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Anna Stilz

Kernan Robson Professor of Political Science

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(Ph.D., Harvard University). Her research interests include the history of political thought (particularly Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx); democratic theory; nationalism; political obligation, authority, and state legitimacy; rights to sovereignty and territory; the ethics of migration and borders; climate change and climate justice; and theories of collective agency and collective responsibility. She is the author of Liberal Loyalty: Freedom, Obligation, and the State (2009), and Territorial Sovereignty: A Philosophical Exploration (2019), and many journal articles in political philosophy. Until May 2024, Stilz was Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy and Public Affairs. As of September 2024, she is the founding editor of the diamond open-access journal Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs.