DR Onur Ulas Ince

Biography	I am a Senior Lecturer in Political Theory. My research and teaching interests are in political theory, political economy, history of capitalism, and colonial studies. I am the author of the award-winning book, Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism (Oxford UP, 2018), and of articles published in American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, New Political Economy, and Political Theory, among others. I am currently writing a second monograph, entitled “Before the Color Line: Empire, Capital, and Race in Asia, 1800-1850." The book is under contract with Oxford University Press and supported by a British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. Before joining SOAS, I held faculty positions at Koç University and Singapore Management University as well as visiting fellowships at Princeton University, Brown University, and the National University of Singapore. In 2024, I received the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Mid-Career Prize.
Research Interests	Political theory; imperial and international political thought; political economy; history of capitalism; race and racism

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Political Theory. My research and teaching interests are in political theory, political economy, history of capitalism, and colonial studies.

I am the author of the award-winning book, Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism (Oxford UP, 2018), and of articles published in American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, New Political Economy, and Political Theory, among others.

I am currently writing a second monograph, entitled “Before the Color Line: Empire, Capital, and Race in Asia, 1800-1850." The book is under contract with Oxford University Press and supported by a British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship.

Before joining SOAS, I held faculty positions at Koç University and Singapore Management University as well as visiting fellowships at Princeton University, Brown University, and the National University of Singapore.

In 2024, I received the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Mid-Career Prize.

Research Interests

Political theory; imperial and international political thought; political economy; history of capitalism; race and racism