Daniel Halliday

Daniel Halliday is Professor of Philosophy in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts, a position he has held since 2026. Previously, he served as Associate Professor from 2021, Senior Lecturer from 2017, and Junior Lecturer from 2011 at the same institution. He earned his PhD in Philosophy from Stanford University in 2011 and a BA with first-class honours and MA with distinction in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield in 2003 and 2005, respectively. Halliday's research centers on political philosophy, particularly markets, economic justice, inheritance and bequests, taxation, population aging, labor markets, housing justice, and related ethical issues. He serves as Chair of the International Committee in the Philosophy discipline area.

Halliday is the author of The Inheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality, and the Right to Bequeath (Oxford University Press, 2018) and co-author, with John Thrasher, of The Ethics of Capitalism (Oxford University Press, 2020). His peer-reviewed articles include 'An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation' (Science, 2020), 'Private Education, Positional Goods, and the Arms Race Problem' (Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2016), 'On the (Mis)classification of Paid Labor: When Should Gig Workers Have Employee Status?' (Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2021), 'Justice and Housing' with Marco Meyer (Philosophy Compass, 2024), and 'Population Aging and the Retirement Age' (Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2024). He has co-edited volumes such as Charity Law: Exploring the Concept of Public Benefit with Matthew Harding (Routledge, 2022) and Inheritance and the Right to Bequeath: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (Routledge, 2022), and is co-editing a special issue of The Monist on 'Philosophy of Taxation' (forthcoming 2026). Halliday has received significant funding as primary investigator, including an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant of $309,000 AUD for 'Sharing the Wealth: Tax and Justice in the Slow Growth Era' (2022-2026). His awards include the Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Prize (2019) for the TV series Ethics Matters and the Peter H. Nidditch Prize (2002). He has held visiting positions such as Research Fellow at The New Institute, Hamburg (2024-25) and Plumer Fellow at St Anne’s College, Oxford (2019).

Professional Email: daniel.halliday@unimelb.edu.au