Karen Crowther
https://karencrowther.space/
Karen Crowther Is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo. She is specialized in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of physics.
She is interested in the nature of fundamental physical theories, as well as the idea of emergent physics, and the relationship between these different `levels’ of description. Much of her research has focused on effective field theory, spacetime and quantum gravity.
Her current work explores the roles of principles and other non-empirical guides to scientific theory construction and evaluation. In particular, she is looking at the different non-empirical guides involved in the search for quantum gravity.
She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva 2016-2019; before this, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in 2015. While (and after) finishing her thesis, she spent some time visiting and teaching at the University of Cambridge. Prior to this, she completed a BA (Hons) in philosophy and a BSc (Hons) in theoretical physics at Monash University, Clayton
https://karencrowther.space/
Karen Crowther Is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo. She is specialized in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of physics.
She is interested in the nature of fundamental physical theories, as well as the idea of emergent physics, and the relationship between these different `levels’ of description. Much of her research has focused on effective field theory, spacetime and quantum gravity.
Her current work explores the roles of principles and other non-empirical guides to scientific theory construction and evaluation. In particular, she is looking at the different non-empirical guides involved in the search for quantum gravity.
She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva 2016-2019; before this, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in 2015. While (and after) finishing her thesis, she spent some time visiting and teaching at the University of Cambridge. Prior to this, she completed a BA (Hons) in philosophy and a BSc (Hons) in theoretical physics at Monash University, Clayton
Christian Wüthrich
https://www.wuthrich.net/
He is an associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Geneva. His current research focuses on the philosophical foundations of quantum gravity. More generally, he works on the philosophy of physics, which heavily intrudes into metaphysics and general philosophy of science. Specifically, He works on space and time, time travel, persistence, identity, laws of nature, determinism, and causation.
https://www.wuthrich.net/
He is an associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Geneva. His current research focuses on the philosophical foundations of quantum gravity. More generally, he works on the philosophy of physics, which heavily intrudes into metaphysics and general philosophy of science. Specifically, He works on space and time, time travel, persistence, identity, laws of nature, determinism, and causation.
Vera Sinha
Vera Sinha is an anthropologist, linguist and social scientist, who seeks to understand how the human mind is shaped by culture and language. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of East Anglia, and she have Master’s degrees in Anthropology and International Criminal Justice. She has worked with different indigenous communities in Brazil, and she is passionate about understanding different cultures, their languages, worldviews and what we can learn from them. Her research topics innovatively combine theories and methods from anthropology, linguistics and cognitive psychology. This interdisciplinary approach informs leading-edge research into the cultural diversity of human cognition, and also contributes to culture and language documentation and revitalization in the communities involved in the research. Her research topics are built upon her experience in field research and indigenous community engagement in South America. The major focus of her recent work has been on time and number and she is currently developing new research directions such as environment and ecological cognition, indigenous teaching and learning, ethnomathematics, autobiographical and collective narrative.
She gave a TedX talk “What is Event-Based Time?” in 2019, and her research also featured in 2019 in the podcast series “About Time” produced by the Norwegian App company “Timely”. She is co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Language and Culture. She has published to date 18 articles and books, including (as lead editor) the volume Language, Culture and Identity - Signs of Life published in 2020 by John Benjamins. She has given 9 invited presentations. She has designed and delivered workshops related to fieldwork, documentation research and community engagement, and organised several conferences, both as the main organiser and conference organisation committee member.
Vera Sinha is an anthropologist, linguist and social scientist, who seeks to understand how the human mind is shaped by culture and language. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of East Anglia, and she have Master’s degrees in Anthropology and International Criminal Justice. She has worked with different indigenous communities in Brazil, and she is passionate about understanding different cultures, their languages, worldviews and what we can learn from them. Her research topics innovatively combine theories and methods from anthropology, linguistics and cognitive psychology. This interdisciplinary approach informs leading-edge research into the cultural diversity of human cognition, and also contributes to culture and language documentation and revitalization in the communities involved in the research. Her research topics are built upon her experience in field research and indigenous community engagement in South America. The major focus of her recent work has been on time and number and she is currently developing new research directions such as environment and ecological cognition, indigenous teaching and learning, ethnomathematics, autobiographical and collective narrative.
She gave a TedX talk “What is Event-Based Time?” in 2019, and her research also featured in 2019 in the podcast series “About Time” produced by the Norwegian App company “Timely”. She is co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Language and Culture. She has published to date 18 articles and books, including (as lead editor) the volume Language, Culture and Identity - Signs of Life published in 2020 by John Benjamins. She has given 9 invited presentations. She has designed and delivered workshops related to fieldwork, documentation research and community engagement, and organised several conferences, both as the main organiser and conference organisation committee member.
Chris Sinha
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris-Sinha
Honorary Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, Visiting Professor at Southwest University, Chongqing, China, Associate Researcher at the University of Lisbon and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. He gained his BA in Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex and his doctorate at the University of Utrecht. Chris has taught in departments of Education, Psychology, and Language and Communication, in Brazil, Britain, China, Denmark, India and the Netherlands.
He is Past President (2005-2007) of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association and Past President (2011-2013) of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association; Founding General Editor of the journal Language and Cognition (published by Cambridge University Press); and a member of four international journal editorial boards and three book series editorial boards.
Chris's central research interest is in the relations between language, cognition and culture, and a main aim of his research is to integrate cognitive linguistic with socio-cultural approaches to language and communication. He is experienced in field experimental and observational methods in human communication and human development. He has published widely in many disciplines, including anthropology, linguistics, education, evolutionary biology, connection science, as well as developmental and cultural psychology.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris-Sinha
Honorary Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, Visiting Professor at Southwest University, Chongqing, China, Associate Researcher at the University of Lisbon and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. He gained his BA in Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex and his doctorate at the University of Utrecht. Chris has taught in departments of Education, Psychology, and Language and Communication, in Brazil, Britain, China, Denmark, India and the Netherlands.
He is Past President (2005-2007) of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association and Past President (2011-2013) of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association; Founding General Editor of the journal Language and Cognition (published by Cambridge University Press); and a member of four international journal editorial boards and three book series editorial boards.
Chris's central research interest is in the relations between language, cognition and culture, and a main aim of his research is to integrate cognitive linguistic with socio-cultural approaches to language and communication. He is experienced in field experimental and observational methods in human communication and human development. He has published widely in many disciplines, including anthropology, linguistics, education, evolutionary biology, connection science, as well as developmental and cultural psychology.
David Yates
https://www.kdyates.com/
David Yates is from Denbigh, North Wales. He studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Liverpool University (93-96), and did his MPhil and PhD at King’s College London (96-98 and 02-06).
He held temporary lectureships at KCL and Sheffield, and postdocs at the Institute of Philosophy, KCL, and Oxford, before arriving at beautiful Lisbon, where he was an FCT Researcher. He specializes in Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Mind, with a lot of teaching experience in all of them. He publishes primarily on powers, causation, emergence, realization and related topics at the intersection of metaphysics and the philosophies of science and mind.
https://www.kdyates.com/
David Yates is from Denbigh, North Wales. He studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Liverpool University (93-96), and did his MPhil and PhD at King’s College London (96-98 and 02-06).
He held temporary lectureships at KCL and Sheffield, and postdocs at the Institute of Philosophy, KCL, and Oxford, before arriving at beautiful Lisbon, where he was an FCT Researcher. He specializes in Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Mind, with a lot of teaching experience in all of them. He publishes primarily on powers, causation, emergence, realization and related topics at the intersection of metaphysics and the philosophies of science and mind.