Prof. Martin van Hees

Distinguished Visiting Professor (Honorary),
Vidyashilp University,
Bangalore

Prof. Martin van Hees

Biography

Martin van Hees is a professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at Vrije University (VU) in Amsterdam. Till February 2025, he was the Dean (head) of the Amsterdam University College, a liberal arts and sciences institution, jointly promoted by VU Amsterdam and Amsterdam University. He has developed a strong interdisciplinary orientation to examine issues relating to moral responsibility, rights and freedom. At the VU University, where he was appointed as Department Head in 2014, he took the initiative to launch the John Stuart Mill College (2016) for an international undergraduate BSc-program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), the first ever in the Netherlands and one of the first on the European continent.

Martin van Hees has published in top-tier journals in philosophy, economics and political science. Van Hees was one of only two philosophers to be included in the VSNU (Association of Universities, the Netherlands) list of excellent academic research in the Netherlands. In 2013, Van Hees was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and also the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW). In 2020 he has been appointed to the board of the KNAW, representing its Humanities division.

Van Hees is a member of the permanent working group on science and ethics of the European Federation of Academies and Sciences (ALLEA). He was elected Fellow (2004) and Executive Council member (2005-2008) of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA). His work has been translated into French, Italian, and Chinese.

Van Hees’s excellent international reputation led him to be appointed associate editor (2002-2004) of Risk Decision and Policy, and editor (2009-2014) and advisory board member (since 2014) of Economics and Philosophy. He was elected to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Theoretical Politics (Sage, since 2002), the International Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (Springer, since 2007), Philosophy and Methodology for the Social Sciences (Springer, since 2012), and the European Journal of Political Theory (Sage, since 2014).

Prof. Martin van Hees

Distinguished Visiting Professor (Honorary),
Vidyashilp University,
Bangalore

Martin van Hees is a professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at Vrije University (VU) in Amsterdam. Till February 2025, he was the Dean (head) of the Amsterdam University College, a liberal arts and sciences institution, jointly promoted by VU Amsterdam and Amsterdam University. He has developed a strong interdisciplinary orientation to examine issues relating to moral responsibility, rights and freedom. At the VU University, where he was appointed as Department Head in 2014, he took the initiative to launch the John Stuart Mill College (2016) for an international undergraduate BSc-program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), the first ever in the Netherlands and one of the first on the European continent.

Martin van Hees has published in top-tier journals in philosophy, economics and political science. Van Hees was one of only two philosophers to be included in the VSNU (Association of Universities, the Netherlands) list of excellent academic research in the Netherlands. In 2013, Van Hees was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and also the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW). In 2020 he has been appointed to the board of the KNAW, representing its Humanities division.

Van Hees is a member of the permanent working group on science and ethics of the European Federation of Academies and Sciences (ALLEA). He was elected Fellow (2004) and Executive Council member (2005-2008) of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA). His work has been translated into French, Italian, and Chinese.

Van Hees’s excellent international reputation led him to be appointed associate editor (2002-2004) of Risk Decision and Policy, and editor (2009-2014) and advisory board member (since 2014) of Economics and Philosophy. He was elected to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Theoretical Politics (Sage, since 2002), the International Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (Springer, since 2007), Philosophy and Methodology for the Social Sciences (Springer, since 2012), and the European Journal of Political Theory (Sage, since 2014).