Author Archives: gaitchison2021

Guy Aitchison did a short video interview on hunger strikes for faculti, a global research repository that talks to academics about their work. In the interview, Guy unpacks some of the ethical issues raised by political self-starvation and other themes from his paper published in the Journal of Political Philosophy. You can watch it here.

We are happy to announce that the latest research paper is out from this project co-authored by Guy Aitchison (Loughborough) and Ryan Essex (Greenwich). It looks at the ways in which self-harm by detainees caught up in the misery of immigration detention can count as a form of political resistance. The paper draws on debatesContinue reading “New publication in ‘Journal of Medical Ethics’”

Hello! Thanks for checking in. We’ll be using this blog to post updates about the ‘Starving for Dignity’ project, giving a taste of the research as it progresses and linking to relevant material. We’ll also be posting details about planned future events. The hunger strike and other extreme methods of protest, such as self-immolation, areContinue reading “‘Starving for Dignity’ research project launches”