Axel Gosseries
hoover | Louvain-la-Neuve
Axel Gosseries is FNRS Research Professor at UCLouvain. He holds degrees in Law, including an LL.M. in Environmental Law (SOAS, 1996) and a PhD. in Philosophy (UCLouvain, 2000).
His research currently focuses on the institutional division of distributive duties and on climate and intergenerational justice. He is the author of three books, including What is Intergenerational Justice? (Polity, 2023) and La justice climatique (PUF, 2024, with P. André). He also edited five books, including Ageing without Ageism? (OUP, 2023, with G. Bognar) and Institutions for Future Generations (OUP, 2016, with I. Gonzalez-Ricoy). For more information on his publications, check his Google Scholar page.
At UCLouvain, he has exercised various responsibilities, including President (elected) of the Research Institute of Philosophy (ISP, 2023-26) and Head of the PPE Program (2019-2025). His core affiliation is the Hoover Chair.
He has extensive international experience, both in teaching and research. He has taught at 19 higher education institutions abroad, including recently at U. Milano (Italy), U. Minho (Portugal), U. Oviedo (Spain), UNIBUC (Romania), YSU (Armenia), U. Bergen (Norway) and U. Graz (Austria). He has also spent significant research time at various institutions, including ICUB (Bucharest), ISCTE and ICS (Lisbon), AIAS (Aarhus), the Institute for Future Studies (Stockholm), the Czech Academy of Science (Prague), IISJ (Oñati), the Social Justice Initiative (Melbourne), the Program in Ethics and Health (Harvard), NHH (Bergen), Collegium Budapest, CREUM (Montreal), OCEES (Oxford) and the RSSS (Canberra).
On his teaching at UCLouvain, see here.
On his PhD. and Post-Doc supervision activities, see here.
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2025Gosseries, A., Kaya, R., & et al. (2025). Environmental Discrimination. Concepts and case law. In Colm O’Cinneide, Julie Ringelheim, Iyiola Solanke (ed.), Research Handbook on European Anti-Discrimination Law (p. p. 461-481). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906318.00034
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2024
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2023
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2022Gosseries, A. (2022). Intergenerational Metaphors. In Stephen Gardiner (ed) (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190881931.013.21
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Gosseries, A., Meijers, T., & et al. (2022). Animal Population Ethics. In Gustaf Arrhenius, Krister Bykvist, Tim Campbell, Elizabeth Finneron-Burns (eds) (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Population Ethics (p. p. 546-568). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190907686.013.7
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2020
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2018
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2017
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2016Gosseries, A. (2016). Generational Sovereignty. In I. Gonzalez Ricoy and A. Gosseries (ed.), Institutions for Future Generations (p. p. 98-113). OUP. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746959.003.0006
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Gonzalez Ricoy, I., & Gosseries, A. (2016). Designing institutions for future generations: An introduction. In I. Gonzalez Ricoy and A. Gosseries (ed.), Institutions for Future Generations (p. p. 3-23). OUP. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746959.003.0001
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Gosseries, A. (2016). Intergenerational Justice, Sufficiency and Health. In C. Fourie & A. Rid (ed.), What is Enough? Sufficiency, Justice and Health (p. p. 121-143). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199385263.003.0008
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2015
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Gosseries, A. (2015). What’s Wrong With Trading Emission Rights? In Jeremy Moss (ed.) (ed.), Climate Change and Justice (p. p. 89-106). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316145340.006
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2013
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2012
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2011Gosseries, A. (2011). Sufficientarianism. In Edward Craig (ed.) (ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online (p. Online). Routlege. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780415249126-S112-1
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2009Gosseries, A. (2009). Three models of intergenerational reciprocity. In Axel Gosseries and Lukas H. Meyer (ed.), Intergenerational Justice. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282951.003.0005
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Gosseries, A., & Meyer, L. (2009). Introduction - Intergenerational Justice and Its Challenges. In Axel Gosseries & Lukas Meyer (eds) (ed.), Intergenerational Justice (p. p. 1-21). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282951.003.0001
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2008
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2007
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2005
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2003Gosseries, A. (2003). Intergenerational Justice. In H. Lafolette (ed.) (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics (p. p. 459-484). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199284238.003.0019
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2002
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1994Gosseries, A., & Schaut, C. (1994). Zes Brusselse halfnatuurlijke landschappen: ruimtelijk-morfologische en juridische beschrijving. In F. Ost, J. Remy, L. Van Campenhoudt eds. (ed.), Halfnatuurlijke gebieden: tussen stad en natuur (p. p. 37-82). Publications des Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis.
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1993
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2025Gosseries, A. (2025). Sovereignty across living generations. Ethics, politics and society, 8(1), 172-181. https://doi.org/10.21814/eps.8.2.7080 (Original work published 2025)
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2024Gosseries, A. (2024). What is Intergenerational Justice? A Precis. Journal of Practical Ethics, 12(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3998/jpe.6267 (Original work published 2024)
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Gosseries, A. (2024). Past Emissions and Distributive Climate Duties: A Reply to My Critics. Journal of Practical Ethics, 12(1), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.3998/jpe.6272 (Original work published 2024)
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2023
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2022Gosseries, A., & et al. (2022). COVID vaccine prioritization in low- and middle-income countries may justifiably depart from high-income countries’ age priorities. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(12), 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac398 (Original work published 2022)
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2021
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Gosseries, A. (2021). Une théorie politique normative à mains nues. Raisons politiques : études de pensée politique, 20(4), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.3917/rai.084.0077 (Original work published 2021)
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Gosseries, A. (2021). Can We Rule the Future (and Does it Matter)? Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto, 10(2), 285-300. https://doi.org/10.4477/102524 (Original work published 2021)
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2020
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2019
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Gosseries, A. (2019). Are inequalities between us and the dead intergenerationally unjust? Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 22(3), 284-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2018.1438790 (Original work published 2019)
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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Gosseries, A. (2015). Les générations, le fleuve et l’océan. Philosophiques : revue de la Société de Philosophie du Québec, 42(1), 153-176. https://doi.org/10.7202/1032222ar (Original work published 2015)
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Gosseries, A. (2015). Introduction: Representing Future Generations. Jurisprudence, 6(3), 492-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2015.1065648 (Original work published 2015)
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2014
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Gosseries, A. (2014). Nations, Generations and Climate Justice. Global Policy, 5(1), 96-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12112 (Original work published 2014)
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Gosseries, A. (2014). The intergenerational case for constitutional rigidity. Ratio Juris : an international journal of jurisprudence and philosophy law, 27(4), 528–539 (N). https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12060 (Original work published 2014)
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Gosseries, A. (2014). What makes age discrimination special? A philosophical look at the ECJ case law. Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, 43(1), 59-80. https://doi.org/10.5553/NJLP/221307132014043001005 (Original work published 2014)
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2013
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Gosseries, A., & Eyal, N. (2013). Obamacare and Conscientious Objection. Some Introductory Thoughts. Ethical Perspectives : journal of the European Ethics Network, 20(1), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.2143/EP.20.1.2965127 (Original work published 2013)
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2012Gosseries, A. (2012). Segall on sufficiency, opting out and historical responsibility. Ethical Perspectives : journal of the European Ethics Network, 19(2), 287-295. https://doi.org/10.2143/EP.19.2.2160707 (Original work published 2012)
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Gosseries, A. (2012). Equality and Non-discrimination in Hiring – Introduction. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 9(1), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1163/174552411X612056 (Original work published 2012)
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De la Croix, D., & Gosseries, A. (2012). The natalist bias of pollution control. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 63(2), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2011.07.002 (Original work published 2012)
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2011
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Gosseries, A. (2011). Qu’est-ce que le suffisantisme? Philosophiques : revue de la Société de Philosophie du Québec, 38(2), 465-492. https://doi.org/10.7202/1007460ar (Original work published 2011)
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2010
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2009Gosseries, A. (2009). La question générationnelle et l’héritage rawlsien. Raisons politiques : études de pensée politique, 34(2), 31-55. https://doi.org/10.3917/rai.034.0031 (Original work published 2009)
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De la Croix, D., & Gosseries, A. (2009). Population policy through tradable procreation entitlements. International Economic Review, 50(2), 507-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2009.00539.x (Original work published 2009)
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2008
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Gosseries, A. (2008). On Future Generations’ Future Rights. The Journal of Political Philosophy, 16(4), 446-474 (2008/12/1). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9760.2008.00323.x (Original work published 2008)
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Gosseries, A. (2008). Intergenerationele rechtvaardigheid. Een overzicht van de belangrijkste theorieën. Ethische Perspectieven, 18(4), 537-556. https://doi.org/10.2143/EPN.18.4.2033430 (Original work published 2008)
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Gosseries, A. (2008). Constitutions and Future Generations. Good Society Journal, 17(2), 32-37. https://doi.org/10.1353/gso.0.0044 (Original work published 2008)
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2007
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Gosseries, A. (2007). Should They Honor The Promises of Their Parents’ Leaders? Ethics & International Affairs, 21(1), 99-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7093.2007.00086.x (Original work published 2007)
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Gaspart, F., & Gosseries, A. (2007). Are generational savings injust ? Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 6(2), 193-217. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X07073006 (Original work published 2007)
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2006Gosseries, A. (2006). Libertarisme de gauche et hobbesianisme de gauche. Raisons politiques : études de pensée politique, 23(3), 47-67. https://doi.org/10.3917/rai.023.0047 (Original work published 2006)
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Gosseries, A. (2006). No exit: What parents owe their children and what society owes parents. Ethics : an international journal of social, political, and legal philosophy, 116(4), 769-773. https://doi.org/10.1086/504622 (Original work published 2006)
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2005
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2004
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Gosseries, A. (2004). Are Seniority Privileges Unfair? Economics and Philosophy, 20(2), 279-305. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267104000215 (Original work published 2004)
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Gosseries, A. (2004). Historical Emissions and Free-Riding. Ethical Perspectives : journal of the European Ethics Network, 11(1), 36-60. https://doi.org/10.2143/EP.11.1.504779 (Original work published 2004)
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Gosseries, A., & Van Steenberghe, V. (2004). Pourquoi des marchés de permis de polluer ? Regards économiques, 21, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.14428/regardseco2004.04.01 (Original work published 2004)
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2003Lesch, W., & Gosseries, A. (2003). Introduction. Revue Philosophique de Louvain, 101(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.2143/RPL.101.1.717 (Original work published 2003)
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Gosseries, A. (2003). A-t-on des obligations envers les morts? Revue Philosophique de Louvain, 101(1), 80-104. https://doi.org/10.2143/RPL.101.1.723 (Original work published 2003)
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de Sadeleer, N., & Gosseries, A. (1994). Le règlement (CEE) N° 1836/93 du Conseil du 29 juin 1993 permettant laparticipation volontaire des entreprises du secteur industriel à un systèmecommunautaire de management environnemental et d’audit : virtualités etlimites d’un instrument novateur. Aménagement-Environnement.
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2024
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2019
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2016Gonzalez Ricoy, I., & Gosseries, A. (2016). Institutions for Future Generations. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746959.001.0001
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2015
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Sadana, R., Saenz, C., Tan-Torres Edejer, T., Kapiriri, L., Ord, T., Segall, S., Sen, G., Voorhoeve, A., Wikler, D., Yamin, A., Reis, A., Ottersen, T., Norheim, O., Berhane, F., Chitah, B., Cookson, R., Daniels, N., Eyal, N., Flores, W., et al. (2015). Faire des choix justes pour une couverture sanitaire universelle : rapport final du Groupe Consultatif de l’OMS sur la Couverture Sanitaire Universelle et Equitable. Organisation mondiale de la Santé.
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2011
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2009Gosseries, A., & Meyer, L. (2009). Intergenerational Justice (Hardback, paperback, E-book). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282951.001.0001
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2008Gosseries, A., Marciano, A., & Strowel, A. (2008). Intellectual Property and Theories of Justice. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-58239-2
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