Dr Luke Armstrong
- Lecturer (Political & International Studies)
email:
Luke.Armstrong@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
He/him/his
Biography
I am a Lecturer in Politics with an interest in political theory and philosophy who began teaching at the University of Glasgow in 2018. I completed a PhD in Politics at the University of Glasgow in 2021. Before this, I studied Art & Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Research interests
My research looks at matters relating to free will and autonomy within liberal political theory. I examine how the perspective we adopt on free will affects how we think about autonomy within politics, and how this might alter how we formulate other political concepts. A particular interest is how this affects an approach to the philosophy of education.
More broadly, I am interested in ongoing debates within analytical political theory, especially where these debates concern science, metaphysics, and religion.
Grants
Economic and Social Research Council Studentship
Supervision
I am happy to supervise projects in most areas of political theory and political philosophy. My main interests include:
- Free will and autonomy
- Liberalism
- The social contract tradition
- Foundations in political theory
- Justice
Teaching
Pre-Honours teaching:
- 1B: International Relations
- 2A: History of Political Thought
Honours teaching:
- Issues in Political Theory