Centre for Science Studies

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…

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!

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