Benedict Rattigan (Director) founded the Schweitzer Institute in 2004. As a philosopher, he is best known for developing dynamic symmetry theory, which proposes that complex systems - ranging from ecosystems and human societies - thrive by balancing order and chaos. Rattigan’s work has inspired conferences at the British Museum and Balliol College, a dedicated academic journal, and a Routledge book, written by a team of Oxford academics.

Gisella Marinuzzi (Associate Director) is an international lawyer proficient in five languages. A classically-trained pianist, her legal career spans practice in her native Italy as well as on Wall Street, and more recently in the UK. In addition to developing graduate study groups in Law and Politics, Gisella's expertise extends to formulating and implementing strategies to elevate animal welfare protection as a critical consideration in governmental policy-making.

Richard Holton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Peterhouse. He works primarily in moral psychology, ethics, and the philosophy of action, with particular interests in weakness of will, moral responsibility, and the nature of human agency. Professor Holton has published widely on these topics and is the author of Willing, Wanting, Waiting (OUP), as well as numerous influential articles that have helped to shape contemporary debates in philosophy.

Tabitha Mwangi is Programme Director at the Mastercard Foundation Program. She joined the University of Cambridge in 2021 as the Programme Manager of Cambridge-Africa. Prior to that she was Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Anglia Ruskin University, UK (2017-2020). Dr Mwangi started her higher education at the University of Nairobi. She worked as a research scientist for 10 years at the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Program in Kilifi.

James Carleton Paget is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and Tutor of Peterhouse. Professor Carleton Paget is author of A Stranger and an Enigma: The Contexts and Contested Legacy of Albert Schweitzer (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament), and co-author, with Michael J. Thate, of Albert Schweitzer in Thought and Action: A Life in Parts (Syracuse University Press)

Allen Thompson is the 2025 Schweitzer Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and an associate professor of ethics and environmental philosophy at Oregon. His research concerns broadening our conception of environmental virtue and moral responsibility as a part of understanding human excellence in adapting to emerging and anthropogenic global environmental conditions. He is the president-elect of the International Society for Environmental Ethics.