People

The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration between some of the world's leading scholars. 

Alongside our core team, CPNSS hosts Project Leaders and Ludwig M. Lachmann Research Fellows,  whilst maintaining close links with Research Associates from within LSE and from other institutions worldwide.

CPNSS Team

 

Bryan W. Roberts

Centre Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method.

b.w.roberts@lse.ac.uk

 

Laura O'Keefe

Centre Manager. Laura works part-time at the CPNSS. When she is here you can find her in LAK 1.02.

020 7955 7573

l.okeefe@lse.ac.uk

 

Mehrun Absar

Assistant Administrator. Mehrun works part-time at the CPNSS. When she is here you can find her in LAK 1.02.

020 7955 7573

m.absar@lse.ac.uk

 

Isabel Lacurie

Marketing and Communications Manager.

i.lacurie@lse.ac.uk

 

Johann Meerbaum

Research Events Intern

 j.meerbaum@lse.ac.uk

 

Meenakshi Bharti

Knowledge Exchange Intern

m.bharti1@lse.ac.uk

 

CPNSS Advisory Board

Ludwig M. Lachmann Research Fellows

Ludwig M. Lachmann Research Fellows spend up to three years at CPNSS carring out research on philosophical, foundational or conceptual aspects of economics.

 

 

 

For a full list of current and former Lachmann Fellows, visit our Ludwig M. Lachmann Research Fellows page.

 


 

Postdoctoral Researchers

Research Associates

Research Associates are scholars from within LSE and from other institutions worldwide who, over the years, have made significant contributions to the achievements of the Centre.

  • Mark Addis, City University of London

  • Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, Birkbeck College, University of London

  • Paul Anand, Economics, The Open University

  • Bengt Autzen, University of Bristol

  • Roger Backhouse, Economics, University of Birmingham

  • Philippe van Basshuysen, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

  • Sebastiano Bavetta, Economics, University of Palermo, University of Pennsylvania

  • Joseph Berkovitz, Philosophy, University of Toronto

  • German Berrios, Chair (Emeritus) of the Epistemology of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

  • Ken Binmore, ELSE, University College London, and University of Bristol

  • Jonathan Birch, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

  • Marcel Boumans, Economics, Utrecht University

  • Richard Bradley, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

  • Jeremy Butterfield, Trinity College, Cambridge

  • Jordi Cat, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Indiana

  • Nancy Cartwright, Durham University

  • Hasok Chang, History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge

  • Zsuzsanna Chappell, Politics, University of Manchester

  • Jeremy Clarke, NHS, Newham Psychological Services, East London NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Mathew Coakley, University of Warwick

  • Paul Coombes, Centre for Corporate Governance, London Business School

  • Dean Curran, Sociology, University of Calgary

  • Oliver Scott Curry, Oxford University

  • Koen Decancq, University of Antwerp

  • Tom Dickins, Psychology, Middlesex University

  • Franz Dietrich, Economics and Philosophy, University of Paris and University of East Anglia (part-time)

  • Jose Diez, University of Barcelona

  • John Dupré, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences (Egenis), University of Exeter

  • Goreti Faria, Ofgem

  • Damien Fennell, Financial Conduct Authority

  • Philippe Fontaine, Economics, Ecole Cachan

  • Mathias Frisch, Philosophy, University of Maryland

  • Roberto Fumagalli, King's College London

  • Wulf Gaertner, Osnabrück University

  • Maria-Carla Galavotti, University of Bologna

  • Fernand Gobet, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool

  • Natalie Gold, Public Health England Behavioural Insights
  • Andrew Goldfinch, Independent Scholar

  • Henrique Gomes, University of Cambridge
  • Catherine Greene, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

  • Francesco Guala, Sociology, University of Exeter

  • Zalán Gyenis, Logic Department, Jagiellonian University, Poland

  • Elizabeth Hannon, Forum for Philosophy/LSE/University of Leeds

  • Jeremy Hardie, Independent Scholar

  • Simon Hayhoe, Department of Education, University of Bath

  • Conrad Heilmann, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  • Eva Jablonka, Tel Aviv University
  • Robert King, University College Cork School of Applied Psychology

  • Philip Kitcher, Philosophy, Columbia University

  • Alexander Krauss, University College London

  • Hayo Krombach, Independent Scholar

  • David Lavis, King's College London

  • Christian List, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, and Department of Government, LSE

  • Olimpia Lombardi, Universidad de Buenos Aires

  • Moshé Machover, Kings College London

  • Alexandru Marcoci, Government, LSE

  • Ivana Marková, University of Stirling and Department of Social Psychology, LSE

  • Michela Massimi, Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

  • Deborah Mayo, Department of Philosophy, Virginia Tech.

  • Nicholas R Miller, Department of Political Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County

  • Philippe Mongin, Economics, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Jouy-en-Josas

  • Fernando Morett, Independent Scholar

  • Margaret Morrison, Philosophy, University of Toronto

  • Ivan Moscati, University of Insubria & Bocconi University, Italy

  • James Nguyen, John J. Reilly Centre, University of Notre Dame

  • Robert Northcott, Philosophy, Birbeck – University of London

  • Alice Obrecht, Active Learning Network for Accountabiltiy and Performance (ALNAP), Overseas Development Institute, London

  • Frank Oertel, Independent Scholar

  • Matthew Parker, Independent Scholar

  • John Pemberton, Independent Scholar

  • Tom Philp, Axa XL

  • Angelo Pirrone, University of Liverpool
  • Marcus Pivato, University of Cergy-Pontoise

  • Stathis Psillos, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Athens

  • Miklós Rédei, Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

  • Julian Reiss, Philosophy, Durham University

  • Bryan W Roberts, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

  • Calum Robson, Department of Mathematics, LSE
  • Joe Roussos, Institute for Future Studies
  • Maurice Salles, Economics, University of Caen

  • Hakan Seckinelgin, Social Policy and Centre for Civil Society, LSE

  • Towfic Shomar, Philosophy, Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan

  • Leonard Smith, CATS and Statistics, LSE

  • Elliott Sober, Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • Mike Stuart, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva
  • Mauricio Suarez, Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid

  • Stuart Theobald, Independent Scholar

  • Christopher Thompson, Associate Professor in philosophy, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

  • Martin Thomson Jones, Philosophy, Oberlin College

  • Philip Thonemann, Independent Scholar

  • Raimo Tuomela, Philosophy, University of Helsinki

  • Amos Witztum, Department of Management, LSE

  • Andrew Wong, Stanford University

  • John Worrall, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

  • Nicolas Wütrich, Roland Berger Consulting

  • George Zouros, Department of Mathematics, LSE