Maggie FitzGerald joined the Department of Political Studies in July of 2020. Her research focuses on the ethics of care, global ethics and international political theory, decolonial ethics, normative and critical international relations theory, and feminist political economy. Her work has appeared in journals such as Ethics and Social Welfare; Journal of International Political Theory; and International Journal of Care and Caring. She is the author of Care and the Pluriverse: Rethinking Global Ethics (Bristol University Press, 2022).

Maggie completed her doctorate in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. She also holds a Master of Arts in Political Economy from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a Specialization in Political Economy from St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. Her research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Research Interests: Ethics of Care; Global Ethics; Feminist Ethics; Feminist Moral Philosophy; Decolonial Theory; Decolonial Ethics; International Political Theory; (Global) Political Economy; Postfoundational Political Thought.

(Global) Political Economy Decolonial Ethics Decolonial Theory Ethics of Care Feminist Ethics Feminist Moral Philosophy Global Ethics International Political Theory Postfoundational Political Thought