Tanner-McMurrin Lecture: Dr. Mathias Risse

Join us for our third

Speaker Series

event, to celebrate the inauguration of

President Sylvia Torti!

Tanner-McMurrin Lecture will take place from 7-8 PM. Reception to follow from 8-9 PM.

Mathias Risse

is Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy and Director of the

Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights

at Harvard University. His research is primarily in political philosophy and philosophy of technology, and he is currently at work on a book on Indigenous philosophies. In political philosophy his work has addressed questions of global justice ranging from human rights, inequality, taxation, trade, and immigration to climate c hange, obligations to future generations. In the philosophy of technology Risse has recently offered a comprehensive account of political theory of the digital age. He has also worked on questions in ethics, decision theory and 19th century German philosophy, especially Nietzsche. He is the author or co-author of six books, including the 2012

On Global Justice

and most recently the 2023

Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us. At HKS Risse has taught extensively both in degree programs and in executive education, including a regular week-long open-enrollment program called