Rebecca Lowe

Rebecca Lowe is Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. A political philosopher, her primary research interests include rights, freedom, and equality. She is currently writing a book titled Fredom in Utopia and publishes a Substack newsletter, the ends don’t justify the means. In addition to her philosophical research and writing, she leads the Mercatus Center’s Emerging Scholars Program.

Lowe is also a Consulting Space Philosopher at a strategic space advisory firm. She is the former director of FREER, a UK think tank advancing economically and socially liberal ideas, and has held positions at several other UK think tanks, including the Institute of Economic Affairs and Policy Exchange. She also served as Research Director at an investment company for four years. Lowe completed her PhD on moral property rights. 

Her recent publications include an article on the value of space activity in Economic Affairs, a chapter on the democratic state’s obligation of transparency, a paper on lunar property rights for the Adam Smith Institute, and an encyclopedia entry on John Locke’s conception of justice for the Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. She has recently spoken at the World Congress of Philosophy, the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, and at institutions including Princeton, Georgetown, and Adam Smith’s house in Edinburgh. Her commentary and analysis have been featured widely in the UK print and broadcast media.