Reader in Social and Political Thought here at London Met.
More about Dr. Craig Lundy
Employment
Prior to joining London Met, Craig was a Senior Lecturer in Social Theory at Nottingham Trent University. He was also previously employed in various teaching and research positions at the Institute for Social Transformation Research (University of Wollongong, Australia), the University of Exeter, Royal Holloway (University of London), Middlesex University and the University of New South Wales.
From 2025-2027 Craig will be a Leverhulme Research Fellow, funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
Education
Craig has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and two bachelor’s degrees (BA and BCom) from the University of Sydney, with majors in philosophy, politics, history and economic history. He received the Best Doctoral Thesis Award from the UNSW Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, plus two awards for his undergraduate studies in history and economic history.
Professional activities
• Co-creator and ongoing organiser of The Institute for Contemporary Critical Thought – an independent forum for intellectual and artistic study and experimentation (https://www.contemporarycriticalthought.org/).
• Co-creator and ongoing organiser of The London Conference in Critical Thought – an annual event held in London that provides an interdisciplinary space for the exchange of ideas between scholars who work with critical traditions and concerns. The LCCT has been held at Birkbeck, Royal Holloway, Goldsmiths, University College London, South Bank University, the University of Westminster, London Metropolitan University and the University of Greenwich.
• Associate Editor of the journal Possibility Studies and Society
The majority of Craig's research has been concerned with investigating the nature of transformational processes, in particular the role that history plays in shaping socio-political formations. Much of this research has focused on the work of Deleuze and the post-Kantian lineage (e.g. Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Bergson), but he's also conducted applied research using the principles of complexity theory/science to examine the formation of community identity, the pedagogy of ‘service-learning’, and the processes of public engagement.
More recently, he is especially interested in exploring the idea of progress. His research seeks to bring into question not merely the telos and object of progress, but the nature of this idea as a process, with the aim of highlighting the presuppositions that are taken for granted by both defenders and critics of progress, and constructively outlining a new idea of progress. As part of this agenda Craig co-edited a collection on the thematic 'After Progress' with Martin Savransky. This work was based on a symposium series held in 2019 and affiliated with a digital exhibition under the same title. Presenting more than 60 contributions, the exhibition brought together approximately 175 artists and writers to help envisage ways of living and dying outside of the modern coordinates of progress.
From 2025-2027 Craig will be a Leverhulme Research Fellow, conducting research on the theme ‘After Progress: Revaluing Life Amidst Catastrophe’.
Funders of Craig's research have included the Leverhulme Trust, the Sociological Review Foundation, the British Sociological Association, the Nottingham Civic Exchange and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
- Historical sociology
- Political sociology
- Public sociology
- Community/public engagement
- Social science research methodologies
- Social theory
- Political theory/philosophy
- History of political thought
- Modern and post-Kantian European philosophy
- Ethics
- Philosophy of social science
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters
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Dr Craig Lundy
Reader in Social and Political Thought
Email Craig: c.lundy@londonmet.ac.uk