Craig Borowiak

I am a professor of Political Science at Haverford College. I received my Ph.D in Political Science from Duke University and a B.A. in Philosophy from Carleton College.

Trained in political theory and political economy, with supplemental studies in geography, my primary research revolves around solidarity economies, economic democracy, and grassroots efforts to envision, build, and defend noncapitalist ways of living within settings heavily shaped by racial and economic divides. For this, I deploy a mix of theoretical, qualitative empirical and geospatial techniques. Much of my work is highly collaborative and involves extensive community-engaged research with community partners.

My earlier research centered on contemporary crises of democratic accountability. I turned to history and a variety political theory paradigms to illuminate democratic accountability’s diverse meanings and implications for political legitimacy.

My plans for future research are oriented to the interactions between waste and life systems and how the meanings of both waste and life are being transformed within the Anthropocene.

My primary teaching fields are in political economy. This includes courses on the global political economy, governing global economic crises, grassroots urban economies, transnational activism, and the history of political economic thought.