
Nationality: United Kingdom
Affiliation: University of Glasgow
Student status: University Faculty
Level of education: Ph.D.
Field of Study: Other Social Sciences
Joined: August 21, 2017
Leo Steeds
Royal Leamington Spa, GB
Member: Philosophy of Economics, Latin America, Core, Sustainability
Organizer: History of Economic Thought
Working groups
Research Interests
- Capitalism
- Classical Political Economy
- Commons
- Climate change
- Continental Philosophy
- Early modern economic forms
- Ecological Economics
- Economic Growth
- Environment
- History of Economic Thought
- Marxian Economics
- Philosophy of Economics
- Political Economy
- Political Philosophy
- Sustainability
- Value Theory
- Wealth
About
Leo Steeds is Research Associate on the Adam Smith 300 project, and is based in Politics and International Relations at the University of Glasgow. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick, an MA in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick, and a BA Hons in Music from the University of Oxford. His reseach centres around environmental ideas in the history of political and economic thought, and is particularly focused on the work of Adam Smith. Alongside this, he maintains an active interest in contemporary environmental politics, especially the concept of the Anthropocene, and the increasing prominence of economic concepts in environmental governance.