Who We Are

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Arthur I. Applbaum

Director, Edmond & Lily Safra Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School

Arthur Isak Applbaum is Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at Harvard Kennedy School. He directed the graduate fellowship program from 1990 to 2009 and was acting director of the Center in 2004-2005 and 2007-2009.... Read more about Arthur I. Applbaum

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Nien-hê Hsieh

Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Co-Director of the JHD Impact Initiative
Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow in the General Management Unit

Nien-hê Hsieh is Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research concerns ethical issues in business and the...

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Meira Levinson

Faculty Director, DKP Design Studio
Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society

Meira Levinson is Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at Harvard Graduate School, co-director of the Graduate Fellowship Program at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, and Director of the Design Studio. Levinson is a normative political philosopher who works at the intersection of civic education, youth empowerment, racial justice, and educational ethics.... Read more about Meira Levinson

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Mathias Risse

Co-director, Graduate Fellowship Program
Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy, 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 Kennedy School. 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.... Read more about Mathias Risse

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Christopher Robichaud

Director of Pedagogical Innovation, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics;
Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Christopher Robichaud is Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Director of Pedagogical Innovation at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. He received his doctorate in philosophy from MIT. His interests surround ethics, political philosophy, and social epistemology, with a focus on examining the role of truth and knowledge in well-functioning democracies, and on understanding what the post-truth age of politcs is.... Read more about Christopher Robichaud