DR MAXIMILIAN FENNER

I AM A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW AND A LECTURER IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM. I AM A MEMBER OF THE AMSTERDAM LAB FOR TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH.

I WORK ON THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, DEMOCRATIC THEORY, AND ECOLOGICAL POLITICS.

I DO RESEARCH THAT DEALS BROADLY WITH SOCIAL ECOLOGY, ENTANGLED HISTORIES OF ENERGY AND OLIGARCHY, AND ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND ELITE CAPTURE.

MY WRITING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN MODERN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL THEORY, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, AND THE LSE REVIEW OF BOOKS.

MY FIRST BOOK IS FORTHCOMING WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

I STUDIED PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK CITY, BERLIN, AMSTERDAM, AND CAMBRIDGE.

MY PARTNER, LISA SOPHIE FENNER, IS ALSO A POLITICAL SCIENTIST.