Ann Thresher

Ann completed her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, working in the philosophy of science and environmental-ethics, and has two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Sydney, one in Philosophy and one in Physics. She was a graduate fellow at the Institute for Applied Ethics at UC San Diego, and a 2022 Heinrich Hertz fellow at the University of Bonn. Her work focuses on emerging environmental technologies and, in particular, what risks we’re warranted in taking to solve environmental crises. As part of this, she works extensively with scientists and policy-makers to help identify and solve the ethics questions that arise from their work. Current projects include papers on gene-drives, modelling, moratoriums, geo-engineering, and our obligations to future generations. Ann is an Interdisciplinary Ethics Fellow in partnership with the new Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.