Marcellinus Lambertus Johan "Marcel" Wissenburg (born 1962) is a Dutch

political theorist A political theorist is someone who engages in constructing or evaluating political theory, including political philosophy. Theorists may be academics or independent scholars. Ancient * Aristotle * Chanakya * Cicero * Confucius * Mencius * ...

, born in

Arnhem Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capita ...

. He is Professor of Political Theory at

Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, , formerly ) is a public university, public research university located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. RU has seven faculties and more than 24,000 students. Established in 1923, Radboud University has consistentl ...

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Career

Wissenburg studied

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and

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at the

(RU), where he then read for a PhD, graduating in 1994. He was a junior researcher at RU in the Faculty of Management Sciences from 1990 to 1994, then a

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(funded by the Netherlands Foundation for Scientific Research) at the same institution from 1995 to 1998. He became a Lecturer of Political Theory and the Philosophy of the Policy Sciences in 1997, and held this title until 2005. During this time, he taught in the

University of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a Protestant institution, it holds the distinction of being the oldest university in the Neth ...

's Department of Political Science and, from 1999-2000, at the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; , abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 1614, th ...

. Between 1999 and 2001, he was affiliated with the Nijmegen Centre for Business, Environment and Government. He was the Socrates Professor of Humanist Philosophy at the

Wageningen University and Research Centre Wageningen University & Research (also known as WUR) is a public research university in Wageningen, Netherlands, specializing in life sciences with a focus on agriculture, technical and engineering subjects. It is a globally important center fo ...

from 2004 to 2009. From 2006 to 2009, he was temporarily appointed as Professor of Political Theory in the political science department at RU, but this position became permanent in 2009. That same year, he was appointed Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Law, Politics & Justice,

Keele University Keele University is a Public university#United Kingdom, public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it was granted uni ...

, and, since 2011, he has been the chair of the RU Department of Public Affairs & Political Science.

Bibliography

Monographs

*1998: ''Green Liberalism: The Free and the Green Society''. London: University College London Press. *1999: ''Imperfection and Impartiality: A Liberal Theory of Social Justice''. London: University College London Press. *2008: ''Political Pluralism and the State: Beyond Sovereignty''. Routledge Innovators in Political Theory. London: Routledge.

Edited collections

*1995: ''Civic Politics and Civil Society''. Nijmegen, Netherlands: University of Nijmegen Press. *1999: ''European Discourses on Environmental Policy''. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate. (with Gökhan Orhan and Ute Collier) *2001: ''Sustaining Liberal Democracy: Ecological Challenges and Opportunities''. London and New York: Palgrave. (with John Barry) *2004: ''Liberal Democracy and Environmentalism: The End of Environmentalism?'' ECPR European Political Science Series. London: Routledge. (with Yoram Levy) *2014: '' Political Animals and Animal Politics''. Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. (with

David Schlosberg David Schlosberg (born November 16, 1963) is an American political theory, political theorist who is currently director of the Sydney Environment Institute and professor of environmental politics at the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the ...

)

References

External links

Official site
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