Staff Profile
Dr Johannes Kniess
Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy
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- Address: Politics
Henry Daysh Building 4.36
缅北禁地
缅北禁地 upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Background
Research interests
Political philosophy; health ethics; bioethics; political theory
Qualifications
- Dphil in Politics, University of Oxford
- MSc in Political Theory, University of Oxford
- Dipl.-Pol. in Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
Previous positions
- Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute
- Postdoctoral Research Associate in Values and Public Policy, Princeton University
Teaching
Current teaching
POL 2090 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
POL 3129 Global Justice
POL 8071 The Moral Limits of the Market
Feedback, guidance and consultation hours
Mondays 10-12; Fridays 10-11
or by appointment
Doctoral supervision
I am interested in supervising doctoral theses in contemporary political philosophy, in particular those with a focus on theories of justice, public health ethics, or philosophy and public policy.
Publications
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Articles
- Bell D, Inglis MI, Kniess J, Walton A. . Climate Policy 2025, E-pub ahead of print.
- Kniess J. . Economics and Philosophy 2025, 41(2), 303-321.
- Kniess J. . American Political Science Review 2025, 119(3), 1322-1332.
- Kniess J. . Journal of Medical Ethics 2024, 515(5), 303-308.
- Kniess J. . British Journal of Political Science 2022, 52(2), 921-933.
- Swenson G, Kniess J. . Third World Quarterly 2021, 42(8), 1696-1714.
- Kniess J. . The Hastings Center Report 2021, 51(6), 44-50.
- Kniess J. . The Journal of Political Philosophy 2020, 28(3), 296-306.
- Kniess J. . Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2020, 25(7), 920-938.
- Kniess J. . Social Theory and Practice 2019, 45(3), 397-425.
- Kniess J. . Moral Philosophy and Politics 2018, 5(2), 205-226.
- Kniess J. . British Journal for the History of Philosophy 2018, 27(3), 556-572.
- Kniess J. . Les ateliers de l'éthique 2018, 13(3), 105–122.
- Kniess J. . Journal of Medical Ethics 2015, 41(11), 889-892.