Dr. Bas van der Vossen
Professor, Director, Law and the Liberal Arts Minor; Smith Institute for Political
Economy and Philosophy
Philosophy, Schmid College of Science and Technology
Office Location: Wilkinson Hall 211
Office Hours: By appointment
Email: bvanderv@chapman.edu
- Education:
- University of Amsterdam, Master of Science
University of Amsterdam, Master of Arts
University of Oxford, Doctor of Philosophy
Biography
Bas van der Vossen (DPhil, Oxford University) is Professor of Philosophy and a member
of the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy. His research deals with
questions in political philosophy and the philosophy of law, focusing especially on
the intersection of political and economic issues. Prof. Van der Vossen teaches courses
on political and legal philosophy, global justice, the work of John Locke, as well
as courses offered through the Smith Institute’s humanomics program.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- “Treating People as Resources”, in: The Routledge Companion to Migration, Sahar Akhtar (ed.), Routledge Press, (2025)
- "Property" in: Christopher Melenovksy (ed.), The Routledge Handbook to Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, Routledge Press, 2022
- “Property Rights”, in: The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism, Ben Ferguson and Matt Zwollinski (eds.), Routledge Press, 2022
- Bas van der Vossen, “Property and Business”, in: The Routledge Handbook of Business Ethics. Eugene Heath, Byron Kaldis, Alexei Marcoux (eds.). Routledge Press, 2018.
- Jason Brennan, Bas van der Vossen, David Schmidtz, “Introduction: Respecting and Caring” in: Jason Brennan, Bas van der Vossen, and David Schmidtz (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism, (Routledge Press, 2017)
- Jason Brennan and Bas van der Vossen, “The Myths of the Self-Ownership Thesis” in: Jason Brennan, Bas van der Vossen, and David Schmidtz (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism, (Routledge Press, 2017), pp. 199-211