Mark Retter

Dr Mark Retter is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge and an associate member of the Las Casas Institute. His academic work focuses on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of human rights, secularization, and ethical foundations of international legal order. He is currently developing two book projects: Human Rights After Virtue (CUP, forthcoming) and co-editing The Handbook on Natural Law and Human Rights (CUP, forthcoming 2022).

• Research Focus: Thomist-Aristotelian theory of human rights, MacIntyre’s human rights skepticism, and legal tools for peace-making.
• Prior Work: Research Associate at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law on peace-making projects.
• Academic Contributions: Supervises undergraduate students in Jurisprudence and Public International Law at the University of Cambridge; collaborates on the UN Language of Peace database.
• Honors: Recipient of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.