Biography
Before coming to King’s, Dr Downey was a junior research scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge where she worked on democratic theory and macroeconomic policymaking. She is the author of Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters (PUP 2024). Dr Downey holds B.A.s in Mathematics and Economics from UNC Chapel Hill, an MSc in Economics & Philosophy from the LSE, and a PhD in Government from Harvard University. She has written on topics including the administrative state, monetary policy, macrofinance and the green transition, and the meaning of stability in politics and economics.
Office hours
Tuesday: 10.00 - 11.30 and by appointment.
Research interests
- Democratic theory
- Political theory of the administrative state
- Political theory of macroeconomic policy
- Monetary policy
- Central banks
Teaching
Introduction to Political and Economic Philosophy
Research
Political Theory Research Group
The political theory group covers many topics and approaches, and affirms the central importance of political economy to political theory.
Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group
The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics.
Centre for British Democracy
The Centre for British Democracy is interested in the study of government and politics in the United Kingdom from an historical, political science, political theory and constitutional perspective.
Research
Political Theory Research Group
The political theory group covers many topics and approaches, and affirms the central importance of political economy to political theory.
Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group
The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics.
Centre for British Democracy
The Centre for British Democracy is interested in the study of government and politics in the United Kingdom from an historical, political science, political theory and constitutional perspective.