Staff Profile

Dr Andrew Walton is a Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy at Newcastle University.

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Media

• Twitter: @Dr_AWalton
• Blog: justice-everywhere.org

Affiliations

• Associate Member, Centre for Ethics, Law, and Public Affairs, University of Warwick
• Research Fellow, Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (Genève)

Previous positions

• Research Fellow, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
• Visiting Scholar, Lund University
• Assistant Professor in Political Theory, University of St. Gallen
• Teaching Fellow, University College London

Qualifications

• BA History & Politics, University of Warwick
• MA Globalisation & Development, University of Warwick
• PhD Political Theory, University of Warwick

Research Interests

My main research interests lie in the following areas:

• Trade justice and trade governance
• Moral analysis in public policy
• Housing supply and regulation
• Residential and community integration
• Liberal-egalitarian and socialist thought

Current Work

• Housing and Communities - In this research, I explore ethical issues in the supply, regulation, and geographical organisation of housing, connecting these issues to broader questions about when and why the state should provide in-kind goods to its citizens. Recent and ongoing papers in this area:
• 'Residential Integration on Fair Terms for the Disadvantaged' (with Hwa Young Kim), British Journal of Political Science, 53:2 (2022) 
• 'Resources in Cash or Kind? Considering the Case of Housing'
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• Moral Analysis in Public Policy - In this research, I use of methods and ideas drawn from moral philosophy to enhance the quality of public political debate on a range of contemporary policy issues. Recent publications in the area:
• 'Fraternal Society in Rawls' Property-Owning Democracy', Analyse & Kritik, 35:1 (2013)
• Introducing Political Philosophy: A Policy-First Approach (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021) 

Recent work

• Justice and trade - In this research I explore how we should conceptualise the idea of 'trade justice'. I argue that we that we should reason about 'trade justice' in a holistic sense, understanding and applying moral principles to the domain of trade as part of an 'institutional package', both in the regulation of international trade and individual ethics. Recent publications include:
• 'Trade Justice: An Argument for Integrationist, not Internal, Principles', Journal of Political Philosophy, 28:1 (2020)
• 'Justice and Trade Policy', in Annabelle Lever & Andrei Poama (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy (Oxford: Routledge, 2018)
• 'Global Democracy in a Society of Peoples', CRISPP, 18:6 (2015)
• 'Do Moral Duties Arise from Global Trade', Moral Philosophy and Politics, 1:2 (2014)
• 'Qualified Market Access & Inter-Disciplinarity' (with Lisa Herzog), Ethics and Global Politics, 7:2 (2014)
• 'The Common Arguments for Fair Trade', Political Studies, 61:3 (2013)
• 'Consequentialism, Indirect Effects, and Fair Trade', Utilitas, 24:1 (2012)

Postgraduate Supervision

I would be interested in supervising postgraduate research in any of the areas listed under my research interests and more generally across the terrain of domestic or global political philosophy. 

Undergraduate Teaching 

POL2090: Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion: Social Issues in Contemporary Political Philosophy

• Articles

  • Kim HY, Walton A. Residential Integration on Fair Terms for the Disadvantaged. British Journal of Political Science 2022, 53(2), 613-628.
  • Walton A. Trade Justice: An Argument for Integrationist, not Internal, Principles. Journal of Political Philosophy 2020, 28(1), 51-72.
  • Walton A. Global Democracy in a Society of Peoples. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2015, 18(6), 577-598.
  • Walton A. Do Moral Duties Arise from Global Trade?. Moral Philosophy and Politics 2014, 1(2), 249-268.
  • Walton A. The Common Arguments for Fair Trade. Political Studies 2013, 61(3), 691-706.
  • Walton A, Camia V. Fraternal Society in Rawls' Property-Owning Democracy. Analyse & Kritik 2013, 35(1), 163-186.
  • Walton A. Consequentialism, Indirect Effects, and Fair Trade. Utilitas 2012, 24(1), 126-138.
  • Walton A. What is Fair Trade?. Third World Quarterly 2010, 31(3), 431-447.
  • Walton A. Justice, Authority, and the World Order. Journal of Global Ethics 2009, 5(3), 215-230.

• Authored Book

  • Walton A, Abel W, Kahn E, Parr T. Introducing Political Philosophy: A Policy-Driven Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.

• Book Chapters

  • Walton A. Justice and Trade Policy. In: Lever, A; Poama, A, ed. Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy. London: Routledge, 2018, pp.202-213.
  • Walton A. Federalism, Pan-European Parliament, and Against Article 50: A Comment on the EU's Democratic Deficit. In: R. Bellamy & U. Staiger, ed. The Eurozone Crisis and the Democratic Deficit. London: UCL European Institute, 2013, pp.18-19.
  • Walton A. Rawls' Property Owning Democracy. In: J. Murphy & K. Callaghan, ed. Toward a Post-Market Society. New York: Nova, 2011, pp.71-87.

• Editorials

  • Coward M, Grayson K, Chisholm A, Clough E, Feklyunina V, Walton A. Reflecting On Our Strengths and Strategy. Politics 2016, 36(2), 115-117.
  • Coward M, Grayson K, Chisholm A, Walton A, Clough E, Feklyunina V. Editorial 2016. Politics 2016, 36(1), 3-4.

• Note

  • Herzog L, Walton A. Qualified Market Access and Inter-Disciplinarity. Ethics and Global Politics 2014, 7(2), 83-94.