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 the Royal Society, Balliol College and the British Museum, 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.

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)

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. 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.

Stephen M. Gardiner is the Schweitzer Fellow at Peterhouse; Professorial Fellow, University of St Andrews; and Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington. His research addresses climate ethics, global environmental problems, intergenerational justice, and virtue ethics. At Cambridge, he is pursuing work on the ethical and institutional challenges posed by environmental change.