Elizabeth Ashford

Elizabeth Ashford is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, specializing in moral and political philosophy with focus on human rights and global justice.

Education:

• DPhil - University of Oxford
• MA - University of North Carolina

Her research examines obligations to address severe poverty, utilitarian ethics, and human rights foundations. Key publications analyze subsistence rights violations as structural injustices demanding systemic reform.

Awards:

• British Academy Award (1997)
• APA Foreign Scholar Travel Award (2000)

Ashford serves on editorial boards of Journal of Moral Philosophy and The Philosophical Quarterly.