Positions
Education
Current University Committees & Engagement
- Curriculum Review Committee Head Coach
- Nipissing Nordic
Teaching Areas
Undergraduate Programs
- Political Science
Graduate Studies
- Environmental Science/Studies, MESc/MES
- Kinesiology, MSc
Graduate Supervision
Accepting Students for Supervision
School year
- 2027/28
Research
Research Interests
Prof. Koivukoski is the author of After the Last Man, Excurses to the Limits of the Technological System (2008), The New Barbarism and the Modern West: Recognizing an Ethic of Difference (2014), and co-editor of the Ancient Lessons for Global Politics Regimes series.
Current Research Projects / Labs
Prof. Koivukoski's current book project is Love and Justice: A Reading of Plato’s Symposium and Republic. He serves on the editorial team of The Canadian Journal of Political Philosophy.
Collaborations / Affiliations
The Canadian Journal of Political Philosophy
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Publications
Books
The New Barbarism and the Modern West: Towards an Ethic of Difference. Lexington Books, 2014.
After the Last Man: Excurses to the Limits of the Technological System. Lexington Books, 2008.
Challenging Theocracy: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics. University of Toronto Press, 2018.
The Question of Peace in Political Philosophy. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2014.
On Oligarchy: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics. University of Toronto Press, 2011.
Reflections on Empire: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics. University of Toronto Press, 2009.
Confronting Tyranny: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.
Globalization, Technology, and Philosophy. Co-edited with David Tabachnick. SUNY Press, 2004.
Book Chapters and Essays
“Does Progress Need Liberalism Anymore? A Reading of George Grant’s Critique of Technology.” In Reading George Grant in the 21st Century, edited by Tyler Chamberlain. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
“The Limits of Violence.” In Exploring the Toxicity of Lateral Violence and Microaggression, edited by Christine L. Cho, Julie K. Corkett, and Astrid Steele. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
“The Question of Peace as Political Telos.” In Peace Issues in the 21st Century Global Context, edited by Juyal and Duncan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
“Teaching and Thinking After the End of History.” In Sojourns in the Western Twilight: Essays in Honour of Tom Darby, edited by Robert C. Sibley and Janice Freamo. Fermentation Press, 2016.
“A Political Ontology of Persons.” In The Primacy of Persons in Politics: Empiricism and Political Philosophy, edited by John von Heyking. Catholic University of America Press, 2013.