Dr. Zofia Stemplowska

Biography

Zofia Stemplowska is a Professor of Political Theory and an Asa Briggs Fellow at Worcester College, University of Oxford. She has been affiliated with Oxford since September 2012. Her academic background includes an undergraduate study of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at New College, followed by both MPhil and DPhil degrees from Nuffield College. She has previously served as an Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Warwick and has been involved in various editorial roles, notably as a co-editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy focusing on Social and Political Philosophy. Stemplowska's research interests center around the complexities of justice both in domestic and global contexts, particularly historical justice, and the commemoration of injustices. She also tackles theoretical debates between ideal and non-ideal theories, aiming to make justice theories applicable to real-world challenges. Her work critically engages with themes such as global justice, distributive justice, historical injustice, and collective responsibility. In her teaching at Oxford, she offers both undergraduate and graduate courses in Political Theory and Political Philosophy, emphasizing critical reasoning and the analysis of historical injustices.

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