Dr Temidayo Eseonu
Co-director of the Ethics, Values, and Policy Initiative
My academic training has included degrees in different disciplines which has influenced my interdisciplinary position, drawing on a range of theories to research questions of racial equity and justice. I am particularly interested in the role of values and ethics in agenda setting, issue prioritisation, and the determination of policy content. Some of the research questions I am interested in are: what values drive politicians and policymakers at all levels to respond to the claims for racial justice put forward by racially minoritised communities? What ethics set the boundaries for what is an acceptable policy response to these claims in a context of polarization, competing priorities, and limited resources? With previous professional experience outside academia and with experience of community engagement, I see myself as spanning boundaries, working across academic, public and policy spheres. I place importance on building relationships in these spheres, having knowledge of them, identifying policy problems, and creating spaces for people from within them to co-produce understanding of the policy problems and corresponding solutions to racial inequalities.
