Notre Dame is hiring a tenured professor studying democracy, broadly defined. Applications from any subfield of political science are welcome. It is such an awesome place to work. Please apply! apply.interfolio.com/159556

My article on Rousseau’s significance for the development of neorealism in IR is out now at the Review of International Studies! It makes a major contribution to our understanding of the theory, showing that neorealism implies an optimistic view of human nature.

🚨New First View Article🚨 "The Rousseauian roots of neorealism" by Joseph Clarkson is now available online. And it's #OpenAccess! 📜➡️ buff.ly/418KYhi

One of the advantages of reading #Hegel is that it has allowed me to realise that many people mistake contingent arrangements of power, e.g., the end of the Cold War, for genuine transformation of the global system. The 90s were a passing moment, not a blueprint for eternity.

Joseph Clarkson has a new article in RIS! ✏️ 'The Rousseauian roots of neorealism' Watch a video summary & read the full article here: doi.org/10.1017/S02602… Cambridge University Press - Politics University of Notre Dame

Poli sci job market declined last year, but is still well above COVID era. Jobs still concentrated in American apsanet.org/wp-content/upl…

My reviews of two excellent recent books that take a long view on how inequality has been thought about by philosophers, economists & political scientists. They are the books that should be read by all economists working on inequality. For inequality is not only number

We are hiring TWO political theorists as well as a PPE position which is open to theorists (focus on history of economic thought) - please apply and circulate!

New #Interpretation just dropped! interpretationjournal.com

I’ve written a piece on the contemporary relevance of the Melian Dialogue. Unfortunately, every time I think it’s finished it just gets more relevant and I have to update it …

𝗛𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 Otto Hintze, a contemporary of Max Weber, was a pioneer in the study of the state and public administration. And this book is a collection of some of his essays. Chapters 4, 5 and 8 are particularly recommendable.

Checkout this new Political Theory article by Dan Edelstein: "Plutarch and Machiavelli: The Politics of Prudence": journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Eve Grace and I have finished translating and editing a volume of Rousseau's selected correspondence. It will appear by the end of the summer. Here is an image of the cover to whet your appetite. Cornell University Press.

As part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s 70th anniversary celebrations, we spotlight the life and thought of Hermann Heller (1891–1933), a leading German scholar and philosopher, celebrated for his defence of democracy and opposition to National Socialism. lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/04/l…

A rare photo of me with my Doktorvater, Dana Villa.

My new article on the international thought of Hans Kelsen is out now in the Journal of Global History (Journal of Global History)doi.org/10.1017/S17400…

NEW RELEASE: G. ANTHONY BRUNO, “FACTICITY AND THE FATE OF REASON AFTER KANT” (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2025) hegelpd.it/new-release-g-… Hegel For Hegelians Hegel Society GB Australian Hegel Society Hegel en perspectiva G.W.F HEGEL North American Kant Society Warwick Post-Kantian Philosophy Centre UK Kant Society Kant Studies Online The London Post-Kantian Seminar CPKP - Center for Post-Kantian Philosophy

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Alongside Elisabeth Leake and Martin Bayly, I’m pleased to share the call for applications for next year’s LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History Applicants should submit a title, brief 250-word abstract, and CV to the email address in the image by August 22, 2025