Dr Leonie Smith
Lecturer in Philosophy (Epistemology/Metaphysics)PhD Supervision Interests
Interested in supervising projects in: - Social ontology and metaphysics, especially on group agency; social personhood; social kinds and categories; and ontological and metaphysical injustice. - Social epistemology, especially on epistemic oppression and liberation; collective epistemic practices; and epistemic virtue. - Policy and / or philosophically-oriented work in media ethics and regulation; social media regulation and agency; inclusive higher education and socioeconomic justice.
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Leverhulme Early Career Funded Project: The Metaphysics of Socioeconomic Epistemic Oppression
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2025
Research
The University of Sheffield Annual MAP Lecture: Title TBC
Invited talk
Difficult Actions: Definition, Value, and Rationality
Invited talk
The University of Sheffield Centre for Engaged Philosophy Workshop: Class and Epistemic Virtue in Higher Education
Invited talk
Leeds Centre of Theoretical Philosophy Seminar: Looping Injustice, Politics and Class
Invited talk
Philosophies of Resistance: Philosophy in Prisons
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Speech and Society
Participation in conference - Academic
The Diverse Academy Helsinki: Class and Academic Strengths in the Classroom
Invited talk
Social Ontology for Political Philosophers
Invited talk
IDEA Centre Visiting Speaker Seminar: Alienating Epistemic Attention - Understanding Epistemic Virtue and Class in HE
Invited talk
15th BRAGA MEETINGS ON ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Participation in conference - Academic
Lancaster University Education Conference
Participation in conference - Academic
Advisory Board Member
Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public
Chair of the Advisory Board
Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public
Salience in Society: The Nature and Ethics of Collective Attention
Participation in conference - Academic
Evidence, Democracy and Implicit Attitudes: Class, Bias and Implicit Attitudes in Higher Education
Invited talk
Inaugural Annual MAP Lecture: Class and Epistemic Empowerment
Invited talk
Association for Social and Political Philosophy 2024
Participation in conference - Academic
European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Annual Conference 2024
Participation in conference - Academic
Association of Philosophy Teachers Annual Conference Plenary Talk
Invited talk
Toonfest 2024
Participation in conference - Academic
International Social Ontology Society (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Rights, Testimony and Street-Level Bureaucracy for Welfare Claimants: Policy Implications
Invited talk
Stereotypes and Testimonial Injustice
Invited talk
Overwriting the Ontology of Working-Class Political Identities
Invited talk
Class, Academia, and Imposter Syndrome
Invited talk
Collective Nostalgic Attention and Working-Class Political Recognition
Invited talk
Class, Academia and Impostor Syndrome
Invited talk
The Ontology of Service Users: the Case of Twitter
Invited talk
Nostalgic Attention, Epistemic Injustice and Working-Class Political Recognition
Invited talk
Class and impostor syndrome In academia
Invited talk
What Is Our Concept of Impostor Syndrome, and What Do, and Should, We Want It To Be?
Invited talk
The International Social Ontology Society Article Prize Competition
Prize (including medals and awards)
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
Fellowship awarded competitively
The Analysis Trust Studentship 2020
Fellowship awarded competitively
BPA Prizes 2026: Teaching Philosophy in the Community Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
University of Manchester: Faculty of Humanities Outstanding Teaching Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
University of Manchester Distinguished Achievement Award for Postgraduate Research
Prize (including medals and awards)
Dean’s Prize Award Winner for Outstanding Contribution to Engagement
Prize (including medals and awards)
Dean’s Prize Award Winner for Research: Research Culture Development
Prize (including medals and awards)