Rate My Professor Naomi Goulder

Naomi Goulder is Professor of Higher Education and Philosophy, Deputy Dean, and Associate Dean for Innovation and Enterprise at Northeastern University London. As a founding member of the institution and its inaugural Head of Philosophy, she has played a pivotal role in its evolution from a college to a university and its academic integration within the global Northeastern University network, which prioritizes experiential learning. In her current leadership position, she drives collaborations across the institution to cultivate dynamic engagements between the university and external partners, embedding real-world interactions into academic practice.

Goulder earned a first-class BA (Hons) in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 1997, followed by an MA in Philosophy from the same university in 2002. She held a Henry Fellowship at Harvard University from 1997 to 1998, funded by the Charles & Julia Henry Fund, and completed her PhD titled ‘Authority and the Individual’ at Birkbeck College, University of London in 2009, supported by an Arts and Humanities Research Council doctoral award. Her academic career includes lecturing in moral and political philosophy at the University of Bristol, where she received the Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award in 2010, and teaching and examining for the University of London from 2006 to 2008. She served as General Editor, with A.C. Grayling and Andrew Pyle, for the Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy published in 2006—a comprehensive reference work comprising 2,500 entries contributed by over 500 international experts. Prior to her academic roles, from 1998 she was a founding member of a three-person start-up that scaled to create print advertising campaigns for major international brands such as Alexander McQueen, Comme des Garçons, and Lanvin. Additional honors include a scholarship from Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (1995-1997). Her research specializations are in moral and political philosophy.