Simon Skempton currently lives in York. He has taught philosophy courses at the University of York's Centre for Lifelong Learning, including courses in the philosophy of science, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy. He has previously taught philosophy of science and intellectual history at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. He has a PhD in Philosophy from the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy in London. He is the author of the book Alienation after Derrida (Bloomsbury 2010) and numerous articles in journals and edited collections, in areas including political philosophy, the history of philosophy, philosophy of mind, and modern European philosophy.