Dr Tim Howles is Associate Director of the Laudato Si’ Research Institute, based at Campion Hall, University of Oxford. The Institute seeks to generate cutting-edge research contributions for societal transformation on the most pressing ecological and social issues of our day. At the Institute, Tim manages a number of academic research projects in areas such as bioethics and Catholic Social Teaching, endangered indigenous languages, and new approaches to theological anthropology. He provides teaching in the Faculty of Theology & Religion and in the School of Geography & the Environment, and has contributed to a transdisciplinary project exploring the role of environmental social sciences and humanities in the University of Oxford.
Tim is also Junior Research Fellow at Campion Hall. His research interests lie at the intersection of politics and theology, with a focus on the contemporary planetary crisis.
Tim holds previous degrees in English Literature (University of Cambridge) and International Politics (London School of Economics). His doctoral studies were carried out at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Graham Ward. He is also an ordained Anglican priest.
Research Interests
Tim’s research takes places at the intersection of politics and theology. He has a longstanding interest in Continental European philosophy and its contribution to our understanding of the current planetary crisis, especially the work of Bruno Latour, Michel Serres and Isabelle Stengers. His book, The Political Theology of Bruno Latour: Globalisation, Secularisation and Environmental Crisis, will be published with Edinburgh University Press in 2023. His recent work focuses on what Earth System Science can offer to the disciplines of theology and philosophy, which has entailed extensive work in the archive of British scientist and engineer James Lovelock.
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Publications and Research Output
Howles, Timothy, 2023, The Political Theology of Bruno Latour: Globalization, Secularization and the Environmental Crisis (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming)
Howles, Timothy, 2023, ‘Michel Serres and the French Philosophy of Nature’ in Angelaki (forthcoming).
Howles, Timothy, 2022, ‘Gas-Guzzling Gaia: James Lovelock and Neocybernetic Systems Theory’ in Critical Inquiry Vol.49, No.1, pp.113-125.
Howles, Timothy, 2022, ‘De quel genre de pensée a-t-on besoin pour aborder la crise environnementale contemporaine? Réflexions sur la nouvelle écologie politique et sa relation à la théologie’, Vol.110, No.3, pp.503-519.
Howles, Timothy, 2018, ‘La religion comme un élément structurel du système philosophique de Bruno Latour’ in Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 27-42.
Howles, Timothy, Reader, John & Hodson, Martin J., 2018, ‘Creating an Ecological Citizenship: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on the Role of Contemporary Environmental Education’ in The Heythrop Journal Vol. 60, No. 2 (Summer), pp. 997-1008.
Howles, Timothy, 2017, ‘The Undifferentiated Crowd: An Analysis of the Kierkegaardian Single Individual in Light of Girardian Mimetic Theory’ in The Heythrop Journal Vol. 58, No. 5 (Autumn), pp. 760-772.
Howles, Timothy & Latour, Bruno, 2017, ‘Charles Péguy: Time, Space and le Monde Moderne’ in New Literary History Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 141-162.
