Associate Professor Alex Ling

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Three principal strands of inquiry define Alex’s research: he is an internationally recognised film and philosophy scholar; a leading authority on the highly influential work of French philosopher Alain Badiou; and an innovative theorist on the subject of scandal. He has published 5 books (including one translated monograph) on topics spanning visual arts to mathematics, alongside 25+ peer-reviewed articles and non-traditional research outputs. The quality and impact of his work has been recognised by awards (including 2021 SoHCA Researcher of the Year), invitations, reviews, and media attention. Alex’s published research has been translated into French, Chinese, German, and Turkish.

Alex’s primary research interests are in continental philosophy, film and television studies, visual culture, and psychoanalytic theory. He is the author of several books, including Scandalous Times: Contemporary Creativity and the Rise of State-Sanctioned Controversy (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), Badiou Reframed (I. B. Tauris, 2016) and Badiou and Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2011). He is also co-editor and translator, with A. J. Bartlett, of Mathematics of the Transcendental (Bloomsbury Academic, 2014) and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Continental Philosophy.