10 Jan
2023
10 Jan
'23
4:29 p.m.
Call for Applications (Deadline: March 15, 2023)
Climate Science:
Historical, Philosophical and Sociological Issues
univie: summer school Scientific World Conceptions (USS-SWC)
Vienna, July 1019, 2023
Since 2001, the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle hold an
annual summer school dedicated to major current issues in the natural and
the social sciences, their history and philosophy. The title of the program
reflects the heritage of the Vienna Circle which promoted interdisciplinary
and philosophical investigations based on solid disciplinary knowledge.
Climate science, understood as an interdisciplinary field of study of the
Earths climate and the causes and effects of climate change, is clearly of
central importance today. The summer school will explore climate studies
from a historical, philosophical, and sociological perspective. Topics to be
covered will include: foundations and methodological issues relating to
climate science, including various definitions of climate change, different
types of models of climate change, and the use of simulations; further,
historical roots and the development of climate science before and after the
computer age; finally, issues concerning science policy and the
communication of findings of climate science to a general public.
Topics will be selected reflecting participants interests and may include:
Defining climate and climate change
Evidence for climate change
Modelling climate change: issues of confirmation and
prediction
Climate change and decision theory
History of climate science as a research program
Climate science in the public debate
Lecturers:
Candis Callison (University of British Columbia)
<https://jwam.ubc.ca/profile/candis-callison/>
https://jwam.ubc.ca/profile/candis-callison/
Deborah Coen (Yale University)
<https://hshm.yale.edu/people/deborah-coen>
https://hshm.yale.edu/people/deborah-coen
Eric Winsberg (University of South Florida)
<http://philosophy.usf.edu/faculty/ewinsberg/>
http://philosophy.usf.edu/faculty/ewinsberg/
The program is primarily directed at graduate students and junior
researchers in relevant fields, but the organizers also encourage
applications from undergraduates and people in all stages of their career.
Application form and further information:
<https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/application/>
https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/application/
USS-SWC operates under the academic supervision of an International Program
Committee of distinguished philosophers, historians, and scientists. Its
members represent the scientific fields in the scope of USS-SWC, make
contact to their home universities and will also support acknowledgement of
courses taken by the students. The annual summer school is organised by the
Institute Vienna Circle of the University of Vienna.
<https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/en/> https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/en/
Find information about our exchange programme with Duke University (North
Carolina) here:
<https://international.univie.ac.at/en/international-cooperation/university-
wide-partnership-agreements/north-america/>
https://international.univie.ac.at/en/international-cooperation/university-w
ide-partnership-agreements/north-america/
Inquiries:
Administrator:
Zarah Weiss
Institute Vienna Circle
Alserstraße 23/32
1080 Wien
<mailto:summerschool.ivc@univie.ac.at> summerschool.ivc(a)univie.ac.at
Scientific director:
Prof. Georg Schiemer
Institute Vienna Circle
Alserstraße 23/32
1080 Wien
<mailto:georg.schiemer@univie.ac.at> georg.schiemer(a)univie.ac.at