Dr Chong-Ming Lim (he/him)

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Lecturer in Political Philosophy

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cm.lim@sheffield.ac.uk

Full contact details

Dr Chong-Ming Lim
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
417
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
Profile

Chong-Ming "CM" Lim joined the School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities in September 2025. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Singapore, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford.

Qualifications
  • DPhil (Oxford)
  • MPhil (UCL)
     
Research interests

CM's research interests include: 

  • The ethics and politics of commemorations
  • Political resistance
  • Racial injustice
  • Climate justice
  • Disability rights
  • Bioethics and medical ethics
  • Reactive attitudes
  • Public reason liberalism 

He is happy to hear from MA / PhD students who are interested in working on these topics. 

Publications

Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference proceedings

  • Lim CM (2014) Respecting autistics and preventing autism: Exploring a tension in the allocation of public resources. Aisb 2014 50th Annual Convention of the Aisb RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching interests

CM is interested in teaching courses on moral and political philosophy, and their relevance for popular culture.

Teaching activities
  • HPH122 Ethics and Society
  • HPH369 Political resistance
Professional activities and memberships
Book Reviews Editor (Journal of Applied Philosophy); Associate Editor (Analysis Reviews)