Holly Lawford-Smith

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Holly Lawford-Smith
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Born1982
Taupō, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Otago, Australian National University
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical philosophy, feminism, climate ethics and sex and gender
InstitutionsUniversity of Melbourne, University of Sheffield
ThesisFeasibility constraints for political theories (2010)
Websitefindanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/797909-holly-lawford-smith, hollylawford-smith.org

Holly Lawford-Smith is a researcher,[1] author[2] and Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne.[3]

Biography[]

Lawford-Smith was born in Taupō, New Zealand and completed her BA (Hons) and MA at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. She completed a PhD at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra in 2010.[4] The gender critical feminist[5] then completed post doctoral scholarships at Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics CAPPE, Charles Sturt University and then with the School of Philosophy at ANU (2022-2012). Lawford-Smith then started a permanent job as a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield.[6]

Since 2017 Lawford-Smith has worked at the University of Melbourne where she is currently Associate Professor in Political Philosophy in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. Lawford-Smith's work is based in social, moral, and political philosophy, with a particular interest in collective action, climate ethics, and feminism. Most of Lawford-Smith's current research[1] argues there is a conflict of interest between gender identity activism,[7][8] on the one hand, and both women's rights and lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) rights on the other.

In February 2021, Lawford-Smith launched a website called "No Conflict, They Said" that collects anonymous stories of cisgender women who have felt threatened by transgender women in public spaces. In response, a number of academics from her institution signed an open letter to the University of Melbourne's leadership condemning the website as transphobic, and arguing that it "contravenes the University's Appropriate Workplace Behaviour Policy and raises serious questions about research integrity at the University." The Sydney Morning Herald found that most stories on the website misgender transgender women and many relate to bathroom usage.[9]

Lawford-Smith is also on the editorial board of The Journal of Political Philosophy[10] and Journal of Controversial Ideas.[11]

Selected works[]

  • Lawford-Smith, Holly (2012). Global Justice. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7546-2979-5.[12]
  • Lawford-Smith, Holly (2019). Not In Their Name: Are Citizens Culpable For Their States' Actions?. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1925-7033-8.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Holly Lawford-Smith". scholar.google.com.
  2. ^ Lawford-Smith, Holly (14 February 2019). Not In Their Name: Are Citizens Culpable For Their States' Actions?. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192570321 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "A/Prof Holly Lawford-Smith". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au.
  4. ^ Lawford-Smith, Holly (2010). "Feasibility constraints for political theories". doi:10.25911/5d5e7150ed837. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Holly Lawford-Smith". TheArticle. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Holly Lawford-Smith". 1 June 2018.
  7. ^ Lawford-Smith, Holly. "Why some feminists oppose allowing people to choose their sex on birth certificates". The Conversation.
  8. ^ "Subscribe to The Australian | Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps". www.theaustralian.com.au.
  9. ^ Quinn, Karl (25 February 2021). "'Transphobic' website puts Melbourne University academics at odds". Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ^ "Journal of Political Philosophy". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Journal of Controversial Ideas: Editors & Editorial Board". Journal of Controversial Ideas. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Global Justice". Routledge & CRC Press.
  13. ^ "Not In Their Name: Are Citizens Culpable For Their States' Actions? - Oxford Scholarship".

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