Roessler Beate

Beate Roessler is a Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Humanities. Her academic career spans institutions including Leiden University, the Free University Berlin, and the University of Bremen. She focuses on ethics, social and political philosophy, autonomy, and privacy.

• 2011 Fellow at Macquarie University's Research Center for Agency, Value and Ethics
• 2003-2004 Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin
• 2016 Corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• 2022 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Her research explores the philosophical underpinnings of autonomy and privacy in modern society, with interdisciplinary applications to digital ethics, social justice, and political theory. Key publications include Autonomie: ein Versuch über das gelungene Leben (2017) and The Value of Privacy (2005).

She co-edits the European Journal of Philosophy and serves on multiple advisory boards.