At present, I am the Programme Lead in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics as well as Deputy Undergraduate Programmes Lead in the Department of International Relations, Politics, and History at Loughborough University. In 2024, the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough granted me two staff awards for this work; one individually and one as part of the School programme lead team.
In the academic year 2025-6, I convene the undergraduate modules Environmental Thought, Philosophy and Public Policy, and Introduction to Philosophy; co-convening the undergraduate module Contemporary Debates in Philosophy; and teaching on the undergraduate Dissertation module.
My teaching generally covers moral and political philosophy, including their histories. During my career, I have convened or co-convened the following modules:
- Animals and Society (Queen’s University, undergraduate)
- Theories of Justice (York, postgraduate)
- Analytic Political Philosophy (York, postgraduate)
- Ethics and Public Policy (York, undergraduate)
- Introduction to Political Theory (York, undergraduate)
- Animals, Ethics, and Politics (Sheffield, undergraduate)
- Contemporary Debates in Philosophy (Loughborough, undergraduate)
- Philosophy and Public Policy (Loughborough, undergraduate)
- Introduction to Philosophy (Loughborough, undergraduate)
I have also had regular teaching commitments on the following modules:
- Philosophy and the Good Life (Queen’s Belfast, undergraduate)
- Philosophy and Human Nature (Queen’s Belfast, undergraduate)
- The PPE of Social Choice (York, postgraduate)
- Contemporary Political Philosophy (York, undergraduate)
- Topics in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (York, undergraduate)
- Political Theory in Practice (Sheffield, undergraduate)
- Research Design (Loughborough, undergraduate)
- Dissertation (Loughborough, undergraduate)
And I have guest-lectured on modules across many disciplines (including philosophy, politics, English, law, animal studies, and animal welfare) at many universities.
I have supervised undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations (and other research projects) in philosophy, political science, international relations, literature, animal studies, and other fields at Queen’s, York, Sheffield, and Loughborough.
I have supervised PhD students working on topics relating to my research areas at both Sheffield and Loughborough. Currently, I am co-supervising the work of Dan Breeze and Daniel Santos. I have also acted as an external examiner (or similar) at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), the University of Sassari (Italy), and the University of Winchester (UK).
I am always happy to talk to prospective PhD students or postdoctoral researchers, or explore the option of acting as an external examiner.
Josh Milburn 