David Ragazzoni

A democratic theorist and historian of political thought, David comes to U of T from New York University School of Law, where he was a postdoctoral research fellow (2024-2025). Prior to that he received his PhD in Political Science from Columbia University (2022) where he was an Early Career Lecturer (2022-23) and a Core Lecturer and Faculty Advisor for the Master’s Degree in Political Theory (2023-24). His research draws on historical and contemporary perspectives to theorize the transformations of liberal democracies in our populist present, specifically concerning the nature, promises, and perils of political parties and political leaders. His articles in English have appeared in Ethics and International Affairs, Journal of Political Ideologies, Constellations, An International Journal of Democratic and Critical Theory, as well as in numerous volumes on the history and theory of democracy (Routledge, Bloomsbury Academic, Oxford University Press). Most recently he is among the authors (and the co-editor, with Sandrine Baume) of Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy: Genesis, Theory, Legacies (Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law series, CUP, in press - 2025).