Jeffrey Howard

Lecturer in Political Theory, University College London

Dr Jeffrey Howard is a Lecturer in Political Theory at University College London. His current research examines free speech and its limits in the digital era, investigating how best to combat expression that incites violence, spreads dangerous lies, and inflames hatred. He is also working on the ethics of incarceration and the proper purpose of criminal punishment. He has previously published on such topics as the ethics of paying ransoms to terrorists, the moral limits of sting operations, and the justification of democracy. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford, his research has been funded by the British Academy, which also awarded him its Rising Star Engagement Award. He is a BBC New Generation Thinker.