Dr. Ben Trott

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C5.330
ben.trott@leuphana.de
Assoziierte/r, Institute of Philosophy and Art History
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Vita

Ben Trott is Academic Director of Gender Studies. He is speaker of the Center for Critical Studies (CCS) and co-speaker of the university-wide Gender and Diversity Research Network. His research combines three areas of inquiry. First, social/political philosophy and theory and the resources these provide for thinking about political claim-making, demands, social conflict and transformation. Second, queer theory and gender studies. This includes attention to the relationship between sexuality, gender, labour and global political economy. Third, social movements and contentious politics in an age of globalisation. He is currently working on a book about the ongoing effects of the 2007/8 political economic crisis, the politicisation of “identity”, and contemporary conflicts around free speech. He was previously Lecturer in Feminist Thought and Global Justice in the Politics Department at Cardiff University and a Postdoc with the Program in Literature at Duke University.

He has held research fellowships at the Center for the Study of Social and Global Justice at Nottingham University and the Forum Basiliense at the University of Basel. In February and March of 2026, he will be a visting scholar at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University (NYU). He completed his doctorate in Philosophy at the Freie Universität Berlin. 

CV

- Feb.-March 2026, Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, New York University (NYU)

- since 2025, Academic Director of Gender Studies, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

- 2024 winter semester, Research Fellow, Forum Basiliense, University of Basel

- 2016 – 2025 Visiting Scholar/Visiting Professor, Institute for Philosphy and Art History (IPK), Leuphana University of Lüneburg

- 2016 Lecturer in Feminist Thought and Global Justice, Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University, UK

- 2015 – 2016 Associate Lecturer, Political Science, JFK Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

- 2014 – 2015 Post-Doctoral Associate with the Program in Literature, Duke University, USA

- 2013 – 2014 Associate Lecturer, Political Science, JFK Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

- 2012 – 2013 Post-Doctoral Associate with the Program in Literature, Duke University, USA

- 2012 Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK

- 2011 – 2012 Associate Lecturer, Political Science, JFK Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

- 2011 – 2012 Associate Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) MA in European and World Politics, Department of Social Sciences, Bremen University of Applied Sciences

Education

- 2012 PhD in Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin

- 2005 MA in International Relations, University of Sussex, UK

- 1999 BA in Politics with Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

Teaching Fields

- Social and Political Philosophy and Theory

- Queer Theory and Gender Studies

- Globalisation and Political Economy

- Social Movements

- Anglophone Cultural Studies

Membership of Editorial Boards

- The Journal of Labor and Society

- fem.phil | Gegenwärtige feministische Philosophie (Book series, Metzler Verlag) (Advisory Board)

Reviewer for:

Journal of Social Philosophy; Social Theory and Practice: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Philosophy; Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought; Graduate Journal of Social Science; Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory; Journal of Labor and Society; Feminist Theory; Sexualities; Social Movement Studies – Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest; Organization; Organization Studies; Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography; Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest; ephemera: theory & politics in organization; Interface: A Journal For and About Social Movements; METU – Studies in Development; Culture, Health & Sexuality; Open Gender Journal; Pluto Press.

Projects

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Queer Studies: Schlüsseltexte
    Benjamin James Trott (Editor) , Mike Laufenberg (Editor) , 2023 2. ed. Berlin , 576 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  2. Die intime Stadt: Kulturen queerer Verbindung
    Benjamin James Trott (Editor) , Kristine Beurskens (Editor) , Laura Calbet i Elias (Editor) , Nihad El -Kayed (Editor) , Nina Gribat (Editor) , Stefan Höhne (Editor) , Johanna Hoerning (Editor) , Jan Simon Hutta (Editor) , Justin Kadi (Editor) , Michael Keizers (Editor) , Yuca Meubrink (Editor) , Boris Michel (Editor) , Gala Nettelbladt (Editor) , Lucas Pohl (Editor) , Nikolai Roskamm (Editor) , Nina Schuster (Editor) , Lisa Vollmer (Editor) , 2022 Berlin , 296 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

  3. The Conjuncture of “Corbynism” and the UK Labour Party
    Benjamin James Trott (Editor) , 2021 Durham NC , 51 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

  4. Politics of Reproduction
    Benjamin James Trott (Editor) , Dirk Armin Beverungen (Editor) , Clemens Apprich (Editor) , Inga Luchs (Editor) , Laura Simone Hille (Editor) , Randi Michaela Heinrichs (Editor) , Sascha Simons (Editor) , 2020 Lüneburg

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

  5. Queer Theory After Marriage Equality. Edited collection in the journal "South Atlantic Quarterly"
    Benjamin James Trott (Editor) , 2016 2 ed. Durham, North Carolina

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Editorial: Die intime Stadt – Kulturen queerer Verbindung
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , 16.12.2022 , in: sub\urban zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung, 10, 2/3 , p. 7-15 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research

  2. Introduction: The Political Project of Corbynism
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , 01.10.2021 , in: South Atlantic Quarterly, 120, 4 , p. 872-878 , 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

  3. Politics of Reproduction
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , Dirk Armin Beverungen (Author) , Clemens Apprich (Author) , Inga Luchs (Author) , Laura Simone Hille (Author) , Randi Michaela Heinrichs (Author) , Sascha Simons (Author) , 01.03.2020 , in: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures, 2000, #6 , p. 1-10 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research

  4. Friends and Family - the Reproduction of Queer Life
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , 01.01.2020 , in: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures, 6 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

  5. Queer Berlin and the Covid-19 Crisis: A Politics of Contact and Ethics of Care
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , 01.01.2020 , in: Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements, 12, 1 , p. 88-108 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Queer Studies: Genealogien, Normativitäten, Multidimensionalität
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , Mike Laufenberg (Author) , 25.12.2023 Berlin , p. 7-99 , 93 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  2. Cognitive Capitalism
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , David Harvie (Author) , 01.01.2022 Los Angeles , p. 1517-1538 , 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  3. From the Precariat to the Multitude
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , 01.01.2015 London , p. 22-45 , 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  4. Gefühle, Affekte, Feminisierung: Interventionen in die geschlechtliche Arbeitsteilung
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , 01.01.2013 Münster , p. 104-115 , 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  5. Protest
    Benjamin James Trott (Author) , Tadzio Müller (Author) , 01.01.2012 , p. 226-227 , 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Articles for encyclopedia › Research

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Activities

Press / Media

  1. Soziopolis Besprechung von "Queer Studies. Schlüsseltexte" (hg. Ben Trott und Mike Laufenberg)
    1 Media contribution

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  2. Jahrbuch Sexualitäten (2024) Besprechung von "Queer Studies. Schlüßeltexte" (hg. Ben Trott und Mike Laufenberg)
    1 Media contribution

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  3. Zündstoffe. Queere Positionen und Kritik
    1 Media contribution

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  4. Was ist Queer Theory?
    1 Media contribution

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  5. "taz - die Tageszeitung" Besprechung von "Queer Studies. Schlüsseltexte" (hg. Ben Trott und Mike Laufenberg)
    1 Media contribution

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Prizes

  1. Leuphana Prize for Gender and Diversity Research
    Benjamin James Trott (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses