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.

Leeds Centre of Theoretical Philosophy: Looping Injustice, Politics and Class
Invited talk

Class and Epistemic Virtue in Higher Education
Invited talk

Speech and Society
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Difficult Actions: Definition, Value, and Rationality
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

IDEA Centre Visiting Speaker: Alienating Epistemic Attention - Understanding Epistemic Virtue and Class in HE
Invited talk

Social Ontology for Political Philosophers
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

15th BRAGA MEETINGS ON ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Lancaster University Education Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

The Diverse Academy
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Annual Conference 2025: EPSSE
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Advisory Board Member
Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public

Chair of the Advisory Board
Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public

Evidence, Democracy and Implicit Attitudes
Invited talk

Inaugural Annual MAP Lecture: Class and Epistemic Empowerment
Invited talk

Class, Affective Homogenisation and Societal Loss
Invited talk

Class, Affective Homogenisation and Societal Loss
Invited talk

Association of Philosophy Teachers Annual Conference Plenary Talk
Invited talk

Salience in Society: The Nature and Ethics of Collective Attention
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Toonfest 2024
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

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)