities of citizens in nonideal circumstances. She has published widely on topics such as distributive justice, the duties of remembrance, and the philosophical foundations of human rights. Her recent work critiques the 'NATO enlargement' narrative in Russia-Ukraine conflicts and defends the moral justification of severe sanctions against authoritarian regimes.
She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on political theory, including advanced modules on justice and historical injustice. Her academic supervision includes students Athol Williams and Maximilian Klinger. Awards and recognitions include her appointment to Oxford’s prestigious full professorship in 2020 and shortlistings for teaching prizes.
Stemplowska’s interdisciplinary approach integrates political theory with historical case studies, such as Poland’s post-war commemorations, and contemporary policy debates, emphasizing actionable solutions to systemic injustices.
