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Biography
Christian Barry was educated at Columbia University in New York, receiving his PhD in philosophy in 2005. Prior to joining the ANU, he was a program officer at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (Justice & the World Economy), a consultant to the Human Development Report Office at the United Nations Development Program, and a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin. His work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the Research Council of Norway, and the Australian Research Council, the Institute for Futures Studies (Stockholm), Global Priorities Institute (Oxford) and the Population Well-Being Initiative (UT Austin)
You can find a complete list of his publications at www.christianbarry.net
You can find his google scholar profile here
Qualifications
PhD, Philosophy, Columbia University (2005)
Research Interests
Christian Barry is Director of the Research School of Social Sciences at the ANU, Co-Editor of Political Philosophy, and Associate Editor at Ethics. His research focuses on ethical theory, philosophy of action, and international justice. His recent work include books with Sanjay Reddy, International Trade and Labour Standards: A Proposal for Linkage (Columbia University Press), Gerhard Øverland, Responding to Global Poverty: Harm, Responsibility and Agency (Cambridge University Press) and articles in Ethics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Journal of Political Philosophy, and Politics, Philosophy and Economics, among other leading philosophy, law, and politics journals. He currently holds an Australian Reasearch Council Discovery Grant for the project The Ethics of Net Zero, and is working on a book on that topic with Garrett Cullity.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Aggregation and Permitting Reasons
Mann, K. & Barry, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Moral Philosophy. p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Another Shake of the Bag: Stefansson and Willners on Offsetting and Risk Imposition
Barry, C. & Cullity, G., 2025, In: Ethics, Policy and Environment. 28, 1, p. 153-158 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Considering durability in carbon dioxide removal strategies for climate change mitigation
Streck, C., Minoli, S., Roe, S., Barry, C., Brander, M., Chiquier, S., Cullity, G., Ellis, P., Funk, J., Gidden, M. J., Honegger, M., Johns, T., Lawrence, D., Tamme, E. & and, D. Z., 2025, In: Climate Policy. p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Which emissions belong to us? The case for contributory value-chain emissions accounting
Barry, C. & Cullity, G., 24 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Politics, Philosophy and Economics. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supererogation and Optimisation
Barry, C. & Lazar, S., 2 Jan 2024, In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 102, 1, p. 21-36 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
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Foundational Research: Building a First Nations Research Agenda to support the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials
Bainton, N. (PI), Astuti, R. (CoI), Barry, C. (CoI), Drake, N. (CoI), Raman, S. (CoI), Taylor, J. (CoI), Walls-Nichols, E. (CoI), Yap, M. (CoI) & Yu, P. (CoI)
1/11/24 → 30/04/28
Project: Research
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The Ethics of Net Zero
Cullity, G. (PI), Barry, C. (CoI) & Ellis, E. (CoI)
10/10/23 → 9/10/26
Project: Research
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Ethics, Responsibility and the Carbon Budget
Barry, C. (PI), Moss, J. (PI), Broome, J. (CoI) & Cullity, G. (CoI)
4/06/18 → 30/12/24
Project: Research
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The Ethical Responsibilities of Consumers
Barry, C. (PI) & Barry, C. (PI)
30/06/14 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Innocently Benefiting from Injustice
Barry, C. (PI) & Overland, G. (CoI)
1/04/13 → 7/12/18
Project: Research
Prizes
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2017 Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities [FAHA]
Barry, C. (Recipient), 20 Nov 2017
Prize: Election to learned society