Andreas Schmidt

Andreas Schmidt is a Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Philosophy, specializing in Ethics, Political Theory, and Public Policy. His research focuses on freedom, inequality, longtermism, and the ethics of public policy interventions like nudging. He has contributed to debates on tobacco control, republican freedom, and the moral implications of economic structures.

Key research areas include the ethics of choice architecture, the distribution of freedom across lifetimes, and the societal impact of inequality on long-term human survival. He has received the Second Prize for the Best 2021 Article on Ethics, Leadership, and Public Policy.

His work bridges normative political philosophy with practical policy analysis, emphasizing the interplay between institutional design and ethical outcomes. Recent publications address existential risk mitigation through policy, the role of consequentialism in practice-dependent ethics, and the implications of mutual domination in republican frameworks.

• Expertise: Political Theory, Public Health Ethics, Consequentialism, Republican Freedom
• Awards: 2021 Ethics & Public Policy Prize
• Publications: Over 30 peer-reviewed articles in top journals like Philosophy and Public Affairs and Ethics