John Wall
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies, Rutgers University
Founder and Co-Director of the Childism Institute
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Children's Voting Colloquium
My scholarship explores the intersection of political philosophy and children's rights. I am best known for developing the critical theory of childism, or children's empowerment, as well as for research and advocacy around ageless suffrage.
In 2019, I founded the Childism Institute, a global research organization investigating interdisciplinary and intersectional issues of normative and structural empowerment. In 2020, I co-founded the Children's Voting Colloquium, an international organization of researchers and activists working for ageless rights to vote.
In addition to articles and media, I've published nine books, most recently The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies (2024), Give Children the Vote: On Democratizing Democracy (2022), Exploring Children's Suffrage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ageless Voting (2022), and Children's Rights: Today's Global Challenge (2016).
