Olle Risberg

I am a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden, and at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. My research focuses on foundational issues in normative and metanormative theorizing, including moral objectivity, epistemological skepticism, reasons and rationality, and the nature of harm. Information about my publications can be found on this page.

During 2021–2024 I am engaged in the project The Wisdom of the Crowd: The Evidential Role of Convergence and Consensus, which is funded by the Swedish Research Council, as principal investigator.

During 2024–2029 I will be a Pro Futura Scientia fellow at Uppsala University and at the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study. My work during this time will focus on understanding gradability (or "matters of degree") in normative contexts.

During 2024–2026 I will also be active in the project Hidden Convergence in Ethics at the Institute for Futures Studies. The project aims to explore and assess the idea that the most plausible versions of the leading ethical theories—consequentialism, deontology, etc.—are increasingly becoming more similar to each other.

I am one of the Editors-in-Chief of Filosofisk tidskrift, one of the hosts of Filosofisk podcast, and one of the authors of Grundbok i metaetik, a Swedish textbook in metaethics. I am also a member of the Young Academy of Sweden.

You can reach me through olle.risberg [@] filosofi.uu.se.

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