Research Interests

My research interests are diverse but the major concentration of my research at the moment is on the relationship between the variations in conceptions of justice between Libertarianism, particularly Left-Libertarianism and Political Liberalism. A great deal of my research and writing has been focused on the particular Left Libertarianism of Philippe Van Parijs and its critics in relation to the commitment drawn from it for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) state. I am writing extensively on the moral reasoning and implications (domestically and internationally) of such a state, as well as potential amendments to its envisaged institutionalisation. The role of UBI as a tool in legitimising transitory justice reflectively and subsequently as a defence of a morally coherent capitalist imperative is of particular interest to me.

My thesis furthered the discussion of such a form of justice in considering the very real implication property rights have on those outside the state and the corollary international commitments that could be drawn from the global context UBI states would find themselves in. Subsequently, my interests have turned also to extensive consideration of international relations and international law.

But my interests are not entirely in these realms. I am actively interested in American Politics having concentrated in this field as an undergraduate. In particular I still actively follow and research American Governance (Domestic Theory and Structure/Procedure) as well as American Foreign Policy. More passively, I take interest in Media Theory, as a former operator of a media outlet and advocate for independent public media, Sociological Theory, as a member of Alpha Kappa Delta, and lastly in the Philosophy of Language / Linguistics simply because I find it interesting. I am also an active advocate for the political and moral equality of the handicapped and intend to actively contribute to the discussion of justice and the disabled.