Mathias Risse

Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Mathias Risse is Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. His work primarily addresses questions of global justice ranging from human rights, inequality, taxation, trade and immigration to climate change, obligations to future generations and the future of technology, especially also the impact of artificial intelligence on a range of normative issues. He has also worked on questions in ethics, decision theory and 19th century German philosophy, especially Nietzsche.

In addition to HKS, Risse also teaches in Harvard College and the Harvard Extension School, and is affiliated with the Philosophy Department. He has also been involved with executive education at Harvard and in collaboration with international organizations. Risse is the author of On Global Justice (Princeton University Press) and Global Political Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan), as well as On Trade Justice: A Philosophical Plea for a New Global Deal (Oxford University Press, with Gabriel Wollner) and On Justice: Philosophy, History, Foundations (Cambridge University Press). Risse serves as Co-Director of Graduate Studies at the Edmond J Safra Center for Ethics (jointly with Danielle Allen), as well as Director of the McCloy program, a fellowship program for German students. He is also affiliated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Speaker Schedule

Saturday, February 1, 2025

at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS)
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Panel
Migration: Shaping Elections and Societies Ylva Johansson | Ioannis Ktistakis | Estelle Youssouffa

Moderated by Michele Klein

JFK Jr. Forum
Panel
Brain Drain and Emerging Tech Tommaso Calarco | Jean Michel Dalle | Pavlina Yanakieva

Moderated by Leonie Beyrle Barker

Starr Auditorium
Panel
Can Europe Lead the Fight for Human Rights in a Changing World? Rémy Bonny | Wojciech Sadurski | Nathalie Tocci

Moderated by Mathias Risse

Wexner 330