Sahar Heydari Fard

Sahar Heydari Fard is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The Ohio State University. Her research lies at the intersection of social and political philosophy, philosophy of social science, and formal epistemology. She explores the dynamics of social change, examining how decentralized social structures contribute to systemic injustice and inequality, as well as the potential of social movements to challenge and transform them. Using formal methods such as evolutionary game theory and computational modeling, she investigates the mechanisms that sustain or disrupt these patterns. Her current work examines how epistemic norms—such as those governing disagreement and polarization—shape collective action and influence the possibilities for meaningful social change.