About me

I'm Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Leeds, UK.

I work in contemporary political philosophy, particularly in human rights theory. You can find links to my books and other publications on the following pages. 

I studied at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow. I then held a British Academic Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of York before landing at Leeds, where I've been since 2012. 

I'm a queer, gender non-conforming, first generation scholar, and that experience has motivated my longstanding commitment to improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the academy.

Contact

School of Politics and International Studies

University of Leeds 

Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

k.woods [at] leeds.ac.uk

@kwpolphil.bsky.social