| Current Positions |
Postdoctoral
Fellow of Ghent University
Member of the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy, New York University, USA |
| Previous Positions |
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation (FWO),
Belgium (2004-2010)
Visiting Fellow at CEPERC and GREQAM, Université de Provence, France (2010) Visiting Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Konstanz Universität, Germany (2009-10) Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London (2007) Visiting Fellow at Rationalités Contemporaines (Université Paris IV Sorbonne) and Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris (2006-07) Postdoctoral Fellow of Ghent University (2003-04) Research Assistant of the Research Foundation (FWO), Belgium (1999-2003) Researcher on project Functional and Teleological explanations. A Philosophical Analysis funded by the Research Foundation (FWO) (1999) |
| Education | Ph.D. (Philosophy): Ghent University (2003)
M.A. (Contemporary History): Ghent
University and Universidad de
Salamanca (1998)
Academic teacher training (Philosophy): Ghent University (1997) M.A. (Philosophy): Ghent University (1996) |
| Supervising Projects | Co-supervisor of the research project: 'A pragmatic theory of scientific explanation' (FWO, 2009-2012) Co-supervisor of the research project: ‘Interdisciplinarity, causation and explanatory pluralism in the biomedical sciences.’ (FWO, 2007-2010) Co-supervisor of Laszlo Kosolosky's PhD-project: 'Science, expertise and democracy.' (2010-2013) Co-supervisor of Raoul Gervais’ PhD-project: ‘Development of a pragmatic theory of scientific explanation in biology and psychology.’ (2009-2012) Co-supervisor of Jan De Winter's PhD-project: 'The exclusion of social groups and their perspectives from the scientific debate: problems and remedies.' (2009-2013) Co-supervisor of Rogier De Langhe’s PhD-project: ‘A model-based approach to problems in the philosophy of social science.’ (2006-2010) - degree obtained on 19 April 2010. |
| Organising
Conferences and Workshops |
The Social Sciences and Democracy:
a Philosophy of Science Perspective. International Congress (Ghent
University, 28-30 September 2006).
CENSS 2002: International Congress. Causation and Explanation in the Natural and Social Sciences (Ghent University, 15-18 May 2002) (co-organised with Erik Weber and Robrecht Vanderbeeken). Workshop Science versus Democracy? (Ghent University, 10 June 2011). Workshop Economic Models of Scientific Methodology (Ghent University, 2 May 2011). Workshop Science and Social Movements. Communicating Facts Across Expert Communities (VUB Brussels, Belgium, 27 September 2006) (co-organised with Pieter Dehon and Sabina Leonelli). 3rd workshop of The Dutch-Flemish Network for Philosophy of Science and Technology: Explanation in Science and Technology (Ravenstein, The Netherlands, 9-10 December 2004). |