I'm a political theorist working on the history of modern democracy and liberalism. My research interests include past and present debates about popular sovereignty, public opinion, as well as the role of tradition-building in the history of political thought.

I'm completing my first book manuscript, The People's Two Powers: Public Opinion and Popular Sovereignty from Rousseau to Liberal Democracy. I have also started doing research for a second book project, Propaganda and Democracy: A History.

I joined King's College London as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in September 2022. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Brown University and Yale University.

Personal website: https://www.arthur-ghins.com/

Research

• Political theory

Recent publications

• ‘Liberalism Reinvents Itself” Intellectual History Review. Online First.
• 'What is French Liberalism?' Political Studies. Online First.
• 'Representative Democracy versus Government by Opinion' The Journal of Politics. 84/3 (2022). Online First.
• "Popular Sovereignty that I Deny": Benjamin Constant on Public Opinion, Political Legitimacy and Constitution Making’ Modern Intellectual History. 19/1 (2022), pp. 128-158.