Maurits Bekkers

Maurits Bekkers

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Personal profile

Overview

I am a current PhD Student in Politics at The University of Manchester. My research interests are existentialism, political and social theory, authenticity, social capital theory, and moral grandstanding. My project is supervised by Prof Miriam Ronzoni and Dr Clara Sandelind (The University of Manchester), and Prof Patrick Baert (The University of Cambridge).

I am also a current research assistant for the project "Rebuilding Democratic Discourse: Online Harms and Trust”, funded by Centre for Digital Trust and Security (The University of Manchester) under the supervision of Mihaela Popa-Wyatt; and I am a co-organiser of the MANCEPT Workshops.

Teaching

POLI20961: Injustice and Resistance (2022-2023 & 2023-2024)
PHIL23022: Marx and Hegel (2022-2023)
POLI10702: Introduction to Political Theory (2023-2024)

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Arts, Political Science: Political Theory and Philosophy, The University of Manchester

1 Sept 2020 → 4 Sept 2022

Award Date: 1 Dec 2022

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Philosophy (Joint Honours), The University of Manchester

1 Sept 2017 → 1 Jul 2020

Award Date: 1 Jul 2020

Areas of expertise

  • JC Political theory
  • HM Sociology
  • Social Theory
  • B Philosophy (General)
  • Continental
  • Analytical
  • 1 Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc

  • MANCEPT Workshops 2025

    Herissone-Kelly, R. (Co-Chair) & Bekkers, M. (Co-Chair)

    3 Sept 2025 → 5 Sept 2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Teaching and Research