Law @ UBC Distinguished Speaker Lecture

Kimberley Brownlee holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Prior to her appointment at UBC, she was a Professor in the University of Warwick Law School and Philosophy Department. She works in moral, political, and legal philosophy, with a focus on 1) loneliness, belonging, social human rights, and freedom of association, and 2) conscience, conviction, civil disobedience, climate activism, punishment, and restorative justice. She is the author of Being Sure of Each Other (Oxford University Press, 2020) and Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience (Oxford University Press, 2012) as well as several edited volumes. She has held visiting positions at All Souls College, Oxford (2019-20, 2025); Australian National University (2019), Vanderbilt University (2008); University College, Oxford (2009); St Andrews University (2009); and Monash University (2015) among others. She is the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize (2012) and the Kitty Newman Memorial Award (2022). She is a Rhodes Scholar, a Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fulbright Fellow.