Research and innovation

Research

The Department of Philosophy is one of the largest and most dynamic philosophy departments in the UK, with members of staff active in all the main areas of the subject. It has an internationally renowned research profile, with particular strengths in aesthetics, metaphysics, ethics, and history and philosophy of science.

Leeds Philosophy ranks joint 6th in the UK and joint 38th in the world in the most recent Philosophical Gourmet Report [LINK], an influential reputational survey of philosophy departments worldwide. Leeds also ranks highly in a number of speciality areas [LINK]. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise [LINK] 65% of our research was rated "world class" or "internationally excellent" (matching the percentage of other leading UK philosophy departments such as Oxford and Cambridge

The Department's research activities are organised and focused around four specialist centres, offering unique opportunities to engage with some of the very best scholars in their fields. To see the various research interests of our staff - please see further details over these pages.

The Centres organise their own research seminars, workshops etc., in addition to those run by the Department as a whole.

• Centre for Aesthetics
• Centre for Ethics and Metaethics
• Centre for History and Philosophy of Science
• Centre for Metaphysics and Mind

Our four research centres offer unique opportunities to engage with some of the very best scholars in their fields.