People

Baltazar Dydensborg

AFFILIATION
Political Theory Network
College
Somerville College
Course
MPhil Political Theory
supervisor

I am a student in the MPhil Political Theory program.  My research interests centre on questions in the history of political thought, especially as they relate to the emergence and consolidation of modern political and economic institutions and norms, as well as the history and historiography of liberalism. In line with this, my thesis is on liberal ideas of landownership in late 19th/early 20th century England. 

Having completed my previous education in Denmark, I studied for the BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford, graduating with First Class Honors in the summer of 2023. My undergraduate thesis on French influences on Danish political thought in the 1830s was awarded a Gibbs Prize (Proxime) for best thesis in Politics. 

In addition to my research, I frequently contribute to Danish public debates. I also work as research assistant for Professor Teresa Bejan and act as course representative to the department for my MPhil cohort.