Theodore "Ted" Lechterman is is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at IE University, where holds the UNESCO Chair in AI Ethics and Governance.

His research spans political philosophy, applied ethics, and their intersections. Current research projects include the ethics of tech industry self-regulation, the ethics of democracy-enhancing robots, the justification of social enterprise, and theories of corporate social responsibility.

He is the author of The Tyranny of Generosity: Why Philanthropy Corrupts Our Politics and How We Can Fix It Oxford University Pres, (2022), which received an Honourable Mention for the ECPR Political Theory Prize.

Lechterman is an Associate Researcher at the Círculo de Bellas Artes and an officer of the ECPR Standing Group on Political Theory. He frequently contributes to public debates and advises organizational leaders on navigating dilemmas in business, governance, and technology.

He holds degrees from Harvard (A.B.) and Princeton (M.A., Ph.D.) and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford, Goethe, Hertie, and Oxford.

Maxime Lepoutre is a Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Reading. Before joining Reading, he was a Prize Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, and obtained a PhD in philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

He is the author of Democratic Speech in Divided Times (OUP, 2021).