Adrienne de Ruiter is a political philosopher and ethicist. She studied Liberal Arts and Sciences and Philosophy at Utrecht University and completed master degrees in Middle East Studies at Leiden University, Conflict Studies and Human Rights at Utrecht University, and Contemporary Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Her doctoral research in Political Science at the European University Institute focused on the dehumanization of refugees and asylum seekers. She taught global justice, human rights, and ethics of war at the University of Newcastle and is currently Assistant Professor in Humanism and Philosophy at the University of Humanistic Studies.