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Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7573
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Current Projects

 The LSE Choice Group

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A group of philosophers, political scientists and economists with an interest in the theory of rational decision making. Seminar series

 

 Managing Severe Uncertainty

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This AHRC-funded project runs in collaboration with economists and climate scientists in other departments at LSE (and elsewhere).
 
 

 Philosophy of Physics

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The aim of the project is to address foundational and philosophical questions in physics using an interdisciplinary approach. Sigma Club 
 

Reasons, Rationality and Choice

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Project Leader: Christian List. Funding: Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.
 
 

The Role of Functional Modules in Synthetic Biology

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Project leader: Stephan Guettinger. 
 

Scientific Models, Fiction and Imagination

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Project Leader: Fiora Salis. 

Funding: Marie Curie Grant.

 
 

New Perspectives on Bayesian Coherence

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Project leader: Stefan Schubert.  Funding: Swedish Research Council.
 

History of Postwar Social Science

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Funding: European Scientific Coordination Network.
 
 

 Evidence for Use

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aims at investigating what evidence is for evidence-based policy and how it can best be used in particular policy contexts.
 

 Decision Under Conflict

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investigates the problem of how to arrive at rational, effective and legitimate decisions when different relevant voices speak for different outcomes.
 
 

Democracy, Business & Well-Being

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investigates how the interaction between democratic institutions and the economy affects well-being.
 

 Work in Progress Seminar Series

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Seminar series devoted to the application of evolutionary biology to the behavioural and social sciences.
 
 

Philosophy International

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publishes the DVD Library of Philosophy.
 

Towards a Well-Ordered Science in Biomedical Research

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Project leader: Julian Reiss
 
 

The Wellbeing and Human Development Project

This project engages with issues such as the mesurement of wellbeing, the nature of poverty and the foundations of accounts of human flourishing. 

 

 

 
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