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Robert E. "Bob" Goodin (born 30 November 1950) was Professor of Government at the
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and is now Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Social and Political Theory at the
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.


Biography

Goodin attended
Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...
, where he earned a DPhil in politics in 1975. He is a Fellow of the
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and a Corresponding Fellow of the
British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...
. In 2009 he won the
Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research Stein may refer to: Places Austria * Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria * Stein, Styria, a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld, Styria * Stein (Lassing), a village in the district of Liezen, Styria * Stein ...
, awarded by the
International Social Science Council The International Social Science Council (ISSC) was an international non-governmental organization promoting the social sciences, including the economic and behavioural sciences. Founded in 1952, the organization was based out of UNESCO headquar ...
. He is the founding editor of ''
The Journal of Political Philosophy ''The Journal of Political Philosophy'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of political philosophy. Controversy The journal became engaged in a controversy when it published three articles on Black Lives Matter, eac ...
'' and a co-editor of the ''
British Journal of Political Science ''British Journal of Political Science'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of political science. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCOhost, International Political Science Abstr ...
''. In 2022, Goodin was awarded the prestigious
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science () was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University. The foundation itself goes back to the donation in 1622 from Johan Skytte (1577–1645), politician and chancellor of th ...
for his "acuity and success endeavored to blend political philosophy with empirical political science to increase the understanding of how decent and dignified societies can be shaped.”


Selected bibliography


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School of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodin, Robert E. 1950 births Academics of the University of Essex Alumni of the University of Oxford 21st-century American philosophers 20th-century American philosophers Academic staff of the Australian National University Corresponding fellows of the British Academy Winners of the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research Living people American philosophy academics