I am a political philosopher at the University of Sheffield. My research interests are in moral and political philosophy. My recent work centres on public commemorations and political resistance.
I am the Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of Applied Philosophy, and an Associate Editor for Analysis Reviews.
📧 Email: cm.lim[at]sheffield.ac.uk.
📃 CV (short)
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(2020) DPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford
(2017) MPhilStud in Philosophy, University College London
(2013) MA in Philosophy, National University of Singapore
(2011) BA(Hons) in Philosophy, National University of Singapore
(2025-present) Lecturer in Political Philosophy (permanent), School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities, University of Sheffield, UK.
(2021-2025) Assistant Professor (Philosophy), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
(2020-2021) Postdoctoral Fellow, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford University, USA.
(2025-present) Associate Editor, Analysis Reviews
(2025-present) Book Reviews Editor, Journal of Applied Philosophy
(2026) Mind Association Research Fellowship
(2026) British Philosophical Association Early Career Research Prize in Philosophy
(2025) British Academy Brian Barry Prize in Political Science
(2025) Oxford University Press Early Career Researcher First Book Prize
(2024) NTU School of Humanities Teaching Award
(2023) Commendation, Australasian Association of Philosophy Innovation in Inclusive Curricula Prize
(2022) American Philosophical Association Gregory Kavka/UCI Prize in Political Philosophy
(2018) Runner-up, Mind Association Graduate Essay Prize
(2025-2026) British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grant
(2024-2025) NTU CoHASS Research Support Grant
(2021-2024) Ministry of Education (Singapore) Academic Research Fund (AsRF) Tier 1 Seed Funding Grant
(2021-2024) NTU Start-up Research Grant
(2021-2023) NTU School of Humanities Research Cluster organisation fund
(2015-2020) Singapore Teaching and Academic Research Talent Scheme Scholarship
(2025-present) University of Sheffield
HPH122 Ethics and Society
HPH369 Political Resistance
(2021-2025) Nanyang Technological University
HY0001 Ethics and Moral Reasoning
HY2005 Political Philosophy
HY2025 Medical Ethics
HY2027 Popular Culture and Philosophy
HY3021 Philosophy of Race and Gender
HY4008 Advanced Moral Philosophy: Ethics of Defensive Harming
HY4025 Ethics and Public Policy
HY3131 Special Topics in Ethics: Ethics of Memory
(2020-2021) Stanford University
PHIL75E Philosophy of Disability
Disability (Hope House Scholars Program)
(2017-2020) University of Oxford
Foundations in Philosophy and Public Policy (seminar leader)
Political Thought: Plato to Rousseau (tutor)
(2017) University College London
PHIL1017 Philosophical Study Skills: Injustice
(2014) Singapore University of Social Sciences
COR165 Thinking Critically (seminar leader)
SC111 The Moral Compass (seminar leader)
(2011-2014) National University of Singapore
PH1101 Introduction to Philosophy (teaching assistant)
PH3202 Philosophy of Law (teaching assistant)