Seyla Benhabib
2026
Seyla Benhabib is honored for her ” deep respect for both individual and state rights, and her exploration of how justice is possible in a world where people are constantly on the move.”
Seyla Benhabib is a political theorist and Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, CT in the United States. Her scientific work relates to several important topics within contemporary politics such as liberal democracy, the rights of migrants and asylum seekers and how to solve dilemmas between pluralism and cultural diversity on the one hand and universalism on the other.
Her books include Situating the Self: Gender, Community and Postmodernism in Contemporary Ethics (1992), The Rights of Others: Aliens, Residents, and Citizens (2000), The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era (2002) and Exile, Statelessness, and Migration: Playing Chess with History from Hannah Arendt to Isaiah Berlin (2018).
Illustration: Anna Ileby