Sahar Heydari Fard
Assistant Professor
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Areas of Expertise
- Philosophy of Social Sciences
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Applied Ethics
- Philosophy of Race and Gender
My work lies at the intersection of social and behavioral sciences, social and political philosophy, and ethics. Much of my research is concerned with examining the possibility of sustainable change in complex and dynamic social systems and the moral implications of such a possibility.
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Selected Publications:
- Heydari Fard, S. (forthcoming) "Challenging the Consensus: The Strategic Value of Homogenous Groups in Collective Problem Solving", Philosophy of Science.
- Heydari Fard, S. (2024) "The Transformative Power of Social Movements", Philosophy Compass.
- Heydari Fard, S. (2024) "Diversity, Polarization, and Dynamic Structures: A Structural Turn in Social Contract Theory," in New Approaches to Social Contract Theory by John Thrasher and Michael Moehler, Oxford University Press.
- with Andrew Fiala (2023) Peace and Hope in Dark Times, Brill.
- Heydari Fard, S. (2022) “Strategic Injustice, Dynamic Network Formation, and Social Movements,” Synthese.
- Heydari Fard, S. (2022) Complexity Theory in the Lived Experience of a Seasoned Activist, Review of Shut It Down, by Lisa Fithian for The Acorn: Philosophical Studies in Pacifism and Nonviolence.
- Heydari Fard, S. (2018). Decision-Theoretic Consequentialism and The Desire-Luck Problem. Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics, 5 (1), 71.