I am a philosopher of science working on topics in general philosophy of science (especially conceptual change, experiments, and discovery), philosophy of cognitive and brain sciences, and science and society, particularly climate research and policy. My work connects detailed case studies of scientific practice to broader problems in philosophy, such as conceptual engineering, or democratic participation in science and politics.
I am currently an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy, and a member of the Institute for Studies of Science at Bielefeld University, Germany. I am also an associated member of the SOCRATES group at Leibniz University Hannover. In the past I was a visiting scholar at University of Cambridge, University of Pittsburgh, Washington University St. Louis, and the MPI for Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig.
I regularly contribute to and organize interdisciplinary research groups and events. I collaborated with neuroscientists, biologists, psychologists, climate scientists, sociologists, historians of science, anthropologists and art historians. I actively seek to integrate other disciplinary perspectives and make my work useful other fields .
Upcoming activities 2025
May 1-3: Talk on Metabolic Considerations for Cognitive Modeling (by my collaborator D. Colaço), SPAN Conference Washington University St. Louis
May 21 : Reading group, Book chapter on Conceptual Impact, CELLS group Hannover
June 17: Talk on Normative Dynamics of Concepts in Science and Society, Bielefeld University
June 26: Talk on Values and Goals in Science, SOCRATES group Hannover
July 16: Talk on Metabolic Considerations for Cognitive Modeling (with D. Colaço), BSPS Glasgow
Aug 27-30: Talk on Conceptual Impact, Strategic Ambiguity and Ontic Risk, EPSA Groningen
Sep 8-14: Lecture on Conceptual Development in Neuroscience, Summer School of Ideas in Neuroscience, Warszaw
