Fellows may present their own work and receive focused feedback or engage with the work of visiting speakers relevant to the Centre’s mission.
As an alternative to research talks, the weekly seminar will occasionally take the form of brainstorming or explorative meetings consisting of very short pitches for research ideas followed by extensive, longer discussions. This format is hoped to foster novel interdisciplinary research projects.
Winter Semester 2025/26
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02.10.2025 | 11:00 | Welcome Session for new and current fellows | All SOCRATES members welcome! Joint lunch from 12:30 p.m. |
| 09.10.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Francesco Nappo | Enhancing Scenario Assessment through Decomposition: An Epistemological Perspective |
16.10.2025 Venue change: Room 302, LL 32 | 10:15-11:45 | Torsten Wilholt | Facts and Opinions |
| 23.10.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Jon Leefmann | Public Trust in Science and the Containment of Unwarranted Distrust |
| 30.10.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Alfred Moore (University of York) | Transparency in Expert Advisory Processes: How much, what kind, and to what end? |
| 06.11.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Doohyun Sung (Leibniz University Hannover) & HyeJeong Han (Jeju National University) | Persistence is Futile: On Pursuit and Futility Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research |
| 13.11.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Mathias Frisch | Modeling Decisions: Are Integrated Assessment Models Models? |
| 20.11.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Julie Zahle | Triangulation with Data Sources in Qualitative Research |
| 27.11.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Nils Bienzeisler (IPN – Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik) | Instrumentalization of Epistemic Truths? |
| 04.12.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Roderik Rekker | Policy Advocacy by Scientists and the Politicization of Trust in Science |
| 11.12.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Alice Wheatley | Science Communication and the Value of Understanding |
| 08.01.2026 | 10:15-11:45 | Brainstorming Session | Join us to discuss ideas and future directions for SOCRATES! |
| 15.01.2026 | 10:15-11:45 | Ezgi Sertler | Institutional Neutrality: Problems, Commitments, Concerns |
| 22.01.2026 | 10:15-11:45 | Nicola Mößner | Science Tracking: The Loss of Scientific Autonomy |
| 29.01.2026 | 10:15-11:45 | Anke Bueter & Torsten Wilholt | CANCELLED Is the Value-Free Ideal Pursuitworthy? |
| 05.02.2026 | 11:00-12:30 Time change! | Malvina Ongaro | Facing Conflicting Principles in the Management of Natural Risks |
| 12.02.2026 | 10:15-11:45 | Gabriel Târziu | Adaptation, Mitigation, and Trust in Climate Services |
Summer Semester 2025
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.04.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Joe Roussos | Stay Humble: Navigating the Tension between Humility and Helpfulness for Expert Advisors |
10.04.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Jakob Ortmann | Performative Paternalism |
17.04.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Justin Biddle | Managing Values in AI: Industrial Selection and the EU AI Act |
| 24.04.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Joyce Havstad | The Selection of Scientific Methods |
| 01.05.2025 | Labour Day - no seminar | ||
08.05.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Heather Douglas | Science Funding Structures |
15.05.2025 | No seminar | ||
22.05.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Doohyun (Richard) Sung | On Regulatory Approvals Qua Organizational Speech Acts: A Pragmatist Analysis |
29.05.2025 | Ascension Day - no seminar | ||
05.06.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | David Peterson | Metascience and the Fragility of Scientific Fields |
12.06.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Tyler DesRoches | My Grudges Against Nudges |
19.06.2025 | No seminar - Workshop "Trust and Credibility in the Psychological Sciences: Beyond Replication" | ||
| 26.06.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Philipp Haueis | Values and Goals in Science |
| 03.07.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Rebecca Korf | Investigating the Social-Epistemic Effects of Transparency |
| 10.07.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Kevin Elliott | Examining the Loom: An Institutional Approach to Science and Values |
| 17.07.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Bennett Holman | There is no such Thing as Science |
Winter Semester 2024/25
| Date | Time | Speaker(s) | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
17.09.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Boaz Miller & Isaac Record | Knowing When to Stop Looking on the Internet |
| 26.09.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Roderik Rekker | Political polarization over facts and science |
| 10.10.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Rolf Lidskog | Environmental Expertise for Social Transformation: Meanings, Roles, and Expectations |
| 17.10.2024 | 10:30-12:00 (Welcome Session from 10:00-10:30) | T.Y. Branch | The Nature of Science, Consensus View and Social Contract for Science in Science Education |
| 30.10.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Annette Leßmöllmann | (De-)Constructing Epistemic Authority: A Case Study |
| 31.10.2024 | Public holiday - no seminar | ||
| 07.11.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Faik Kurtulmus | The Good Informant Account of Epistemic Trust |
| 14.11.2024 | PSA break - no seminar | ||
| 21.11.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Margherita Harris | Beyond Inductive Risk: Unravelling the Equivocations and Misconceptions Hiding Quantifauxcation |
| 28.11.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Emily Parke | Predator-Free New Zealand Is Not Really About a Predator-Free New Zealand: Invasion Concepts, Values, and Local Contexts |
| 05.12.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Tanja Rechnitzer | Science Journalism as an Institution of Epistemic Vigilance |
| 19.12.2024 | 08:00-09:30 | Alex Broadbent | When To Follow The Science |
| 09.01.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Anna Leuschner | Epistemic Intimidation |
| 16.01.2025 | No seminar | ||
| 23.01.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Rawad El Skaf | Post-Growth and the Lack of Diversity in the Scenario Framework |
| 30.01.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Guest speaker: Jens O. Zinn (University of Melbourne) | People’s Responses to Risky Uncertainty and the Confidence-Trust-Nexus |
| 06.02.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | George Barimah | Assessing the Institutional Trustworthiness of Public Health Agencies |
| 13.02.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Teemu Lari | The variety of consensus and the epistemic trustworthiness of experts’ claims |
| 20.02.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Quill Kukla | Healthism, Neurodiversity, and Respectability Politics |
| 27.02.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Hanna Metzen | Trust Networks: Trusting Science, Trusting the Media |
Summer Semester 2024
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
11.04.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Inkeri Koskinen | Unifying the Notion of Objectivity |
18.04.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Tanja Rechnitzer | New Intermediaries in Science Communication |
| 25.04.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Hanna Metzen | Just be Transparent about your Values? – The Extent of Engagement in Transparency Requirements and its Effect on Trust in Scientific Expertise |
| 02.05.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Friederike Hendriks | Trust in Citizen Science |
09.05.2024 |
| No seminar - Public holiday (Ascension Day) | |
16.05.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | T.Y. Branch | Values in Science and their Conceptual alignment with Science Communication Models |
23.05.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Hannah Hilligardt | Certificatory Science |
30.05.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Katherine Furman | Distrusting Science with All the Feels |
06.06.2024 |
| No seminar - optional: Workshop on "Models and Trust" | |
13.06.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Matt Brown | Reconfiguring the Science-Society Interface: From Trust in Science to Policy as Inquiry |
20.06.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Craig Callender | Defending the University from Agents of Disinformation: Practical Steps |
| 27.06.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Lisa Herzog | The Paradox of Institutional Trust |
| 04.07.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Ilvie Prince | The Limits of Pragmatic Medicine: A Case Study of Treating PMS and PMDD with Oral Contraceptives |
Winter Semester 2023/24
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
19.10.2023 | 12:15-13:45 | Torsten Wilholt | Symmetries and Asymmetries in Epistemic Risk Management |
26.10.2023 | 12:15-13:45 | T.Y. Branch | Science Reporting: does Science Journalism exemplify Scientific Testimony? |
02.11.2023 | 12:15-13:45 | Jacob Stegenga | |
09.11.2023 | 12:15-13:45 | Katherine Furman | The Epistemology of Health Rumours |
16.11.2023 | 12:15-13:45 | Robert Evans | Virtual Diversity: Navigating the Tensions between Standpoint Epistemology and Democratising Science |
23.11.2023 | 12:15-13:45 | George Barimah | Distrust in Scientific Expert Testimony: A Case of Testimonial Injustice |
30.11.2023 |
| No seminar - Optional: Workshop on Model Transfer and its Challenges in Science | |
05.12.2023 Day and room change! | 12:15-13:45 | Zinhle Mncube | The Credibility of Race as a Predictor in Medical Algorithms |
14.12.2023 | 12:15-13:45 | Donal Khosrowi | Can Generative AI Produce Evidence or Expert Judgement? |
11.01.2024 | 12:15-13:45 | Viktoria Cologna | Trust in Scientists and their Role in Society: A Global Assessment in 67 Countries |
18.01.2024 | 14:30-15:40 | Joe Roussos | A Virtue Approach to Managing Expert Disagreement Talk held at the GRK2073 colloquium |
