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Dr Peri Roberts
(he/him)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Peri Roberts
Reader in Politics and Director of Recruitment and Admissions
Overview
My interests are predominantly in normative political theory and in global justice. I have focused on liberal justification and my Political Constructivism defends an account of the objectivity of certain basic liberal commitments by developing a distinctive account of political constructivism in response to Rawls and O’Neill. I have also published on the liberal responses to pluralism and multiculturalism, global distributive justice, and on liberal just war. I have a particular interest in the work of John Rawls.
In 2012 I held a SOCUM fellowship at Mainz University’s Research Centre of Social and Cultural Studies (Mainz) working on Nussbaum and multiculturalism.
I am available to supervise postgraduate or undergraduate dissertations and theses in contemporary political theory generally and in liberal theories of justice, distributive justice, human rights and global justice in particular. I may also supervise more broadly in aspects of the history of political thought and normative IR theory.
Publication
2024
- Roberts, P. 2024. Global distributive justice. In: Williams, H. et al., Palgrave Handbook of Internal Political Theory. Vol. 2, International Political Theory Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.153-172. (10.1007/978-3-031-52243-7_8)
2019
- Sutch, P. and Roberts, P. 2019. Outer space and neo-colonial injustice: Distributive justice and the continuous scramble for dominium. International Journal of Social Economics 46 (11), pp.1291-1304. (10.1108/IJSE-03-2019-0152)
2018
- Bateman, A. and Roberts, P. 2018. Morality at play: pretend play in five-year-old children. Research on Children and Social Interaction 2 , pp.195-222. (10.1558/rcsi.37388)
- Bonotti, M. et al. 2018. In defence of political parties: A symposium on Jonathan White and Lea Ypi's The Meaning of Partisanship. Political Studies Review 16 (4), pp.289. (10.1177/1478929918755662)
- Roberts, P. 2018. War and peace in The Law of Peoples: Rawls, Kant and the use of force. Kantian Review 23 (SI 4), pp.661-680. (10.1017/S1369415418000444)
2016
- Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. 2016. The global commons and international distributive justice. In: Boisen, C. and Murray, M. C. eds. Distributive Justice Debates In Political and Social Thoughts: Perspectives on Finding a Fair Share. Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought New York and Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.230-250.
2013
- Roberts, P. 2013. Nussbaum's Political Liberalism: justice and the capability threshold. International Journal of Social Economics 40 (7), pp.613-623. (10.1108/IJSE-2012-0136)
2012
- Roberts, P. 2012. The supreme emergency exemption: Rawls and the use of force. European Journal of Political Theory 11 (2), pp.155-171. (10.1177/1474885111425120)
- Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. D. E. 2012. An introduction to political thought: A conceptual toolkit (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2011
- Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. D. E. 2011. Introduction. In: Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. M. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Evil in Contemporary Political Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.1-9.
- Roberts, P. 2011. Constructivism and evil. In: Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. M. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Evil in Contemporary Political Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.42-61.
2007
- Roberts, P. 2007. Political constructivism. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory London: Routledge.
2006
- Roberts, P. 2006. Why thin universalism needs conceptions of society and person. In: Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. M. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Principles and Political Order: The Challenge of Diversity. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory Vol. 20.Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.111-127.
2004
- Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. D. E. 2004. An introduction to political thought: a conceptual toolkit. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2003
- Roberts, P. 2003. Identity, reflection and justification. In: Haddock, B. A. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Multiculturalism, Identity and Rights. London: Routledge. , pp.142-157.
Articles
- Bateman, A. and Roberts, P. 2018. Morality at play: pretend play in five-year-old children. Research on Children and Social Interaction 2 , pp.195-222. (10.1558/rcsi.37388)
- Bonotti, M. et al. 2018. In defence of political parties: A symposium on Jonathan White and Lea Ypi's The Meaning of Partisanship. Political Studies Review 16 (4), pp.289. (10.1177/1478929918755662)
- Roberts, P. 2013. Nussbaum's Political Liberalism: justice and the capability threshold. International Journal of Social Economics 40 (7), pp.613-623. (10.1108/IJSE-2012-0136)
- Roberts, P. 2012. The supreme emergency exemption: Rawls and the use of force. European Journal of Political Theory 11 (2), pp.155-171. (10.1177/1474885111425120)
- Roberts, P. 2018. War and peace in The Law of Peoples: Rawls, Kant and the use of force. Kantian Review 23 (SI 4), pp.661-680. (10.1017/S1369415418000444)
- Sutch, P. and Roberts, P. 2019. Outer space and neo-colonial injustice: Distributive justice and the continuous scramble for dominium. International Journal of Social Economics 46 (11), pp.1291-1304. (10.1108/IJSE-03-2019-0152)
Book sections
- Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. D. E. 2011. Introduction. In: Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. M. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Evil in Contemporary Political Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.1-9.
- Roberts, P. 2011. Constructivism and evil. In: Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. M. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Evil in Contemporary Political Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.42-61.
- Roberts, P. 2024. Global distributive justice. In: Williams, H. et al., Palgrave Handbook of Internal Political Theory. Vol. 2, International Political Theory Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.153-172. (10.1007/978-3-031-52243-7_8)
- Roberts, P. 2003. Identity, reflection and justification. In: Haddock, B. A. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Multiculturalism, Identity and Rights. London: Routledge. , pp.142-157.
- Roberts, P. 2006. Why thin universalism needs conceptions of society and person. In: Haddock, B. A. , Roberts, P. M. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Principles and Political Order: The Challenge of Diversity. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory Vol. 20.Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.111-127.
- Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. 2016. The global commons and international distributive justice. In: Boisen, C. and Murray, M. C. eds. Distributive Justice Debates In Political and Social Thoughts: Perspectives on Finding a Fair Share. Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought New York and Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.230-250.
Books
- Roberts, P. 2007. Political constructivism. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory London: Routledge.
- Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. D. E. 2004. An introduction to political thought: a conceptual toolkit. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. D. E. 2012. An introduction to political thought: A conceptual toolkit (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Research
See my publications for recent research projects.
Recent research projects include:
- International distributive justice
- Global commons and justice
- John Rawls and liberal political theory
Teaching
My research interests are reflected in the undergraduate and postgraduate modules in which I am involved.
Undergraduate modules:
- Introduction to Political Thought
- Justice & Politics: Contemporary Political Theory
- Global Justice
Postgraduate modules:
- Just War & Humanitarian Intervention
- Ethics & Public Policy
Biography
I grew up in rural Mid-Wales before gaining an undergraduate degree in Politics, a Masters degree in Political Theory with a dissertation on libertarianism, and a doctorate (University of Wales) on political constructivism in liberal theory, focusing on John Rawls.
Supervisions
I have supervised many successful PhD candidates and would welcome new reserach students in:
- The ideas of John Rawls (or other contemporary thinkers)
- Liberal political theory
- Global justice
- Distributive justice
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- global justice
- Political theory and political philosophy
- Social and political philosophy
- Social Justice
