Dr. Adrienne de Ruiter

Adrienne de Ruiter is ethica en politiek filosofe. Ze studeerde Liberal Arts and Sciences en Wijsbegeerte aan de Universiteit Utrecht en behaalde mastertitels in Midden-Oosten Studies aan de Universiteit  Leiden, Conflict Studies and Human Rights aan de Universiteit Utrecht, en Philosophie Contemporaine aan de École Normale Supérieure te Parijs. Ze promoveerde aan de European University Institute in Florence op een politicologische studie van dehumanisering van vluchtelingen en asielzoekers. Na haar promotie was ze werkzaam als docent aan de Universiteit van Newcastle waar ze lesgaf over mondiale rechtvaardigheid, mensenrechten, en oorlogsethiek.  Als universitair docent Humanisme en Filosofie geeft ze onderwijs over filosofie, ethiek en menselijke kwetsbaarheid en autonomie. Haar onderzoek richt zich op de ethische en filosofische implicaties van ontwikkelingen op het gebied van kunstmatige intelligentie.  

Adrienne de Ruiter is an expert in ethics and political philosophy. Her work is highly interdisciplinary and draws predominantly from analytical and continental philosophy, political theory, social psychology, and sociology. Her current research focuses on the ethical and philosophical implications of developments in the field of AI.  

Adrienne de Ruiter, Dehumanization in the Global Migration Crisis, Oxford University Press, 2024.

Adrienne de Ruiter, Sara Dekking, Carlo Leget & Pieter Dronkers, "Balancing Words, Balancing Lives: Framing Vulnerability in Times of Crisis," International Journal of Care and Caring (published online ahead of print 2023)

Adrienne de Ruiter, Alistair Niemeijer, Pieter Dronkers, Carlo Leget & Sara Dekking,"COVID-19 as a Crisis of Confinement: What We Can Learn From the Lived Experiences of People With Intellectual Disabilities in Care Institutions," Space and Culture, 26, no. 3 (2023), 339-350.

Adrienne de Ruiter, "Failing to See What Matters Most: Towards a Better Understanding of Dehumanisation," Contemporary Political Theory 22 (2023), 165-186.

Adrienne de Ruiter, "To Be or Not To Be Human: Resolving the Paradox of Dehumanisation," European Journal of Political Theory, 22, no.1 (2023), 73-95.

Adrienne de Ruiter, "Why We Should Rethink Our Moral Intuitions About Deepfakes," Psyche, 8 December 2021.

Adrienne de Ruiter, "The Distinct Wrong of Deepfakes," Philosophy & Technology, 34 (2021): 1311-1332.

Adrienne de Ruiter, “Imaging Egypt’s Political Transition in (Post-)Revolutionary Street Art: On the Interrelations between Social Media and Graffiti as Media of Communication,” Media, Culture & Society 37, no. 4 (2015): 581-601.

Adrienne de Ruiter, “The Political Character of Absolute Enmity: On Schmitt’s The Concept of the Political and Theory of the Partisan,” Archiv für Rechts und Sozialphilosophie 98, no. 1 (2012): 52-66.

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Adrienne geeft les in de volgende vakken: Introduction to Ethics (BA), Filosofisch Onderzoek (BA) en Future Challenges to Humanity and Humanism (MA). 

Docent Opleidingscommissie MA Humanistiek