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==Short Bio==
'''Joshua Forstenzer''' is a [[Mentor|Peer Empowerment and Support Mentors]] of the [[Reinventing Democracy]] project.
He is the peer mentor of '''[[Vilma Qerama]]''' from the [[European Initiative]] and '''[[Eleanor Opiyo]]''' from the [[African Initiative]].


Dr. '''Joshua Forstenzer''' is  currently the Vice-Chancellor's Fellow for the Public Benefit of Higher Education at the University of Sheffield. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Politics and Philosophy (Hons.), his Master's in Political Theory (Distinction), and his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. As a doctoral student, he led the Philosophy Department's outreach program, Philosophy in the City (from 2008 to 2010), served as Vice-President of United Nations Youth and Students Association (2009-10) and President of the University of Sheffield's Students' Union (2010/11).
Dr. '''Joshua Forstenzer''' is  currently the Vice-Chancellor's Fellow for the Public Benefit of Higher Education at the University of Sheffield. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Politics and Philosophy (Hons.), his Master's in Political Theory (Distinction), and his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. As a doctoral student, he led the Philosophy Department's outreach program, Philosophy in the City (from 2008 to 2010), served as Vice-President of United Nations Youth and Students Association (2009-10) and President of the University of Sheffield's Students' Union (2010/11).
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'''Research Interests'''
==Research Interests==
 
His main research interests are in political and social philosophy, American Pragmatism, and philosophy of education. His current project is interdisciplinary in nature and deals with participatory democracy, youth politics, and civic education (especially in the context of higher education).
His main research interests are in political and social philosophy, American Pragmatism, and philosophy of education. His current project is interdisciplinary in nature and deals with participatory democracy, youth politics, and civic education (especially in the context of higher education).


==Publications==
*2015. 'Defending What From Whom? Debating Citizen Disengagement', ''The Political Quarterly'', Vol. 86. No.4, pp. 550-554.
*2012. 'Education, Active Citizenship and Applied Social Intelligence: some democratic tools to meet the threat of climate change', ''Rethinking Climate Change Research'', Pernille Almlund, Per Homann Jesperesen and Søren Riis (eds.), Farnham: Ashgate, pp.177-191.


'''Publications'''


2015. 'Defending What From Whom? Debating Citizen Disengagement', ''The Political Quarterly'', Vol. 86. No.4, pp. 550-554.
*2015. 'Inequality and the 1%', Danny Dorling, ''Marx and Philosophy Review of Books'', August 31st.
*2011. 'A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy', Robert Talisse, ''Journal of Moral Philosophy'', Vol. 8, No.1, pp. 161-164.


2012. 'Education, Active Citizenship and Applied Social Intelligence: some democratic tools to meet the threat of climate change', ''Rethinking Climate Change Research'', Pernille Almlund, Per Homann Jesperesen and Søren Riis (eds.), Farnham: Ashgate, pp.177-191.
In addition to offering general support, his mentoring will focus on his mentees' areas of political interest, by using the notions of deliberative democracy, community organizing, and strategic change-making to empower this generation of thoughtful and dedicated young people.




'''Book Reviews'''
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2015. 'Inequality and the 1%', Danny Dorling, ''Marx and Philosophy Review of Books'', August 31st.
 
2011. 'A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy', Robert Talisse, ''Journal of Moral Philosophy'', Vol. 8, No.1, pp. 161-164.
 
 
'''Mentoring'''
 
In addition to offering general support, his mentoring will focus on his mentees' areas of political interest, by using the notions of deliberative democracy, community organizing, and strategic change-making to empower this generation of thoughtful and dedicated young people.
 


    
    
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