Welcome
The Epistemology of Climate Change research group investigates the philosophy of science dimensions of the climate and environmental challenges.
Our current focus includes the epistemic and methodological foundations of climate (and Earth system) science and modelling (including machine learning techniques), causal and explanatory strategies for extreme climate events, and tipping points in natural and social systems in the context of climate change. More
Consult our publications and annotated bibliography.
We are funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and are hosted at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Bern and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research.
Our seminar Philosophy and the Anthropocene is ongoing
News
Workshop in Bern
Vincent Lam is one of the converners of the workshop on Opening up Earth Observations for Climate Adaptation at the International Space Science Institute in Bern (8-12 December 2025).
PhD position
Together with Claus Beisbart, we are advertising a PhD position (start: 1 February 2026) within the project Is More Always Better? The Future of Climate Change Science, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Talk in Lugano
Vincent Lam will give a talk on Modelling the Anthropocene and its Boundaries at the Università della Svizzera italiana.
Workshop at the University of Florence
Vincent Lam has been invited at the workshop Climate change and nuclear energy: modeling activities in times of emergency at the University of Florence (7 April 2025).