Global Justice, Individual Autonomy and Institutional Legitimacy

Friday, October 9, 2009
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
(Pacific)
Encina Ground Floor Conference Room
Speaker: 
  • Nicole Hassoun

Nicole Hassoun (Ph.D. University of Arizona) is an assistant professor in philosophy and international relations at Carnegie Mellon University. Last year she was an American Association fellow and she has held visiting positions at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and Duke University. Nicole writes primarily in political philosophy and ethics, and focuses in particular on global economic and environmental justice. She is also interested in methodological issues in philosophy and the other social sciences. Nicole has published articles in environmental and bioethics and has been invited to give talks at Georgetown University, the University of Washington (Seattle), the University of Colorado (Boulder), Kwazulu-Natal University (South Africa), and the University of Alberta (Canada) amongst others.

Workshop co-sponsored by the Department of Political Theory