Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society

People

Academic

Prof Nancy Cartwright	CHESS Co-Director
Prof Robin Hendry	CHESS Co-Director
Prof Peter Vickers	CHESS Co-Director

Steering Group

Dr Jana Bacevic	Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
Dr Greg Lusk	Department of Philosophy
Dr Joseph D Martin	Associate Professor (History of Science and Technology) in the Department of History
Dr Katherine Puddifoot	Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy
Dr Sarah Wieten	Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy

Support

Administrator (CHESS)	Email: admin.chess@durham.ac.uk
Emma Gardiner: Administrator (EURiCA Project)	Email: emma.gardiner@durham.ac.uk

Research Students

Sam Colclough

Sam is currently studying an interdisciplinary PhD in Sociology with Philosophy. His research uses the scientific response to COVID-19 in the UK as a site for understanding how the production of scientific knowledge is politically mediated, with a particular focus on the ways and extent to which politics became embedded in the knowledge claims made by the UK scientific advisory community during the pandemic. Prior to studying for a PhD, Sam worked as a parliamentary assistant to a Labour MP and spent three years at the University of Liverpool in an impact role.

Alexandre Fonseca

Alexandre holds a BA in Law from the Franciscan University (Brazil), as well as a BA and a MA in Philosophy from the Federal University of Santa Maria (Brazil). He published papers on Philosophy of Law and Philosophy of Science. His general research interests are in the fields of Legal Theory, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences and Philosophy of Economics. Currently, his doctoral research focuses on the relationship between micro and macro patterns in Economics and Social Sciences.

Cat Gillen (EURiCA project)

Cat is a PhD student within the EURiCA project (Exploring Uncertainty and Risk in Contemporary Astrobiology). She has an MA in Logic and Philosophy of Science from the MCMP, Munich and is currently researching uncertainties inherent in biosignatures in the face of their abiotic mimics.

Associate Members

Prof. Catherine Alexander	Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Durham University
Prof. Deryck Beyleveld	Professor of Durham Law School Member of Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) Member of the Human Rights Centre
Emeritus Prof. David S. Byrne	Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology Fellow in the Durham Research Methods Centre
Jeremy Clarke CBE	National Adviser, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) & DWP Consultant Adviser to New Economy Email: therapy@just-therapy-practice.com
Dr Nick Cowen	Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln Email: ncowen@lincoln.ac.uk
Professor Sharon Crasnow	Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Norco College, California Email: crasnow@norcocollege.edu
Professor Sarah Elizabeth Curtis	Professor in the Department of Geography, Durham University Principal Investigator in the Tipping Points Research Project Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
Professor Douglas James Davies	Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion Member in the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Email: douglas.davies@durham.ac.uk
Professor Matthew Daniel Eddy	Professor in the Department of Philosophy Member of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture Member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Email: m.d.eddy@durham.ac.uk
Professor Yulia Egorova	ORCID profile Professor in the Department of Anthropology Member in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Email: yulia.egorova@durham.ac.uk
Florian Fischer	Research Associate, University of Siegen Areas of specialization: Laws of Nature, Dispositions, Persistence Email: fischer@uni-siegen.de
Dr Katherine Furman	Lecturer in Philosophy, Politics & Economics, University of Liverpool Email: furman@liverpool.ac.uk Katherine is the Philosophy, Politics and Economics lecturer at the University of Liverpool. She is a Philosopher of Public Policy, who works mostly on health policy cases.
Dr Peter Garratt	Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies Email: peter.garratt@durham.ac.uk
Dr Philip Goff	Associate Professor/Deputy Director of Phil MA/Tutor Manager in the Department of Philosophy Contact: Dr Philip Goff
Professor Mathew Guest	Professor in the Sociology of Religion in the Department of Theology and Religion Chaplain (Quaker) in the Chaplains Email: m.j.guest@durham.ac.uk
Jeremy Hardie	Research associate, CPNSS, LSE Former Chair of WH Smith, Loch Fyne Restaurants and the Centre for Economic Policy Research Email: hardiejeremy@hotmail.com
Prof Steve Higgins	Researcher ID profile ORCID profile Professor in the School of Education Fellow in the Durham Research Methods Centre Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Email: s.e.higgins@durham.ac.uk
Professor Simon James	Personal web page Professor in the Department of English Studies Email: s.j.james@durham.ac.uk
Dr Donal Khosrowi	Postdoctoral researcher, Leibniz University Hannover Email: khosrowi@philos.uni-hannover.de
Marie-Helene Labbe	Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Email: Labbemh@gmail.com
Dr Christopher Lawless	ORCID profile Personal web page Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology Email: c.j.lawless@durham.ac.uk
Jessica Lee	PhD Candidate and Junior Researcher at the Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), University of Cape Town, South Africa Email: Jessica@csag.uct.ac.za
Dr Greg Lusk	Department of Philsophy, Durham University Email: gregory.lusk@durham.ac.uk
Professor Jane Macnaughton	Professor of Medical Humanities in the Department of Anthropology Research Associate in the Department of English Studies Deputy to the Vice-Provost (Research) in the Vice-Chancellor's Office Former Director of the Institute for Medical Humanities Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Email: jane.macnaughton@durham.ac.uk
Professor Holger Maehle	Professor/Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy Professor, History of Medicine and Disease in the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
Dr Joseph D. Martin	Assistant Professor (History of Science and Technology) in the Department of History, Durham University Email: joseph.d.martin@durham.ac.uk
Dr Coreen McGuire	ORCID profile Lecturer (Twentieth-Century British History) in the Department of History, Durham University Email: coreen.mcguire@durham.ac.uk
Dr James Miller	ORCID profile Personal web page Assistant Professor/Nat Science advisor and Exam Board Rep/Seminar Organiser in the Department of Philosophy Contact: Dr James Miller
Prof Eleonora Montuschi	Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy, University of Venice Ca' Foscari and Coordinator/PI, Inclusive science and European democracies (ISEED -960366) https://iseedeurope.eu Her area of expertise is in the philosophy of science and social science. She works on objectivity, the theory and practice of evidence, and methodological issues of the social sciences. Email: e.montuschi@lse.ac.uk
Tamlyn Munslow	Tamlyn was a CHESS/K4U PhD student on the ERC funded K4U project and is interested in whether evidence-based intervention and evaluation in fact harm the pursuit of knowledge for equitable policymaking.
Professor Paul D. Murray	Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Theology and Religion Member of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture Member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Email: paul.murray@durham.ac.uk
Professor Shaun Pattinson	Researcher ID profile ORCID profile Professor of Medical Law and Ethics in Durham Law School Member of Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) Member of the Human Rights Centre Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Email: s.d.pattinson@durham.ac.uk
Dr William Peden	Posdoctoral Researcher, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
John Pemberton	AHRC sponsored PhD student in Philosophy, Durham University Project Team Member of the Society for the Philosophy of Time (SPoT) Email: john.m.pemberton@durham.ac.uk
Dr Menno Rol	Lecturer, University of Groningen Email: e.g.m.rol@rug.nl
Fanidh Senanta Sanogo	PhD student, University of Cape Town Email: sngsen004@myuct.ac.za
Doug Scott	Managing Director, What You See Is All There Is Ltd Holder, Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion, Lifetime Achievement Award Email: doug@wysiati.co.uk
Professor Leonard A Smith	Research Professor, Department of Statistics, London School of Economics Director, Centre for the Analysis of Time Series (CATS), London School of Economics Member of Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, University of Oxford
Professor Robert Song	Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion Member of Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) Email: robert.song@durham.ac.uk
Dr Waney Squier	Honorary Clinical lecturer, University of Oxford Email: squier@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Professor Veronica Strang	ORCID profile Member of the Department of Anthropology Email: veronica.strang@durham.ac.uk
Pieter Streicher	Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
Dr Emily Thomas	Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy Member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Fellow of University College Email: emily.e.thomas@durham.ac.uk
Professor Patricia Waugh	Leader of Work Package 5 in Tipping Points Research Project Email: p.n.waugh@durham.ac.uk
Dr Peter West	Teaching Fellow in the Department of Philosophy Contact: Dr Peter West
Professor Alison Wylie	Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia Personal web page Email: alison.wylie@ubc.ca