Dr Leonie Smith
Lecturer in Philosophy (Epistemology/Metaphysics)PhD Supervision Interests
Interested in supervising projects in: - Social ontology and metaphysics, especially on group agency; social personhood; social kinds and categories; and ontological and metaphysical injustice. - Social epistemology, especially on epistemic oppression and liberation; collective epistemic practices; and epistemic virtue. - Policy and / or philosophically-oriented work in media ethics and regulation; social media regulation and agency; inclusive higher education and socioeconomic justice.
Leverhulme Early Career Funded Project: The Metaphysics of Socioeconomic Epistemic Oppression
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2025
Research
Evidence, Democracy and Implicit Attitudes
Invited talk
Inaugural Annual MAP Lecture: Class and Epistemic Empowerment
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Class, Affective Homogenisation and Societal Loss
Invited talk
Class, Affective Homogenisation and Societal Loss
Invited talk
Association of Philosophy Teachers Annual Conference Plenary Talk
Invited talk
Rights, Testimony and Street-Level Bureaucracy for Welfare Claimants: Policy Implications
Invited talk
Stereotypes and Testimonial Injustice
Invited talk
Overwriting the Ontology of Working-Class Political Identities
Invited talk
Class, Academia, and Imposter Syndrome
Invited talk
Collective Nostalgic Attention and Working-Class Political Recognition
Invited talk
Class, Academia and Impostor Syndrome
Invited talk
The Ontology of Service Users: the Case of Twitter
Invited talk
Nostalgic Attention, Epistemic Injustice and Working-Class Political Recognition
Invited talk
Class and impostor syndrome In academia
Invited talk
What Is Our Concept of Impostor Syndrome, and What Do, and Should, We Want It To Be?
Invited talk
The International Social Ontology Society Article Prize Competition
Prize (including medals and awards)
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
Fellowship awarded competitively