News Archive

2020

04/2020

New publications

We would like to draw your attention to two new publications by GRK 2073 postdoc Dr. Stefano Canali:

Canali, S. (2020). Making Evidential Claims in Epidemiology: Three Strategies for the Study of the Exposome. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
How is data used as evidence in epidemiology? Building on relational views of data, Stefano Canali argues that the representational and evidential content of a dataset is specified by evidential claims. On this basis, he distinguishes and discusses three strategies currently used by epidemiologists to integrate, interpret and use large and varied datasets.
Canali, S. (2020). What is New about the Exposome? Exploring Scientiﬁc Change in Contemporary Epidemiology. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(8), 2879.
This is a commentary for a mostly scientific audience, in which Stefano Canali analyses the origin and establishment of the exposome in the last decade of research in epidemiology. He argues that the exposome has been a significant innovation in this context – yet one that should not be seen in paradigmatic terms. This article belongs to the Special Issue The Exposome: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives.

Three new doctoral researchers

We are very happy to welcome three new doctoral candidates: Birgit Benzing (Leibniz University Hanover), David Stöllger (Bielefeld University), and Fabio Tollon (Bielefeld University). It’s great to have you here!

03/2020

Research stay

Our doctoral member Anna Höhl has started her stay as a Guest Researcher at the Institute for Science and Society at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Congratulations on this great opportunity!

New coordinator

Leonie Wiemeyer has started as the new coordinator. Click here for her contact details.

02/2020

The GRK is going to have a new coordinator! Leonie Wiemeyer will start March 1. We are looking forward to having you here!

2019

12/2019

We are very happy to welcome two new affiliated doctoral candidates: Minea Gartzlaff and Basel Myhub, both from Bielefeld University. It’s great to have you here!

11/2019

We have great news! Our funding agency DFG has extended our research group’s funding period for another four and a half years! We are very happy that our work has been appreciated and that we can continue to provide doctoral candidates and postdocs an opportunity to work and do research.
Therefore we are able to offer again 5 doctoral positions and 2 postdoc positions in ethics of science and/or philosophy of science, starting April 1, 2020. Application deadline is December 12, 2019. Please find further information here. We are looking forward to your applications!

Felipe Romero (Groningen) will give his public lecture Social Epistemology and
the Replicability Crisis on Monday, December 2, 2019, 16:00 – 17:15 at Leibniz University Hannover’s Conti building. Please find more information here.

10/2019

Rui Francisco de Souza Só Maia, Saana Jukola and Dijana Magđinski Tolić (Bielefeld University / GRK 2073) co-organized a workshop on Contentious Science and Public Policy with Holger Straßheim (Bielefeld), Susanne Uusitalo (Turku), Robert Northcott (Birkbeck) and Jacob Stegenga (Cambridge). The workshop will take place at Bielefeld University, November 6, 2019. Please find the poster with the complete program here. For further information contact rui.maia@uni-bielefeld.de.

06/2019

Stefano Canali defended his PhD thesis – as the first thesis finished within the GRK! Auguri, Stefano!

A warm welcome to our new doctoral candidate Deborah Haar! Deborah is going to pursue her research about Computer simulation as a tool for discovery within our group. It’s great to have you here!

03/2019

Our doctoral member Roel Visser started his Visiting Research Fellowship at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. Congratulations on this great opportunity!

02/2019

Our colleagues from the Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS) at Leibniz University Hannover offer several PhD positions in the area of Science Studies and Higher Education Studies. The offer is also open to philosophers. Please find the complete call here. Deadline for applications is May 27, 2019.

Our principal investigator Ralf Stoecker co-organizes the 1. Bielefelder Tag der Medizinethik: “Kommt eine Familie zum Arzt…” – Zur Rolle der Angehörigen in der Medizin at Bielefeld University, March 30, 2019. Please find the complete program here (in German).

Our colleagues from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Science (I²SoS) at Bielefeld University offer a PhD position in philosophy of science. Please find the complete call here.

01/2019

Dr. Federica Russo (University of Amsterdam) will give her public lecture On the ethico-political dimension of phil-sci problems on Thursday, January 24, 2019, 16:00 s.t. – 17:15 at the Department of Philosophy at Bielefeld University. Please find more information here.

2018

12/2018

Our principal investigator Anke Büter won the DGPPN-Award for Philosophy and Ethics in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 2018 by the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics for her work on Epistemic Injustice and Psychiatric Classification. Congratulations!

10/2018

A warm welcome to our new doctoral candidates Anna Elisabeth Höhl in Bielefeld and Philipp Eichenberger and Jonas Lipski in Hannover! Furthermore a shout-out to Markus Ahlers and Martin Wasmer who have been affiliated doctoral members since this summer. It’s great to have you here!

07/2018

The program for the conference Causes, Norms, and Decisions at Leibniz Universität Hannover, August 15-17, 2018, is online now! You can find it on the workshop website. The event is co-organized by Enno Fischer, Mathias Frisch, and Sebastian Krug.

05/2018

Christine Hauskeller (University of Exeter) is coming to Bielefeld to discuss Philosophy at the Intersection of Life Sciences and Society. Besides a talk on Stem cell research. The intersection of scientific facts and social values (July 10, 2018), she will lead a workshop on Empirical Methods and Normative Issues in Philosophy of Science (July 11, 2018). Please find detailed information here. Please register and direct any question at Anja Pichl.

Jutta Schickore (Indiana University Bloomington) is coming to Bielefeld University for the workshop Scientific Method: Testing, Experimenting, Controlling Results (June 29, 2018). Please find the detailed program here.

04/2018

The program for the workshop Philosophy of medicine meets social epistemology at Leibniz Universität Hannover, June 7-8, 2018, is online now! You can find it on the workshop website. The event is co-organized by Saana Jukola, Anke Büter, Daria Jadreškić and Julia Pfeiff.

Our colleagues from the Leibniz Center Science and Society (LCSS) at Leibniz Universität Hannover offer up to six PhD positions in the area of Science Studies or Higher Education Research, open for candidates from the disciplines of economics, political science, sociology, law, and philosophy. Please find the complete call here: German/English

Anna Leuschner and Mathias Frisch have co-organized a workshop on Climate Science and Public Interests at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Philosophy, May 25-26, 2018. Please have a look at the program and the book of abstracts for further information.

Enno Fischer, Mathias Frisch, and Sebastian Krug (Hannover) organize a workshop on Causes, Norms, and Decisions. The workshop will take place at Leibniz Universität Hannover, August 15-17, 2018. Please find the call for papers here. The deadline for contributions is May 1, 2018. For further information, please visit the workshop website.

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ernst (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) will give his public lecture Too true to be good. On two kinds of rationality on Thursday, April 12, 2018, 16:00-17:15 at Bielefeld University. Please find more information here.

03/2018

Anna Leuschner’s symposium Climate Science and Public Interests: Social Values and Climate Change (co-organized with Greg Lusk) has been awarded the PSA 2018 Women’s Caucus Prize. It will take place during this year’s Philosophy of Science Association Meeting in Seattle. Congratulations!

The Research Training Group offers 3 PhD positions in Ethics of Science and/or Philosophy of Science, beginning October 1, 2019. Please find the complete job announcement here.

01/2018

Saana Jukola, Anke Büter, Daria Jadreškić and Julia Pfeiff organize a workshop on Philosophy of medicine meets social epistemology. The workshop will take place at Leibniz Universität Hannover, June 7-8, 2018. Please find further information and the call for papers here. The deadline for contributions is March 12, 2018.

We have moved! The Hannover part of the group has a new address. Please find our new contact date here.

2017

10/2017

A warm welcome to our new doctoral candidates: Rui Francisco de Souza Só Maia and Dijana Magđinski in Bielefeld, Leon-Philip Schäfer and Tobias Schönwitz in Hannover. We are thrilled to have you here!

Stefano Canali, Mathias Frisch and Thomas Reydon (Leibniz Universität Hannover / GRK 2073) organize a workshop on Making Sense Of Data In The Sciences. Philosophical Perspectives on the Methodology, Epistemology and Practices of Data-Intensive Science. The workshop will take place at Leibniz Universität Hannover, October 26-27, 2017. Please find further information and the complete program here.

06/2017

Mathias Frisch (Leibniz Universität Hannover / GRK 2073) co-organizes a workshop on Symmetries and Asymmetries in Physics. The workshop will take place at Leibniz Universität Hannover, July 6-8, 2017. Please find further information here.

05/2017

The GRK 2073 is co-organizer of the workshop Inclusion and Exclusion in Philosophy (Leibniz Universität Hannover, June 20-22, 2017). Please find the program and abstracts here.

Prof. Philip Kitcher (Columbia University) will visit the GRK from June 12 to June 14. As part of his stay, he will give a public lecture as well as a keynote at the workshop Progress in Science and Society at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Have a look at our poster for further information.

02/2017

01/2017

Anna Leuschner (Leibniz Universität Hannover / GRK 2073) and David Ludwig (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) organize a workshop on Inclusion and Exclusion in Philosophy. The workshop will take place at Leibniz Universität Hannover, June 20-22, 2017 in collaboration with the GRK 2073. Please find further information and the call for papers here.

Silvia Ivani, M.A. (Tilburg University) will give her public lecture Challenging the Dichotomy of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Values: Feminist Values and Evolutionary Psychology on Wednesday, January 25th, 2017, 14:45-16:00 in the rooms of the Graduiertenkolleg (Am Klagesmarkt 14-17) at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Please find more information here.

2016

12/2016

Prof. Dr. James Wilberding (Bochum) will give a public lecture on “Philosophie und Embryologie in der Antike” at Bielefeld University on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Please have a look at our Events Calendar below for more information.

11/2016

The Research Training Group presented itself at the Faculty of Humanities’ celebration at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Please find our poster here (German only).

Dr. Christine Bratu (LMU Munich) will give a public lecture on “Selbstachtung und Anerkennung” (23.11.2016) as well as a workshop on “Auschlussmechanismen in der akademischen Philosophie” (24.11.2016) at Bielefeld University. Please have a look at our Events Calendar below for more information.

A warm welcome to our new doctoral members: David Hopf, Enno Fischer, Daria Jadreškić and Julia Pfeiff at Leibniz Universität Hannover and Anja Pichl at Bielefeld University.

10/2016

Dr. Carlo Martini (TINT Helsinki) will give his public lecture Integrating Evidence and Expertise: An Epistemological and Practical Problem on Wednesday, October 19th, 2016, 15:30 – 16:45 at the Department of Philosophy at Bielefeld University. Please find more information here.

07/2016

In October 2015, Anna Leuschner co-organized (together with Laszlo Kosolosky, Ghent University) a workshop on The Epistemic Role of Manufactured Dissent in Climate Science. The workshop was supported by GRK2073. Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on the workshop in the form of a whole-page feature.
The article is now also available in English.

Dr. Susanne Uusitalo (University of Helsinki) will give her public lecture On the two roles of gambling in research and their relation to self-control on Monday, July 11th, 2016, 15:30 – 16:45 at the Department of Philosophy at Bielefeld University. Please find more information here.

05/2016

Dr. David Ludwig (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will give his public lecture Naturalness vs. Social Critique? on Friday, May 27th, 2016, 14:00-15:15 at the Institute of Philosophy at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Please find more information here.

For the Bielefeld Masterclass in Philosophy 2016 Prof. Dr. Hasok Chang will give several lectures on Pragmatism and Pluralism in the Philosophy of Science. The masterclass will take place from May 23rd till 25th, 2016 at the Department of Philosophy at Bielefeld University. Please find further information here.

10/2015

In October 2015, Anna Leuschner co-organizes (together with Laszlo Kosolosky, Ghent University) a workshop on The Epistemic Role of Manufactured Dissent in Climate Science. The workshop is supported by GRK2073. Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on the workshop in the form of a whole-page feature.