Centre for Science Studies

Do you have a PhD degree or are you enrolled in a PhD programme? Then please participate in a survey for our project Intuitions in Science and Philosophy!

Upon completion of the survey, you will have the option to enter a lottery for five amazon.com vouchers, each worth $25.

Please see here for further participation conditions and the link to the survey: http://projects.au.dk/intuitions/surveys/.

Surveys than physics. The survey consists of six tasks, in which we ask subjects to consider and judge hypothetical scenarios. This will take approximately 15 min.

We are excited to announce that Brad Wray, currently Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York, will permanently join the Centre for Science Studies this summer.

K. Brad Wray State University of New York, Oswego He has published papers on (1) the social epistemology of science, (2) Kuhn’s philosophy of science, (3) anti-realism and realism, (4) functional, selectionist, and invisible hand explanations of social phenomena, (5) collective intentionality, (6) collaborative research in science, and (7) age and…

Next CSS colloquium: Joel Katzav on the 'Epistemology of Climate Models'. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 14:15.

CSS colloquium: Joel K. Katzav, Eindhoven University of Technology The epistemology of climate models

Workshop: Explanation and Understanding In both science and philosophy, good theories provide good explanations. Views on explanation diverge strongly. Explanation has been held to be brought about by subsumption under laws of nature, by unification, or by description of causes. Regardless, explanation is generally agreed to be an epistem...

A new paper has appeared in our preprint series (www.css.au.dk/reposs):
Henrik Kragh Sørensen: Kildecentreret matematikhistorie i praksis: En kort indføring i matematikhistorisk metode

RePoSS: Research Publications in Science Studies RePoSS: Research Publications on Science Studies is an electronic preprint series issued by the Center for Science Studies, University of Aarhus. It has been given the ISSN 1903-413X.

CfA: Professor/associate professor in science studies We seek applicants with academic expertise in either one or several of the following areas: history of science, technology, or mathematics, philosophy of science, science communication, or related areas.

The Danish Network for Philosophy of Science has arranged a session on Academic Freedom/Freedom of Research at annual conference of the Danish Philosophical Society.

Join us in Mogens Ziegler Stuen Friday March 6 13.00-15.15 for the following talks and a good discussion on one of the hot topics of academia today:

ACADEMIC FREEDOM/FREEDOM OF RESEARCH

Torsten Wilholt, Leibniz Universität Hannover: Epistemology and Scientific Autonomy
Finn Collin, Københavns Universitet: Freedom of research in the ”enterpreneurial university”.
David Budtz Pedersen, Københavns Universitet: The structure of open access research – implications for academic freedom
Chair: Hanne Andersen, CSS

Today: Farewell to our dear colleague Helge Kragh!

PhD defence today: Nils Randlev Hundebøl.

Climate change should raise interest about social change and not climate crisis! PhD defence, Tuesday 9 December 2014. Nils Randlev Hundebøl.

The 2015 annual meeting of the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV) will take place in Hamburg, September 21-25, 2015 (see http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/DMV2015/). A section will be devoted to History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, and contributed papers are welcome also from junior researchers. Please submit your abstract before April 2015.

DMV-Jahrestagung 2015 in Hamburg

PhD defense today:

Mapping challenges in interdisciplinary research and education PhD defence, Monday 27 October 2014. Mads Goddiksen.

Three recent Masters' Theses from CSS (all in Danish) are now available from RePoSS:
Julie Louise Hørberg Kristensen: "Jagten på en god oplevelse i zoologisk have".
Allan Lyngs Kjærgaard: "Offentlig støtte til forskning og udvikling i industrien fra 1940'erne til 1990'erne".
Julie Nørgaard Hostrup: "Når discipliner mødes: Et casestudie af faglig integration i nanoforskning".