Global and International Studies Building, 1001
Research Summary
Nicole Hassoun is Professor of International Studies at Indiana University. She works mostly at the intersection of philosophy, economics, and public health and her work focuses, in particular, on global health justice, political philosophy, philosophy of economics, and environmental ethics. She heads the Global Health Impact project, which is an initiative to help evaluate and address pressing international health problems and expand access to essential medicines for the global poor (global-health-impact.org).
Educational Background
- Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Arizona, 2007
- M.A. Philosophy, University of Arizona, 2005
- B.A. Summa Cum Laude Philosophy, University of Colorado, 2001
Regions of Interest
- Global
- Low- and middle-income countries
Research Topics
- Global health justice
- Political philosophy
- Philosophy of economics
- Environmental ethics
Representative Publications
- A Minimally Good Life: What We Owe to Others and What We Can Justifiably Demand, (2024), Oxford University Press: Oxford.
- Global Health Impact: Extending Access on Essential Medicines for the Poor, (2020), Oxford University Press: New York.
- Globalization and Global Justice: Shrinking Distance, Expanding Obligations, (2012), Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
- Hassoun, N. (2025). Legitimate distribution without legislation. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2025.2499359
- “Rethinking Solidarity Towards Equity in Global Health: African views,” with Caesar Atuire, (2023), International Journal for Equity in Health, Mar 24;22(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-01830-9.
- “Global Health Impact: Neglected Tropical Disease Model,” with Leon Cosler (2023), American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108(4), 801.
- “Pandemic Preparedness and Response: A New Mechanism for Expanding Access to Essential Countermeasures,” Health Economics Policy and Law. 2024 May 31:1-24. doi: 10.1017/S1744133124000094 with Kaushik Basu and Larry Gostin.
- “Representation of Women in Philosophy Journals: Some New Data,” with Sherri Conklin, Michael Artemonova, and Jevin West, (2022), Ethics 132(3).
- “Good Enough? The Minimally Good Life Account of the Basic Minimum,” (2021) Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 100(2): 330-341, https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2021.1905674