Helen Beebee was formerly the Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester.She is now a professor at the University of Leeds. Beebee's work has been influential across a wide variety of fields, including causation, free will, and natural kinds. , writing on NewApps, described Beebee as 'one of the most prominent metaphysicists of our time.' Beebee has a significant interest in the problem of underrepresentation of women in the field of philosophy, and has spoken about the problems that face women philosophers in a modern academic context, such as in her paper "Women and Deviance in Philosophy".