Byron Williston
Professor, Department of Philosophy
bwilliston@wlu.ca
548-889-5088
Waterloo, Ontario
Faculty of Arts
Byron Williston is an expert in Canada in the age of Trumpism, Canadian environmental policy, ethics and politics of AI, ethics of climate change and sustainability, new earth politics, planetary health and human well-being and technologies of the Anthropocene.
Areas of Expertise
- Climate Change and Sustainability
- Ethics and Moral Philosophy
- Generative AI
- Philosophy (Existentialism, Logic, Political)
Biography
I received my PhD in Philosophy from the University of Toronto, and have taught previously at the University of Toronto and the University of South Florida. I am a current member of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change at the University of Waterloo. Please see my personal website for a more detailed and up-to-date profile.
My current research extends across five connected themes:
- The ethics of climate change and sustainability
- New Earth politics
- Planetary health and human well-being
- Technologies of the Anthropocene
- Canadian environmental policy