Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow at Wadham College.

He works particularly on trust, and issues at the intersection of technology and security. For an overview of his research, see this broadcast with ABC.

He joined the School from Cambridge, where he was a Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, and was also educated (BA, MPhil, PhD).

Between degrees he was an officer with the Royal Marines Commandos for 5 years. He served in Northern Ireland; Baghdad, Iraq; and Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The academic life is undoubtedly a privilege, but he remains conflicted about its sedentary nature.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• 2018. Trust, Belief and the Second Personal. Australasian Journal of Philosophy
• 2017. The Impossibility of Republican Freedom. Philosophy and Public Affairs 45(1): 27-53
• 2017. Trust and Evidence. In The Philosophy of Trust, ed. P. Faulkner and T. Simpson, pp. 177-94. Oxford University Press
• 2016. Just War and Robots' Killings (with V. Müller) Philosophical Quarterly 66(263): 302-22