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Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

From Unalienable Rights to Membership Rights in the World Society

Risse, Mathias. "From Unalienable Rights to Membership Rights in the World Society." Fall 2019.

The Future Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Humans and Human Rights

Risse, Mathias, and Steven Livingston. "The Future Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Humans and Human Rights." Ethics and International Affairs 33.2 (June 2019): 141-158.

What is ‘Global’ about Global Justice?

Risse, Mathias. "What is ‘Global’ about Global Justice?" Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 12.2 (June 2019): 193-210.

Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence: An Urgently Needed Agenda

Risse, Mathias. "Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence: An Urgently Needed Agenda." Human Rights Quarterly 41.1 (February 2019): 1-16.

Thinking About the World: Philosophy and Sociology

Risse, Mathias, and John W. Meyer. "Thinking About the World: Philosophy and Sociology." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-054, September 2015.

The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth

Risse, Mathias. "The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth." Journal of Political Philosophy 22.2 (June 2014): 178-203.

From Third World to First - What's Next?
Singapore’s Obligations to the Rest of the World From a Human Rights Perspective

Risse, Mathias. "From Third World to First - What's Next? Singapore’s Obligations to the Rest of the World From a Human Rights Perspective." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-007, February 2014.

Taking up Space on Earth: Theorizing Territorial Rights, the Justification of States and Immigration from a Global Standpoint

Risse, Mathias. "Taking up Space on Earth: Theorizing Territorial Rights, the Justification of States and Immigration from a Global Standpoint." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-008, February 2014.

On the Significance of Humanity’s Collective Ownership of the Earth for Immigration

Risse, Mathias. "On the Significance of Humanity’s Collective Ownership of the Earth for Immigration." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-009, February 2014.

Thinking About Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Thinking About Justice." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-010, February 2014.

Three Images of Trade: On the Place of Trade in a Theory of Global Justice

Risse, Mathias, and Gabriel Wollner. "Three Images of Trade: On the Place of Trade in a Theory of Global Justice." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-011, February 2014.

The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth

Risse, Mathias. "The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-003, February 2013.

On Global Justice

Risse, Mathias. On Global Justice. Princeton University Press, 2012.

Global Political Philosophy

Risse, Mathias. Global Political Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times

Risse, Mathias. Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times, by Seyla Benhabib.122.4, July 2012: 790-797.

Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times

Risse, Mathias. Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times, by Seyla Benhabib. Ethics, 122.4, July 2012: 790-797.

Justice, Accountability, and the WTO

Risse, Mathias. "Justice, Accountability, and the WTO." Leadership and Global Justice. Ed. Douglas Hicks and Thad Williamson. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Is there a Human Right to Essential Pharmaceuticals? The Global Common, the Intellectual Common, and the Possibility of Private Intellectual Property

Risse, Mathias. "Is there a Human Right to Essential Pharmaceuticals? The Global Common, the Intellectual Common, and the Possibility of Private Intellectual Property." Global Justice and Bioethics. Ed. Ezekiel Emanuel and Joseph Millum. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration

Risse, Mathias. "Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration." The Harvard Sampler: Liberal Education for the Twenty-First Century. Ed. Jennifer M. Shephard, Stephen M. Kosslyn, and Evelynn M. Hammonds. Harvard University Press, 2011, 212-242.

Responsibility for Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Responsibility for Justice." Review of Responsibility for Justice, by Iris Marion Young. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, February 2011: 224.

Global Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Global Justice." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-001, January 2011.

What Justice Requires for Global Institutions: The WTO and the World Bank

Risse, Mathias. "What Justice Requires for Global Institutions: The WTO and the World Bank." Paper presented at the World Bank, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2010.

The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth.

Risse, Mathias. "The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth." Ethics and International Affairs 23.3 (Fall 2009): 281-300.

Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration

Risse, Mathias. "Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-024, August 2009.

Immigration, Ethics, and the Capabilities Approach

Risse, Mathias. "Immigration, Ethics, and the Capabilities Approach." United Nations Development Program Human Development Research Paper Series, August 2009.

Common Ownership of the Earth as a Non-Parochial Standpoint: A Contingent Derivation of Human Rights

Risse, Mathias. "Common Ownership of the Earth as a Non-Parochial Standpoint: A Contingent Derivation of Human Rights." European Journal of Philosophy 17.2 (June 2009): 277-304.

Immigration and Original Ownership of the Earth

Blake, Michael, and Mathias Risse. "Immigration and Original Ownership of the Earth." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy 23.1 (Spring 2009): 133-167.

A Right to Work? A Right to Leisure? Labor Rights as Human Rights

Risse, Mathias. "A Right to Work? A Right to Leisure? Labor Rights as Human Rights." Journal of Law and Ethics of Human Rights 3.1 (2009): 1-41.