The International Journal of Political Theory is published by Emertec Research and Development, a research organization that conducts theoretical research in both natural and social sciences. The editorial board, especially the founders, have extensive academic research experience in several disciplines, and have previous experience in editing and founding other academic journals.
The following is a list of editorial board members and affiliates of the IJPT.
The following is a list of editorial board members and affiliates of the IJPT.
Editorial Team
Editor, Jaan S. Islam
Jaan S. Islam is a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and PhD Candidate of Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests cut broadly across comparative political philosophy, Islamic political theory, and intellectual history. His previous works include "The Contention between Secular and Revealed Law: Analyzing Ibn Rushd's Solution to the Problem of the 'Virtuous Society'" and his most recent book entitled Political Philosophy in the East and West: In Search of Truth (Delaware: Vernon Press, 2018).
Email: jaan.islam@dal.ca.
Associate Editor, Adem Eryiğit
Adem Eryiǧit is a professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Iǧdır, Turkey. Eryiǧit specializes in Islamic political thought and comparative Islamic theology. His latest works include monographs on the political thought of Ibn Taymiyya and Muʿtazilite political philosophy.
Email: adem.eryigit@igdir.edu.tr
Jaan S. Islam is a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and PhD Candidate of Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests cut broadly across comparative political philosophy, Islamic political theory, and intellectual history. His previous works include "The Contention between Secular and Revealed Law: Analyzing Ibn Rushd's Solution to the Problem of the 'Virtuous Society'" and his most recent book entitled Political Philosophy in the East and West: In Search of Truth (Delaware: Vernon Press, 2018).
Email: jaan.islam@dal.ca.
Associate Editor, Adem Eryiğit
Adem Eryiǧit is a professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Iǧdır, Turkey. Eryiǧit specializes in Islamic political thought and comparative Islamic theology. His latest works include monographs on the political thought of Ibn Taymiyya and Muʿtazilite political philosophy.
Email: adem.eryigit@igdir.edu.tr
Desk Editor, Gary M. Zatzman
Gary M. Zatzman is the CEO of the EEC Research Organization, and has published studies on human rights, international relations, and economic theory.
Email: noidrocca@yahoo.com
Gary M. Zatzman is the CEO of the EEC Research Organization, and has published studies on human rights, international relations, and economic theory.
Email: noidrocca@yahoo.com
Ethics Chair, Dr. Phillip Carmical
Dr. Carmical graduated at the University of Chicago to eventually work in the publishing business. He is currently a principal at Scrivener Publishing. Carmical has a track record in management, book acquisitions, online course development, and business development.
Email: pcarmical@scrivenerpublishing.com
Dr. Carmical graduated at the University of Chicago to eventually work in the publishing business. He is currently a principal at Scrivener Publishing. Carmical has a track record in management, book acquisitions, online course development, and business development.
Email: pcarmical@scrivenerpublishing.com
Editorial Board Members
Andrew Norris
Professor Norris teaches at the University of California. He is the editor of The Claim to Community (Stanford University Press, 2006), and Politics, Metaphysics, and Death: Essays on Giorgio Agamben's "Homo Sacer" (Duke University Press, 2005)
Email: anorris@polsci.ucsb.edu
Professor Norris teaches at the University of California. He is the editor of The Claim to Community (Stanford University Press, 2006), and Politics, Metaphysics, and Death: Essays on Giorgio Agamben's "Homo Sacer" (Duke University Press, 2005)
Email: anorris@polsci.ucsb.edu
Alexandros Kioupkiolis
Professor Kioupkiolis has published four books and numerous articles on political theory. Recent publications include: the edited volume Radical democracy and Collective Movements today (Ashgate/Routledge, 2014); the monograph Freedom after the critique of foundations: Marx, liberalism and agonistic autonomy (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012), and several journal publications.
Email: alkioup@polsci.auth.gr
Professor Kioupkiolis has published four books and numerous articles on political theory. Recent publications include: the edited volume Radical democracy and Collective Movements today (Ashgate/Routledge, 2014); the monograph Freedom after the critique of foundations: Marx, liberalism and agonistic autonomy (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012), and several journal publications.
Email: alkioup@polsci.auth.gr
Malik Mufti
Malik Mufti if a Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. He is the author of Soveriegn Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq, and Daring and Caution in Turkish Strategic Culture; Republic at Sea, and is currently working on a research project on realism in Islamic political thought.
Email: Malik.Mufti@tufts.edu.
Malik Mufti if a Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. He is the author of Soveriegn Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq, and Daring and Caution in Turkish Strategic Culture; Republic at Sea, and is currently working on a research project on realism in Islamic political thought.
Email: Malik.Mufti@tufts.edu.
M. Rafiqul Islam
Professor M. R. Islam is a world-wide consultant on environment and energy-related issues, known as the most published engineer in the world. He has set up over four journals and published, on top of his scientific specialty, in fields of philosophy, law, international political theory (international relations), and the philosophy of history.
Email: president@emertec.ca
Professor M. R. Islam is a world-wide consultant on environment and energy-related issues, known as the most published engineer in the world. He has set up over four journals and published, on top of his scientific specialty, in fields of philosophy, law, international political theory (international relations), and the philosophy of history.
Email: president@emertec.ca
Samuel Wheeler III
Sam Wheeler teaches at the University of Connecticut. He writes in philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and ancient philosophy. Recent works include Neo-Davidsonian Metaphysics and Meta-ethics (Routledge, 2013), “Davidson, Derrida and Differance” in Dialogues with Davidson (MIT 2011), and “Pure Realism” Annales Philosophici 2010.
Sam Wheeler teaches at the University of Connecticut. He writes in philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and ancient philosophy. Recent works include Neo-Davidsonian Metaphysics and Meta-ethics (Routledge, 2013), “Davidson, Derrida and Differance” in Dialogues with Davidson (MIT 2011), and “Pure Realism” Annales Philosophici 2010.
Peter Burdon
Burdon teaches at Adelaide Law School. His research focuses on the environmental crisis and how human society might transition their laws, governance structures and social relations in relation to health and integrity of the planet. He conducts research in legal theory and political philosophy. His recent works include Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (Wakefield Press, 2011) and several journal articles.
Burdon teaches at Adelaide Law School. His research focuses on the environmental crisis and how human society might transition their laws, governance structures and social relations in relation to health and integrity of the planet. He conducts research in legal theory and political philosophy. His recent works include Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (Wakefield Press, 2011) and several journal articles.
Bridget Cotter
Cotter is a professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster. Her research interests lie in western political thought, human rights discourse and the political thought of Hannah Arendt.
Cotter is a professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster. Her research interests lie in western political thought, human rights discourse and the political thought of Hannah Arendt.
Ali Kuyaksil
Dr. Ali Kuyaksil is a professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Igdir, Turkey. His interests include Turkish security and foreign policy, terrorism, human rights, and Islam and democracy.
Email: ali.kuyaksil@igdir.edu.tr.
Dr. Ali Kuyaksil is a professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Igdir, Turkey. His interests include Turkish security and foreign policy, terrorism, human rights, and Islam and democracy.
Email: ali.kuyaksil@igdir.edu.tr.
Sofien Mhatli
Dr. Mhatli teaches at Tunisia Polytechnic School.
Dr. Mhatli teaches at Tunisia Polytechnic School.
Serperi Sevgur
Serperi Sevgur is a lecturer at Saint Mary's University in the Department of Sociology. Her research interests lie in examining the effects of gender and class on the migration and post-migration stages of highly skilled individuals, and how transnational and local networks are formed and sustained by immigrants in Canada.
Email: serperi.sevgur@dal.ca
Serperi Sevgur is a lecturer at Saint Mary's University in the Department of Sociology. Her research interests lie in examining the effects of gender and class on the migration and post-migration stages of highly skilled individuals, and how transnational and local networks are formed and sustained by immigrants in Canada.
Email: serperi.sevgur@dal.ca
Yavar Hameed
Yavar Hameed is an Ontario-based lawyer and legal scholar. His study focuses on the protection and advocacy of human rights and civil liberties in a diverse range of legal areas including general civil/constitutional litigation, administrative law, criminal law, and immigration law. He teaches at Carleton University, Ottawa.
Email: yhameed@hameedlaw.ca
Yavar Hameed is an Ontario-based lawyer and legal scholar. His study focuses on the protection and advocacy of human rights and civil liberties in a diverse range of legal areas including general civil/constitutional litigation, administrative law, criminal law, and immigration law. He teaches at Carleton University, Ottawa.
Email: yhameed@hameedlaw.ca
Advisory Members
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Foreign Policy Studies
Derek McDonald, Mount Saint Vincent University Sevinc Gulsecen, Istanbul University |
Jamal Badawi, Saint Mary’s University
Barry Grossman, International Law Jurist Ali Hassan Mughal, Emertec Research and Development |
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