Publications and Presentations

This page contains an overview of SOCRATES members' publications and paper presentations.

Publications

  • Stegenga, Jacob (Forthcoming) (2026): Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific InquiryUniversity of Chicago Press.
  • Koskinen, Inkeri (Forthcoming) (2025): Values and ObjectivityRoutledge Handbook of Values and Science, edited by Kevin Elliott and Ted Richards. Routledge.
  • Metzen, Hanna (2025): Trust in scientific expertise and the varying demands of value transparencyCanadian Journal of Philosophy, 1-16.
    DOI: 10.1017/can.2025.10004
  • El Skaf, Rawad (2025): Post-growth and the lack of diversity in the scenario frameworkJournal of Economic Methodology, 1–20.
    DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2025.2480069
  • Harris, Margherita (2025): The IPCC uncertainty framework: what some decision makers want (and why they shouldn’t)Climatic Change 178: 105.
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-025-03931-6
  • Tabatabaei Ghomi, Hamed, and Stegenga, Jacob (2025): Causal Inference from Clinical ExperiencePhilosophical Studies 182: 445-465.
  • Lidskog, Rolf (2025): From climate facts to climate risks. How the IPCC treats risk and uncertaintyJournal of Risk Research.
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2025.2488392
  • Ortmann, Jakob (2025): Performative PaternalismEuropean Journal of Philosophy of Science. More info
  • Rekker, Roderik (2025): A four-level model of political polarization over science: Evidence from 10 European countriesPublic Understanding of Science: 1-22.
    DOI: 10.1177/09636625241306352
  • Ortmann, Jakob (2025): Of opaque oracles: Epistemic dependence on AI in science poses no novel problems for social epistemologySynthese 205 (2):1-22. More info
    DOI: 10.1007/s11229-025-04930-x
  • Tsai, S-M., Branch, T.Y. , and Rowe, Shawn (2024): Public Perceptions of Ocean Science as Insight into Discovery ScienceJournal of Science Communication 23(07), N04.
    DOI: 10.22323/2.23070804
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Bias in Science Can and Must be ExposedInstitute of Art and Ideas.
  • Metzen, Hanna (2024): Vigilant trust in scientific expertiseEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science, 14: 58.
    DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00619-z
  • Hilligardt, Hannah (2024): Science as public serviceEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science, 14: 45.
    DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00607-3
  • Rechnitzer, Tanja (2024): Verstehen statt Fakten vermitteln: Ein Erkenntnistheoretisches Argument für Dialogbasierte WissenschaftskommunikationIn: Christian, A. and I. Gawel (Eds.), Wissenschaftsleugnung. Fallstudien, philosophische Analysen und Vorschläge zur Wissenschaftskommunikation, De Gruyter, pp. 257-276.
    DOI: 10.1515/9783110788341-012
  • Barimah, George K. (2024): Epistemic Trust in Scientific Experts: A Moral DimensionSci Eng Ethics 30, 21.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11948-024-00489-x
  • Brown, Matthew J., and Stegenga, Jacob (2024): The validity of the argument from inductive riskCanadian Journal of Philosophy: 1-4.
    DOI: 10.1017/can.2023.37
  • Schneider, Mike D., Sogbanmu, Temitope O., Rubin, Hannah, Bortolus, Alejandro, Chukwu, Emelda E., Heesen, Remco, Hewitt, Chad L., Kaufer, Ricardo, Metzen, Hanna, Mitova, Veli, Schwenkenbecher, Anne, Schwindt, Evangelina, Slanickova, Helena, Woolaston, Katie, and Yu, Li-an (2024): Science–policy research collaborations need philosophersNature Human Behaviour 8: 1001-1002.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01892-x
  • Douglas, Heather, and Branch, T.Y. (2024): The social contract for science and the value-free idealSynthese 203: 40.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11229-023-04477-9
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Justifying scientific progressPhilosophy of Science. More info
  • Metzen, Hanna (2024): Objectivity, shared values, and trustSynthese 203: 60.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11229-024-04493-3
  • Brown, Matthew J., and Stegenga, Jacob (2023): The Validity of the Argument from Inductive RiskThe Canadian Journal of Philosophy 53(2): 187.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Fast scienceThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. More info
  • Menon, Tarun, and Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Sisyphean science: why value-freedom is worth pursuingEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science 13 (48): 1-24.
    DOI: 10.1007/s13194-023-00552-7
  • Hilligardt, Hannah (2023): Partisan science and the democratic legitimacy idealSynthese 202: 135.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11229-023-04370-5

Presentations

  • Koskinen, Inkeri (2025): Trust, Reliance, and Objectivity (keynote)Feminist Philosophy of Science – Contemporary Trends and Debates, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
  • El Skaf, Rawad (2025): Thought Experiments and Physics (invited speaker)Thought Experiments and Philosophy, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • El Skaf, Rawad (2025): Climate Scenarios as Thought Experiments (invited speaker)Thought Experiments and Philosophy, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • El Skaf, Rawad (2025): Scenario-Based Climate Change Science and Decision-Making (invited speaker)Kolloquium Philosophie und Wissenschaftsreflexion Sommersemester 2025.
  • El Skaf, Rawad (2025): Post-Growth and the Lack of Diversity in the Scenario Framework (invited speaker)SOCRATES Seminar, Hannover, Germany.
  • El Skaf, Rawad (2025): The routledge handbook of philosophy of scientific modeling (invited speaker)Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas - UNAM, Mexico city, Mexico.
  • Harris, Margherita (2025): From False Precision to Blind Caution (invited speaker)Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Philosophy of Climate Science, University of St Andrews.
  • Harris, Margherita (2025): From Inductive Risk to Quantifauxcation (invited speaker)Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Science, University of Stockholm.
  • Leuschner, Anna (2025): Epistemic Intimidation: How Political Interests Compromise Scientific ResearchGWP.2025, FAU Erlangen.
  • Leuschner, Anna (2025): Science Denial and the Attacks against Scientists: How Political Interests Compromise Trust in Science and Scientific ResearchInvitation Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Groningen.
  • Leuschner, Anna (2025): Misstrauen in die Klimawissenschaften – Komplexe Modelle und epistemische EinschüchterungPodiumsdiskussion mit Romy Jaster und Mathias Frisch, HU Berlin.
  • Rekker, Roderik (2024): Political polarization over facts and science (keynote)Presepctives on Knowledge Resistance, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Miller, Boaz, Record, Isaac (2024): Designing Social Media Technology for Responsible SharingPart of Mitigating the Spread of Misinformation on Social Media: Philosophical and Empirical Perspectives, Society for Philosophy of Technology cognate panel, Philosophy of Science Association, New Orleans, United States.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Proportionality and Inductive Risk in the Fog of War (invited speaker)University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Fast ScienceBiasing Mechanisms in Scientific Research workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Callender, Craig (2024): Public funding disclosurePhilosophy of Science Association Meeting, New Orleans, USA.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Proportionality and Inductive Risk in the Fog of War (plenary lecture)Ukraine Ministry of Science and Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
  • Callender, Craig (2024): When is it okay to ban research (funding)?Philosophy of Science association Meeting, New Orleans, USA.
  • Post, Senja, Alt, Peter-André, Stollorz, Volker, Rechnitzer, Tanja (2024): Honest Broker in der WissenschaftskommunikationForum Wissenschaftskommunikation (Panel Discussion), Urania Berlin, Berlin, Germany. More info
  • Rechnitzer, Tanja (2024): Science Journalism as an Institution of Epistemic Vigilance?SOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Branch, T.Y. (2024): Science Communication and the Evolution of Philosophical Discourse on Values (invited speaker)Knowledge in Crisis conference, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Proportionality and Inductive Risk in the Fog of War (keynote lecture)Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy, Rijeka, Croatia.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Heart of Science (keynote lecture)Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy, Rijeka, Croatia.
  • Leuschner, Anna, Scobel, Gert, Széll, György (2024): Das Ende der Aufklärung? Wissenschaft zwischen Skepsis und Indienstnahme (The end of the Enlightenment? Science between skepticism and enslavement)Osnabrücker Friedensgespräche (Panel Discussion), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany. More info
  • Leuschner, Anna, Fernández Pinto, Manuela (2024): Epistemic Intimidation and Illegitimate Value-Influences in ScienceConference PSA2024, New Orleans.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): The Epistemic Status of Pre-RegistrationThe Royal Society, Workshop on Pre-Registration, London, UK.
  • Andersen, Hanne, Branch, T.Y., Brown, Matthew J., Charbel, El-Hani, Elliott, Kevin (2024): The Nature of Science, Consensus View and Social Contract for Science‘Intersections between Philosophy of Science and Science Education’ (Panel Discussion), The 29th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), New Orleans, USA.
  • Leuschner, Anna (2024): Denial, Distraction, Demoralization: New Agnotological Ploys against Climate ActionColloquium Practical Philosophy, Witten/Herdecke University.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Truth is a Nirvana NormPhilosophy of Science Association, New Orleans, USA.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Deontic Philosophy of ScienceGroningen-Hannover Workshop on Philosophy of Science, Hannover, Germany.
  • Metzen, Hanna (2024): The extent of engagement in transparency requirements and its effects on trust in scientific expertiseXXVI. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Judging Science (invited speaker)Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Judging Science (invited speaker)Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Judging Science (invited speaker)Groningen University, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Judging ScienceInter-University Centre Annual Philosophy of Science Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Judging Science (invited speaker)Philosophy of Science Colloquium (Vitforum), Trondheim, Norway. .
  • Metzen, Hanna (2024): Vigilant trust in scientific expertiseConference of the European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Branch, T.Y. (2024): Communicating Uncertainty and Error in Science‘Distrust in Expertise: How to Counter Anti-scientific Behavior’ (Panel Discussion), XXV World Congress of Philosophy, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Medical Nihilism, Five Years On (invited speaker)Università Degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Medical Nihilism, Five Years On (invited speaker)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Hilligardt, Hannah (2024): Introducing institutional context into the inductive risk debateAnnual Conference of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS), University of York, York, UK.
  • Prince, Ilvie (2024): The Limits of Pragmatic Medicine: A Case Study of Treating PMS and PMDD with Oral ContraceptivesSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Callender, Craig (2024): Defending the University from Agents of Disinformation: Practical StepsSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Rechnitzer, Tanja (2024): The Franxini-Project. Weaving knowledges well: Opportunities and ChallengesEnabling Diverse Knowledges workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Brown, Matthew J. (2024): Reconfiguring the Science-Society Interface: From Trust in Science to Policy as InquirySOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Callender, Craig (2024): When Is It Okay to Ban Research (Funding)?Models And Trust workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Metzen, Hanna (2024): Objectivity, shared values, and trust – a pluralist perspective on trust in science (invited speaker)IZWT-Colloquium, Bergische University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
  • Brown, Matthew J. (2024): Values ≠ Biases: A Pragmatist Approach to Bias in ScienceBiasing Mechanisms in Scientific Research workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Furman, Katherine (2024): Distrusting Science with All the FeelsSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Hilligardt, Hannah (2024): Certificatory ScienceSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Branch, T.Y. (2024): Values in Science and their Conceptual alignment with Science Communication ModelsSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Koskinen, Inkeri (2024): Oral History as Legal Evidence and Conflicting Demands for ObjectivityPractices of Storytelling and Indigenous Epistemologies workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Watene, Krushil (2024): Pūrākau as Philosophy and Some ImplicationsPractices of Storytelling and Indigenous Epistemologies workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Hendriks, Friederike (2024): Trust in Citizen ScienceSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): ‘The Drug Worked for Me’ … but did it? (invited speaker)Philosophy of Psychiatry Seminar, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): ‘The Drug Worked for Me’ … but did it? (invited speaker)Social, Ethical, and Deontological Problems of Modern Medicine, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): ‘The Drug Worked for Me’ … but did it? (invited speaker)Philosophy of Medicine: New Approaches, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Metzen, Hanna (2024): Just be Transparent about your Values? – The Extent of Engagement in Transparency Requirements and its Effect on Trust in Scientific ExpertiseSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Rechnitzer, Tanja (2024): New Intermediaries in Science Communication (invited speaker)Gatekeeping in Science workshop, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Rechnitzer, Tanja (2024): New Intermediaries in Science CommunicationSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Koskinen, Inkeri (2024): Unifying the Notion of ObjectivitySOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Norms of Scientific Assertion (invited speaker)Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Branch, T.Y. (2024): Epistemic landscapes of public science communication and implications for vaccine hesitancy (invited speaker)Vaccine Ethics & Epistemology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Fast Science (keynote speaker)Biasing Mechanisms in Scientific Research, Hannover, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Fast Science (invited speaker)Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Hilligardt, Hannah (2024): Science as public servicePhilosophy of Science and the turn to Society workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Deontic philosophy of sciencePhilosophy of Science and the turn to Society workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Prince, Ilvie (2024): The epistemic risks of regulation, side effect reporting and the risk of wishful speakingPhilosophy of Science and the turn to Society workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Furman, Katherine (2024): Distrusting medicine with all the feelsPhilosophy of Science and the turn to Society workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2024): Prise praise and prize from priorityBielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
  • Roussos, Joe (2024): A Virtue Approach to Managing Expert DisagreementGRK2073 Research colloquium, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Cologna, Viktoria (2024): Trust in Scientists and their Role in Society: A Global Assessment in 67 CountriesSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Khosrowi, Donal (2023): Can Generative AI Produce Evidence or Expert Judgement?SOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Mncube, Zinhle (2023): The Credibility of Race as a Predictor in Medical AlgorithmsSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Sisyphean science: why value-freedom is worth pursuingUniversity of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
  • Barimah, George K. (2023): Distrust in Scientific Expert Testimony: A Case of Testimonial InjusticeSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Evans, Robert (2023): Virtual Diversity: Navigating the Tensions between Standpoint Epistemology and Democratising ScienceSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Furman, Katherine (2023): The Epistemology of Health RumoursSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Branch, T.Y. (2023): Science Reporting: does Science Journalism exemplify Scientific Testimony?SOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Wilholt, Torsten (2023): Symmetries and Asymmetries in Epistemic Risk ManagementSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Prise Praise and Prize from Priority (invited speaker)Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Norms of Scientific AssertionSOCRATES Seminar, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. More info
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Fast Science (invited speaker)Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Causal inference from clinical experienceCentre for Mental Health, Human Rights, and Social Justice, Essex University, Colchester, UK.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Norms of scientific assertionUniversity of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Fast scienceBielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Sisyphean science: why value-freedom is worth pursuing (keynote)Danish National Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Stegenga, Jacob (2023): Communicating numbersGraduate School of Health Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Hilligardt, Hannah (2023): Partisan science and the democratic legitimacy ideal (invited speaker)Objectivity, Trust and Values in Science Workshop, Cambridge (UK).
  • Rechnitzer, Tanja (2023): Scholars, advocates, activists – What role(s) and responsibilities do philosophers have?Institute of Philosophy Colloquium, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Podcasts

  • Löwenstein, David, and Rechnitzer, Tanja (2023): Existenz des UniversumsMitgedacht! Der denXte-Podcast zu euren philosophischen Fragen, Staffel 2, Episode 3, 7. More info
  • Löwenstein, David, and Rechnitzer, Tanja (2023): KI in BehördenMitgedacht! Der denXte-Podcast zu euren philosophischen Fragen, Staffel 2, Episode 2, 9. More info
  • Löwenstein, David, and Rechnitzer, Tanja (2023): Sich sicher seinMitgedacht! Der denXte-Podcast zu euren philosophischen Fragen, Staffel 2, Episode 1, 12. More info

Event Organisation

  • Rechnitzer, Tanja, Rolffs, Matthias (2024): Philosophie und Klima-Aktivismus [Philosophy and Climate-Activism] PanelSustainability Working Group, Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie, Münster, Germany.