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Impact

Our department has a significant and wide-ranging impact portfolio.

 

Our department has been ranked 6th in the UK in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) 'Power Rankings' and 1st in the country for 'Research Environment and Support'. 86 per cent of our research was valued as being ‘world leading’ (4*) or ‘internationally excellent’ (3*).

Philosophy Department members, accordingly, are engaged in a wide range of exciting research projects which bring philosophical work to a wider national and international audience.

Projects

Projects

Explore the current and past King's Philosophy research projects.

Philosophy & Medicine

Launched in 2015, with the generous support of the Peter Sowerby Foundation, Philosophy & Medicine is a joint venture between the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, and The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery. It has introduced philosophy courses into curricula that train clinicians, and hosts a range of public events to encourage dialogue and collaborative research across these disciplines.

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History of Philosophy without any gaps

In this much-loved podcast series, Peter Adamson takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps." The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition.

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The Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts

CPVA is a major multi-disciplinary initiative which aims to bring together academics, artists, curators and gallerists to explore the connections between philosophy, theory and the visual arts.

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Philosophy in Schools

Ellen Fridland has been working with the Philosophy Foundation, using her theory of skill refinement and applying it to critical thinking, in order to inform the way that the Philosophy Foundation teaches critical thinking to school children.

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Philosophy and Sport

David Papineau’s project, which includes a book and blog about philosophy and sport, focuses on a range of sporting issues that raise matters of philosophical significance.

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Philosophy, Migration and the Arts

Sarah Fine is working with choreographer Sivan Rubinstein on her major dance project MAPS, and with human rights theatre company, ice&fire, who are developing a piece of theatre in connection with Sarah’s research on the ethics of immigration restrictions.

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Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

Since 1987, this project has published over 100 volumes of translations of late ancient philosophical texts into English, usually for the first time. Based at King’s College London for over 25 years, the project now also has collaborating editors located in multiple institutions.

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Find out how King’s Arts & Humanities is making a difference

Making a difference

Making a difference

World-leading expertise of arts and humanities on some of the world's most pressing challenges.

Spotlight

Spotlight

Highlighting the impact King's Arts & Humanities research has on, and for, the benefit of society.