Daniel Philpott

Professor

Daniel Philpott is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Notre Dame.

Editorial April 15, 2026 | Daniel Philpott

How to Avoid Another Blowup at Notre Dame

“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love.” – John 10:15

February 28, 2024

This article has been updated since publication. Days after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel—killing over 1200 men, women […]

January 20, 2022

The telos, or end, of a university, what makes it different from a Scout summer camp, Bell Labs, Human Rights […]

October 30, 2020

How to Vote for (Everyone’s) Human Dignity

October 10, 2019

Brandt Jean’s reminds us of the real meaning of justice

September 11, 2018

Professor Philpott weighs in on the recent scandals in the Church

September 22, 2017

Prof. Philpott discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Fr. James Martin’s controversial new book

December 1, 2016

Donald Trump’s victory on November 8 has elicited deeper divisions than perhaps any U.S. election result since 1860, when the […]