Tim Hayward (political scientist)
Tim Hayward (born 1955) is Professor of Environmental Political Theory at the
Writing in Contemporary Political Theory, Anahí Wiedenbrüg wrote that Hayward's book Global Justice and Finance, published in 2019, "is a wakeup call for all those working in contemporary, normative, liberal political theory. His general normative outlook gets very uncomfortable for the political liberals working within the global justice tradition". According to John O’Neill, the book "is particularly strong in its criticisms of approaches to global justice that simply take the transfer of money and finance to be adequate responses to the problems of global justice without examination of the background nature of the institutions of global finance".[8]
In 2017, he co-founded the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (SPM), a group whose stated purpose is to "facilitate research into the areas of organised persuasive communication (including propaganda and information operations) and media coverage, with respect to the 2011-present conflict in Syria including related topics".[9] The group's publications have attracted criticism and accusations of bias.[10][11]
According to
In March 2022, the chair of the British parliament's Education Select Committee,
According to the BBC, students have accused him of “sharing
Selected publications
- Ecological Thought: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons, 1995. ISBN 978-0-74-561320-8.
- Political Theory and Ecological Values. John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN 978-0-74-561809-8.
- Constitutional Environmental Rights. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-927867-1.
- Human Rights and the Environment. 4 Vols. Routledge, 2017. (Editor)
- Global Justice and Finance. Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-884276-7.
References
- ^ "Tim Hayward | School of Social and Political Science". www.sps.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "People - About Us - Just World Institute". www.jwi.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "About Us - About Us - Just World Institute". www.jwi.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Keate, Georgie; Kennedy, Dominic (14 April 2018). "Apologists for Assad hold senior positions in British universities". The Times. pp. 8–9.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "University fo Edinburgh Professor accused of Professors 'sharing Russian propaganda'". HeraldScotland. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Students accuse lecturer of sharing Russia war lies". BBC News. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- S2CID 225163453.
- ^ "About". Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Syria: on academic freedom and responsibility". openDemocracy. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Kennedy, Dominic (11 April 2020). "British academics sharing conspiracy theories online". The Times. p. 6.
- ^ Bloodworth, James (16 March 2022). "Putin apologists aren't "asking awkward questions" – they're degrading truth". New Statesman. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Learmonth, Andrew (15 March 2022). "UK Government to quiz Edinburgh University over academic's 'pro-Putin' Tweets". The Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Hadjimatheou, Chloe (31 May 2022). "Students accuse lecturer of sharing Russia war lies". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2022.