Liam Livesley
I am a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK.
My research is mostly in the philosophy of disability.
L.A.Livesley [at] soton.ac.uk
 PhilPapers |
 Southampton
I am a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK.
My research is mostly in the philosophy of disability.
L.A.Livesley [at] soton.ac.uk
 PhilPapers |
 Southampton
My doctoral work defended a radical social constructionist account of disability. I argue that we can secure important resources for the anti-ableist political project by understanding disability as a kind of subordination in virtue of being believed to have a defective body. This is an ameliorative view, set against the traditional medical & social models of disability. It was funded by an AHRC Studentship from the South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, and supervised by Alex Gregory, Havi Carel & Naomi Thompson.
I'm interested in most aspects of disability, but I also have broader interests across social & political philosophy, including:
Justice as a Constraint on Conceptual Engineering
28th Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference, University of Oxford | Nov '24
ASPP Annual Conference, Swansea University | Jul '24
BPPA Annual Conference, University of York | Oct '23
Disability as Subordination
MANCEPT Disability & Justice Workshop, University of Manchester | Sep '24
Radical Disability Politics: A Global Dialogue, University of Brighton | Jun '24
Social Ontology 2023, Stockholm University | Aug '23
Making Sense of Disability Pride
Understanding Value XII, University of Sheffield | Jul '24
LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory, LSE | May '24
Disability, Social Construction, and the Disappearing Body
CAPPE Interventions in Disability Politics Seminar, University of Brighton | Feb '24
Reasonable Adjustment, COVID-19, and Crises in Disability Justice
Nordic Network on Disability Research 16th Research Conference, Reykjavík | May '23
I have previously taught on:
I've also done a bit of consulting work on bringing philosophy of disability, and disability studies, into modules; do get in touch if you'd like to chat about that.