Project team
Catarina Dutilh Novaes
Principal investigator
Catarina Dutilh Novaes is Professor of Reasoning and Argumentation (University Research Chair) at the Philosophy Department of VU Amsterdam, and Professorial Fellow at Arché, St. Andrews. She has broad philosophical interests, including history and philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, reasoning and cognition, argumentation, social epistemology, among others. Her work is characterized by a 'synthetic' approach to philosophy, where findings from other disciplines are brought to bear on philosophical questions.
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Elias Anttila
PhD researcher
Elias has an MPhil in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Philosophy of Science from the LSE. They specialise in political epistemology and epistemic oppression, and also have interests in critical discourse analysis and intersections between expertise and democracy.
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ÇaÄŸlar Dede
Postdoctoral researcher
ÇaÄŸlar has background in economics (BA), philosophy of economics (MA), and philosophy of science with a focus on social dimensions of science and evidence based policymaking (PhD). He is currently working on the social epistemology of sciences and the theories of argumentation applicable to the analysis of science and informed decision-making.
Hein Duijf
Postdoctoral researcher
Hein has a PhD in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence from Utrecht University and a BSc and MSc in Mathematics from the Radboud University Nijmegen. He takes inspiration from behavioural sciences (including social psychology, economics, and social sciences) and agent-based models to explore and study the mechanisms that affect the epistemic risks and potential benefits of group deliberation.
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Merel Talbi
PhD researcher
Merel has a background in political science, comparative literature, and philosophy. She is currently working on epistemic diversity, but has a broader interest in critical theory, democratic theory, and social class.
| m.m.talbi [at] vu [dot] nl
Silvia Ivani
Postdoctoral researcher
Silvia Ivani obtained her PhD in Philosophy of Science at Tilburg University. Her interests lie in feminist philosophy of science, social epistemology, and experimental philosophy. Her research focuses on questions about expertise, trust, and public engagement in science.
Friends of the project
César Frederico
Dos Santos
PhD researcher in Philosophy, VU Amsterdam
Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, Virtues and Vices in Mathematics
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Eindhoven University of Technology
Thirza Lagewaard
PhD candidate in Philosophy, VU Amsterdam
Advisory board
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham
Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
Professor of Philosophy, Lund University
Researcher, Instituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Rome
Professor of Legal Informatics and Legal Argumentation, University of Groningen and Senior Lecturer of Information and Computer Sciences, Utrecht University
Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam