I am a political theorist and historian of political thought. My research has addressed a wide array of subjects, among them: the philosophy of toleration and freedom of opinion; systems of representation; deliberative democracy and theories of deliberation more broadly; early modern natural law theory; the political philosophy of the Enlightenment; the history of utilitarianism; religion and politics; Victorian political thought; modern French political philosophy; and the development of ideas concerning political psychology, public opinion, and democratic stability.
I am currently at work on my dissertation, The Politics of Diversity in Nineteenth-Century Britain, and on a number of exciting projects. My research has been published in a range of journals in political theory and intellectual history.
In addition to my research, I have served as a graduate fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and a graduate affiliate at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. I have also worked as a teaching fellow in the government, general education, and economics departments at Harvard, twice receiving the Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching.
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Email: gconti@fas.harvard.edu