Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS)

Prof Nancy Cartwright conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

We are thrilled to share the news that CHESS co-Director, Prof Nancy Cartwright has been conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, along with 83 other leading social scientists.

To view the full list and for more information please visit: http://www.acss.org.uk/news/eighty-four-leading-social-scientists-conferred-fellows-academy-social-sciences/

(24 Oct 2016)

Research Opportunity: PhD Position in Philosophy at Durham University working with Prof Nancy Cartwright, Prof Julian Reiss and Dr Wendy Parker

The Department of Philosophy at Durham University and the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) are inviting applications for a full-time, three-year PhD studentship in the new field of philosophy of social technology, starting in October, 2017, for work with the on-going European Research Council-funded project, Knowledge for Use: Making the Most of Social Science to Build Better Policies (K4U), for which you can find a description below. The studentship offers the opportunity to work with an exciting team of philosophers and social scientists from Durham, the London School of Economics and Ca' Foscari University, Venice. Primary supervisors would be Nancy Cartwright, Julian Reiss, and Wendy Parker.

For more information and how to apply - please visit https://www.dur.ac.uk/k4u/vacancies/

(26 Sep 2016)

CHESS co-Director, Prof Julian Reiss in The Washington Post

CHESS co-Director, Prof Julian Reiss features in a recent article in The Washington Post. The article, entitled 'Scientists published climate research under fake names. Then they were caught' tells the story of the scientists briefly known as Den Volokin and Lark ReLlez who thought they had found something big in climate research but under pseudonyms.

Read the full article here https://goo.gl/a6Qtgd

(20 Sep 2016)

CHESS co-Director, Prof Nancy Cartwright named as one of 'The 50 Most Influential Living Philosophers'

We are thrilled that CHESS co-Director, Nancy Cartwright has been named as one of the 'The 50 Most Influential Living Philosophers' by TheBestSchools.org

See the full list here http://www.thebestschools.org/features/most-influential-living-philosophers/

(25 Aug 2016)

Prof Nancy Cartwright to deliver the 2017 Carus Lectures

CHESS Director, Prof Nancy Cartwright will deliver the 2017 Carus Lectures at the 2017 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meeting in Seattle, WA.

The Carus Lectures are a series of three lectures presented over three consecutive days in prominent sessions at a divisional meeting of the APA. The Carus Lectures, which are named in honor of Paul Carus, began in 1925, when the first set of lectures was delivered by John Dewey.

For more information visit http://www.apaonline.org/news/274121/Prof.-Nancy-Cartwright-to-deliver-the-2017-Carus-Lectures.htm

(18 Feb 2016)