Tom Simpson
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Wadham College
Biography
He was educated at Cambridge (BA, MPhil, PhD), where he was also previously a Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College. Between degrees he served as an officer with the Royal Marines Commandos, with tours in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. His research focuses on a variety of issues in moral and political philosophy, especially on trust, issues at the intersection of technology and security, and on the nature of freedom.