Iason Papaioannou-Turner
PhD Candidate
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Profile
I am a fully funded PhD candidate in Political Theory within the Department of Politics & International Relations. My advisors at Warwick are Professor Matthew Clayton and Dr. Katy Wells. I completed part of my PhD at Harvard University as a Fellow in the Philosophy Department supervised by Professor Gina Schouten. I hold an MSc in Global Governance and Ethics from UCL and a BA in Politics from the University of Liverpool.
Research
My doctoral research is situated within the areas of moral and political philosophy, and is focused on the relationship between education and the labour market.
My PhD research explores what individuals are owed from education in light of the fact that they are required to work post-education. I am investigating connective questions surrounding the liberty of the individual and the impact of work and education on flourishing, as well as distributive questions regarding education and labour positions with respect to our principles of justice.
Broader research interests include theories of distributive justice, liberal political thought, social and economic inequalities and the philosophy of childhood and education.
Peer-reviewed Publications
'Educational Goods: Flourishing, Trade-offs and Perfectionism', Journal of Philosophy of Education. (Forthcoming, 2025).
Awards and Scholarships
PAIS PhD Studentship (2021-2025), University of Warwick.
PhD Fellowship (2024), Harvard University (Department of Philosophy).
PESGB Summer and Spring Fellow (2023/24), Philosophy of Education Society Great Britain.
SAP Research Trip Grant (2024), Society of Applied Philosophy.
PESGB Small Grant (2024), Philosophy of Education Society Great Britain.
Conference Papers and Invited Talks
“The Case for Work as a School Subject"
PESGB Annual Conference 2025, University of Oxford (28/03/2025).
CELPA Seminar, University of Warwick Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs (04/03/2025).
PESGB Seminar Series, University of Birmingham (16/10/2024).
"Educating for Flourishing in the Workplace" - Harvard Graduate School of Education (24/04/2024).
“Educational Goods: Flourishing, Contextual Judgements and Perfectionism" - PESGB Annual Conference 2024, University of Oxford (23/03/2024).
“Liberal Neutrality in Education: A Challenge for Autonomy?” - University of Warwick Graduate Conference in Legal and Political Theory (18/02/2023).Teaching
In the 2024/25 academic year, I will be teaching "Morality Law and the State" and "Introduction to Political Theory", both at King's College London.
In the 2022/23 academic year, I taught teaching seminars for "PO201 - Political Theory From Hobbes".
In the 2021/22 academic year, I taught seminars for "PO107 - Introduction To Politics".