Lawrence Hamilton

Lawrence Hamilton is a political theorist and the [https://www.wits.ac.za/socialsciences/nrf-british-academy-chair-in-political-theory/ SA-UK Bilateral Research Chair in Political Theory] at the [https://www.wits.ac.za University of the Witwatersrand], and the [https://www.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge, UK], which he has held since March 2016.

He became a full professor at the age of 36 and he has been a [https://www.wits.ac.za/socialsciences/nrf-british-academy-chair-in-political-theory/staff/ full professor of political studies] at the University of the Witwatersrand since 2014. Prior to that he was a full professor at the University of Johannesburg, and senior lecturer and associate professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

In Johannesburg and Cambridge he teaches and researches on various topics in political theory, South African politics and the history of political and economic thought.

He is the [https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2018/2018-04/wits-professor-first-ever-nrf-a-rated-political-scientist.html only political scientist ever] to receive an A-rating from the South African National Research Foundation (NRF).

Hamilton contributes to rethinking political theory from the perspective of the global South. His research interests include topics in contemporary political theory such as states, power, representation, freedom, needs, rights, resistance, democracy, markets, development and political judgment. These are all informed by real world politics — particularly in the global South — as well as the history of political thought, South African politics, political economy and global intellectual history. Provided by Wikipedia