Research
Research groups
Research interests
- 17th Century European Political Theory
- International Relations Theory
- Global Constitutionalism
- Political Philosophy of Language (with a focus on Cavell, Wittgenstein, and J.L. Austin)
- Disobedience, Public Assembly, and Political Rioting
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Jonathan Havercroft joined the University in 2013. Before moving to Southampton, Jonathan was an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, and has held a Postdoctoral position at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of the books Captives of Sovereignty (CUP, 2011) and Stanley Cavell’s Democratic Perfectionism (CUP, 2023). His essay “Why is there no just riot theory?” won the 2020 Brian Barry prize for best essay in political science. He has held fellowships from the British Academy, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. He is the primary investigator (PI) on the 2023 British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Grant: “The Policing Protest Project: An Analysis of Public Assembly Rights and Anti-Riot Technology in the U.K., U.S.A., and Brazil”. His peer reviewed articles have appeared in such journals as the British Journal of Political Science, Political Theory, International Studies Quarterly and Constellations. He is the editor of the interdisciplinary journal Global Constitutionalism.
Prizes
- Brian Barry Prize in Political Science (2020)