Geoffrey Brennan
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Geoffrey Brennan is an Australia
n philosopher. He is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and a professor of political science at Duke University
. When not teaching in the US Brennan is a faculty member in the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) at the Australian National University
.
Trained as an economist
, Brennan has collaborated extensively with Nobel Prize
winner James M. Buchanan
and became the first non-American president of the Public Choice Society in 2002.
Brennan has published widely on rational actor theory, philosophy, and economics. He has held academic positions in several related departments at Australia National University and Virginia Tech. With Loren Lomasky
he is winner of the American Philosophical Association
's Gregory Kavka Prize in Political Philosophy for the paper "Is There a Duty to Vote?"
Brennan is an enthusiastic (but scarcely competent) golfer, and a semi-professional singer (for some years a national recitalist with the ABC).
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n philosopher. He is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
and a professor of political science at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. When not teaching in the US Brennan is a faculty member in the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) at the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
.
Trained as an economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, Brennan has collaborated extensively with Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner James M. Buchanan
James M. Buchanan
James McGill Buchanan, Jr. is an American economist known for his work on public choice theory, for which he received the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Buchanan's work initiated research on how politicians' self-interest and non-economic forces affect government economic policy...
and became the first non-American president of the Public Choice Society in 2002.
Brennan has published widely on rational actor theory, philosophy, and economics. He has held academic positions in several related departments at Australia National University and Virginia Tech. With Loren Lomasky
Loren Lomasky
Loren Lomasky is an American philosopher, currently a Professor of Political philosophy, Policy and Law at the University of Virginia. Lomasky earned his PhD from the University of Connecticut, and has previously taught at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, the University of Minnesota in...
he is winner of the American Philosophical Association
American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work...
's Gregory Kavka Prize in Political Philosophy for the paper "Is There a Duty to Vote?"
Brennan is an enthusiastic (but scarcely competent) golfer, and a semi-professional singer (for some years a national recitalist with the ABC).