Lauren Ware is a philosopher at the University of Edinburgh. Her primary research is in the philosophy of emotion. She is interested in the role emotion plays in political and legal decision making, in the evaluation of risk and security, in social and group cognition, and in teaching and learning. She also has a specialisation in ancient Greek philosophy. Before taking up her position in the Department of Philosophy, Lauren was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Legal Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, where she carried out a project on the role of emotions in jury decision-making. Lauren’s current research centers around the moral dimensions of emotions—particularly legal and political emotions—and what the philosophy of emotion can contribute to conceptual and institutional understandings of human rights, human dignity, risk, and creativity. Lauren was awarded a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in 2014 for her thesis “Plato’s Bond of Love: Erôs as Participation in Beauty,” which examined the metaphysics of emotion. She previously completed an MSc by Research in Classical Philosophy and a BA (Hons.) in Political Science. Prior to her postgraduate study, Lauren worked for the Prime Minister of Canada on policy research and judicial appointments.