Hiwar Scholars Seminar

The Ecology of Power: Human Agency, Niche Construction, and Normative Significance

Speaker

Torsten Menge

Assistant Professor in Residence

Northwestern University in Qatar

Torsten Menge is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at NUQ, where his research is situated at the intersection of political philosophy, social theory, and social ontology. He is currently finishing a book with the title How Power Matters, which aims to clarify how power matters to how we live, elaborate the role that the concept plays in normative theorizing, and explain what is at stake in disagreements about the nature of power. His most recent work is exploring how we should think about the concept of political community in the face of global social-ecological crises and the ongoing legacies of colonialism.

Moderated by

Sami Hermez
Associate Professor in Residence
Director of the Liberal Arts Program
Northwestern University in Qatar

Event information

DATE

Sunday, August 31, 2025

TIME

1:00 p.m.

LOCATION

Classroom 1-300
Northwestern Qatar