Raia Prokhovnik

Raia Prokhovnik (born 7 May 1951) is a scholar in political theory. She is the founding editor of the journal Contemporary Political Theory, and was a reader in politics at the Open University's Department of Politics and International Studies.

Education Her first degree was in political science and history from the University of New South Wales (1974), and her MSc and PhD, Rhetoric and Philosophy in Hobbes's Leviathan, are from the London School of Economics (1976 and 1980).

Teaching Prokhovnik spent six years teaching and research at Royal Holloway, University of London, and at the University of Southampton. She joined the Open University in 2000.