I take photos and write about politics.
I am based in Oxford, UK.
For requests and enquiries please contact me here.
On Photography:
Essay for 35mmc: The Black & White Threshold
On Politics:
I am the Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at the University of Oxford. Find out more about me and my work at the links below.
Selected publications:
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Kauth, JT. ‘Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies.’ In Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism, edited by Marlene Laruelle, pp. 251–274. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2024.
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Wambach, J, and JT Kauth. ‘Abgeschoben aus dem eigenen Land: Innerdeutsche Ausweisungen in der Weimarer Republik.’ (Deported from Their Own Lands: Expulsions within the Weimar Republic.) Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History 20, no. 1 (2023), pp. 29–50.
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Kauth, JT, and D King. ‘Illiberalism.’ European Journal of Sociology 61, no. 3 (2020), pp. 365–405.
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Kauth JT. ‘Fremdenrecht und Völkerbund. Das Scheitern der International Conference on the Treatment of Foreigners 1929.’ (Alien Law and the League of Nations: The Failure of the Int’l Conference on the Treatment of Foreigners, 1929.) Archiv des Völkerrechts 56, no. 2 (2018): pp. 202–228.
Case studies:
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Tudor, M, JT Kauth, and S McAra. ‘Political mobilisation and the gun safety debate in the US.’ The Case Centre, June 2025.
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Jones, E, and JT Kauth. ‘Fighting for women’s representation in Sierra Leone.’ The Case Centre, February 2026.
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Webb, P, and JT Kauth. ‘An arresting decision: The politics of public international law and public policy in Mongolia.’ (Forthcoming.)
All photos by Jasper Theodor Kauth.
