Arif Mohuiddin Ahmed MBE is the Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom of the Office for Students, following his appointment in June 2023. [1] Prior to this, Ahmed was a philosopher at the University of Cambridge, where he became a fellow of Gonville and Caius College in 2015, [2] university reader in philosophy in 2016, [3] and Nicholas Sallnow-Smith College Lecturer in 2019. [4] His research interests include decision theory and the philosophy of religion, from an atheist and libertarian point of view. [2] Ahmed studied mathematics at the University of Oxford and philosophy at the University of Sussex and Cambridge. [5]
At Cambridge he has been an advocate for the protection of freedom of speech, in reaction to the university administration's cancellation of an invitation to the politically conservative academic Jordan Peterson. [6] [7] [8] In 2020, Ahmed also led opposition to the University's proposed amendments to its freedom of speech policy, ultimately concluding with the rejection of the amendments. [9] [10]
Ahmed was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to education. [11] In late 2022, the Minister for Women and Equalities, and Trade Secretary, Kemi Badenoch MP appointed Ahmed as new Commissioner to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Board. [12] He left the EHRC after being appointed Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom at the Office for Students (OfS) in June 2023. [1] [13]
Ahmed is the author of the books Saul Kripke (Continuum Books, 2007), which analyses the philosophy of Saul Kripke, [14] and Evidence, Decision and Causality (Cambridge University Press, 2014), which defends evidential decision theory and critiques causal decision theory. [15] Ahmed is also the editor of both Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations: A critical guide (Cambridge University Press, 2010) [16] and Newcomb's Problem (Cambridge University Press, 2018). [17]
Arif Mohuiddin Ahmed MBE is the Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom of the Office for Students, following his appointment in June 2023. [1] Prior to this, Ahmed was a philosopher at the University of Cambridge, where he became a fellow of Gonville and Caius College in 2015, [2] university reader in philosophy in 2016, [3] and Nicholas Sallnow-Smith College Lecturer in 2019. [4] His research interests include decision theory and the philosophy of religion, from an atheist and libertarian point of view. [2] Ahmed studied mathematics at the University of Oxford and philosophy at the University of Sussex and Cambridge. [5]
At Cambridge he has been an advocate for the protection of freedom of speech, in reaction to the university administration's cancellation of an invitation to the politically conservative academic Jordan Peterson. [6] [7] [8] In 2020, Ahmed also led opposition to the University's proposed amendments to its freedom of speech policy, ultimately concluding with the rejection of the amendments. [9] [10]
Ahmed was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to education. [11] In late 2022, the Minister for Women and Equalities, and Trade Secretary, Kemi Badenoch MP appointed Ahmed as new Commissioner to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Board. [12] He left the EHRC after being appointed Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom at the Office for Students (OfS) in June 2023. [1] [13]
Ahmed is the author of the books Saul Kripke (Continuum Books, 2007), which analyses the philosophy of Saul Kripke, [14] and Evidence, Decision and Causality (Cambridge University Press, 2014), which defends evidential decision theory and critiques causal decision theory. [15] Ahmed is also the editor of both Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations: A critical guide (Cambridge University Press, 2010) [16] and Newcomb's Problem (Cambridge University Press, 2018). [17]