Daniela Guajardo

Profile

I am a fully funded PhD student in the Department of Politics and International Studies (2022-2026) where I conduct my research under the supervision of Professor Simon CaneyLink opens in a new window and Reader Tom ParrLink opens in a new window. I was a visiting scholar at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in October 2025, under the supervision of Professor Paula Casal.

I previously completed a MSc in Political Theory Research at the University of Oxford and a Law Degree at the University of Chile.

Research

My thesis explores the intersection of animal ethics, democratic theory and constitutional theory.

Publications

Guajardo, Constanza & Guajardo, Daniela. 'Reconciling Public Reason Liberalism with Animal Rights', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, pp. 1-24. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13698230.2026.2633954

Awards and Scholarships

SAP Research Trip Grant, Society for Applied Philosophy, to support a visiting placement at UPF (2025).

Doctoral Scholarship Abroad, Becas Chile 2022, from the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation National Research and Development Agency, from the Government of Chile (2022-2026).

Graduate Christ Church Scholarship, from Christ Church, University of Oxford (2020-2021).

Conferences and workshops

'Animals' Political Representation: A Pluralist Account', workshop on Breeding, Biodiversity, and the Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Law - October 21^st, 2025.

'Political Institutions for Non-human Animals', Warwick Graduate Conference in Political and Legal Theory - February 22^nd, 2025.

'Reconciling Public Reason Liberalism with Animal Rights', co-authored with Constanza Guajardo, Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs (CELPA), University of Warwick - November 26^th, 2024.

'Reconciling Public Reason Liberalism with Animal Rights', co-authored with Constanza Guajardo, MANCEPT workshops on Animals, Equality, and Democracy: Themes in Memory of Siobhan O'Sullivan and MANCEPT workshops on Theories of Public Reason - September 4^th, 5^thand 6^th, 2024.

'The Political Inclusion of Non-human Animals', London School of Economics (LSE) Political Theory Graduate Conference - May 23^rdand 24^th, 2024.

'Non-human Animals and their Political Inclusion' with a commentary by Pablo Magaña, Sheffield Animals Studies Research Centre (ShARC), University of Sheffield - March 15^th, 2024.

'Non-human animals are political Agents, and we have a duty to include them in our democratic processes', Warwick Graduate Conference in Political and Legal Theory - February 10^th, 2024.

'Should non-human animals be included in our democratic processes, and if so, how?', Conference on ‘Democratic Theory’ at the University of Southampton - July 13^thand 14^th, 2023

Teaching experience

I was a Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Politics and International Relations.

In the 2024/2025 academic year, I taught seminar groups for the Applied Ethics (PH212) module.

In the 2023/2024 academic year, I taught seminar groups for the Introduction to Politics (PO107) module.