FASS Staff Profile

DR MATTHEW LEPORI
SENIOR LECTURER
DEPARTMENT of POLITICAL SCIENCE

Appointment:
SENIOR LECTURER
Office:
AS1/04-02
Email:
mlepori@nus.edu.sg
Tel:
6516 3979
Fax:
Homepage:
http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/pollma/
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Brief Introduction

I have worked here at NUS since 2013 and am presently a senior lecturer of political science. My research centers on political theoretic responses to problems generated by capitalist and ecological dynamics. In turn, I teach introductory courses in political theory as well as honors seminars on the politics of capitalism, the environment, and food. These seminars are (intentionally) blind to the subfield divisions found within political science, and make extensive use of the social sciences more broadly. I welcome students interested in approaching the study of politics from multiple perspectives.


Teaching Areas

For the 2023-24 academic year, I will be teaching the following courses:

Semester 1

  • Introduction to Political Theory (PS2258)
  • Contemporary Political Theory (PS4201)

Semester 2

  • Modern Western Political Thought (PS2258)
  • Capitalism and Political Theory (PS4237)
  • Meritocracy (PE4103)

Current Research

I am currently working on a book manuscript that investigates the interrelations between capitalism and social, political, and ecological systems. In it, I work back and forth between political economy, environmental studies, and problems of democracy and justice.


Publications

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

  • "Critical Theories of Neoliberalism and Their Significance for Left Politics", Contemporary Political Theory 19, no. 3. (2020): 453-474
  • “Towards a New Ecological Democracy: A Critical Evaluation of the Deliberation Paradigm within Green Political Theory,” Environmental Values 28 (2019): 75-99
  • "There Is No Anthropocene: Climate Change, Species-Talk, and Political Economy," Telos 172 (Fall 2015): 103-124.


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