Dr Felix Bender

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Sciences

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Key Publications

Climate Refugeehood: A Counterargument, Bender, F. 1 Oct 2025, In: European Journal of Political Theory
Shining a light in the dark: The urgency of addressing immigration detention in normative political theory, Bender, F., Silverman, S. 24 Mar 2025, The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Immigration, London, Taylor and Francis
Border Abolitionism: Migrants’ Containment and the Genealogies of Struggles and Rescue by Martina Tazzioli Manchester, UK; Manchester University Press, 2023. 200pp. £80.00. ISBN 978 1526 160935, Bender, F. 1 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Refugee Studies
Morality in the Refugee Regime? Arguing for More (Political) Realism in Admitting Refugees, Bender, F. 1 Dec 2024, In: Perspectives on Politics
Should refugees govern refugee camps?, Bender, F. 6 Jun 2024, In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Noncitizenism: Recognising Noncitizen Capabilities in a World of Citizens, written by Tendayi Bloom, Bender, F. Jul 2023, In: Journal of Moral Philosophy
Two-tier EU citizenship: Disposable Eastern European workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ulceluse, M., Bender, F. 1 May 2022, In: Organization
What's Political about Political Refugeehood? A Normative Reappraisal, Bender, F. 2022, In: Ethics & International Affairs
Enfranchising the disenfranchised: should refugees receive political rights in liberal democracies?, Bender, F. 2 Jan 2021, In: Citizenship Studies
Refugees: The Politically Oppressed, Bender, F. 1 Jun 2021, In: Philosophy and Social Criticism

Qualifications

Politics PhD June 27 2020

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