Research

I am especially interested in the political philosophy of G.W.F Hegel, in the social and political thought of Karl Marx, and in theoretical connections between those two authors. I often supervise doctoral students sharing those interests in Marx and Hegel. My recent research publications in this area include critical engagement with Marx’s views on human flourishing (which have affinities with modern capabilities approaches), and work on contemporary Analytical Marxism. 

Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Professorial Fellow at Mansfield College, where I engaged in teaching and research from 1978 until 2011. Former Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies at the DPIR and founding editor of the Journal of Political Ideologies. Professor of Politics, University of Nottingham, 2013-2015. Professorial Research Associate, SOAS, University of London, 2016-2019. ESRC Professorial Fellow from 2004 to 2007. Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, 2016-2019. FAcSS, FRHist.S.

I am joint Head of Department (with Petra Schleiter). We divide up the work as follows. Petra Schleiter leads on research, finance, the REF, recognition of distinction and the award of titles. I lead on teaching and courses, non-academic HR, communications, development, building matters, and health and safety. I also represent the Department on the Divisional Board. We divide up the work in academic recruitment and staff review and development, as well strategic planning, governance, risk management and equality and diversity.   

I am an associate professor in the Department of Politics (DPIR) and the University of Oxford China Centre, and Tutor in the Politics of China at Merton College. I am currently a Council Member of the British Association for Chinese Studies, having previously served as a member of the East and Inner Asia Council (EAIC, formerly CIAC-- China-Inner Asia Council) of the Association for Asian Studies.

Stathis N. Kalyvas is Gladstone Professor of Government and fellow of All Souls College at Oxford. Until 2018 he was Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he founded and directed the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence and co-directed the Hellenic Studies Program. In 2019 he founded and directs the T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence at All Souls College.

Research summary

My current research focuses on:

• coalition politics,

• legislative politics,

• parliamentary institutions,

• institutional change in European parliamentary democracies.

My research interests include:

Government, Constitutions, Institutions and Governments, Comparative Politics and Government, Institutions and organisations, Legislatures, Parliaments

Teaching

Undergraduate:

• Introduction to Politics (Prelims)

I am Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Hugh’s College. I am also the Director of the Latin American Centre.