Welcome
The Epistemology of Climate Change research project investigates the philosophy of science dimensions of the climate and environmental challenges.
Its 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.
The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and is hosted at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Bern and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research.
News
Two recent talks in the Philosophical perspectives for the Anthropocene series.
The seminar on Philosophical issues in modeling climate change is ongoing.
Postdoc fellowship at NYU
Mason Majszak has been awarded a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation for a research stay at New York University, where he will be working on risk perception and decision-making for climate change adaptation. Congratulations!
WCRP workshop in Bern
Together with Ted Shepherd, we are organizing the workshop My Climate Risk meets Philosophy of Science within the framework of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Lighthouse Activity My Climate Risk at the University of Bern on 14-15 October 2024.
Paper on interdisciplinarity and values
Our paper Anthropocene, planetary boundaries and tipping points: interdisciplinarity and values in Earth system science (co-authored by Vincent Lam and Yannick Rousselot) has just been accepted in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science.
Talk at PSA 2024
Vincent Lam will give a talk on Climate extremes, physical storylines and process understanding in a symposium with Mathias Frisch, Dan Li and Lisa Lloyd at the 29th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association in New Orleans (November 14-17, 2024).