Chandran Kukathas (born 12 September 1957) is a Malaysian-born Australian political theorist and the author of several books.
Until 2019 he was Head of the Department of Government at the London School of Economics, where he held a Chair in Political Theory.
Hoiles Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.
He has also been a visiting professor in the departments of Political Science and Philosophy at the National University of Singapore.
Kukathas holds a chair in Political Theory in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics.