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Koray Karaca

Assoc. Prof. Dr. KORAY KARACA

E-mail: karacak@metu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 312 210 3140 Office: B-29

AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING

Areas of Specialization:  
Philosophy and History of Modern Physics, Philosophy of Experimentation and Modelling, Ethics and Epistemology of AI, Machine Learning and Big Data, Digital Humanities

Areas of Teaching Competence:  
Philosophy and History of Science, Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Analytic Philosophy

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Philosophy 
1 September 2026-Present

Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Tenured as of 1 September 2018)
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 
Department of Philosophy 
1 September 2015 – 31 August 2026

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE 

Postdoctoral Researcher in the DGF (German Research Foundation) funded Project: 
The Epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider
University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany 
Department of Philosophy & Interdisciplinary Center for Science and Technology Studies 
17 May 2010 – 30 June 2015 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy 
University of South Florida, Tampa, USA 
Department of Philosophy 
5 August 2009 – 6 May 2010 

Instructor of Philosophy 
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA 
Department of History and Philosophy of Science 
1 August 2005 – 31 January 2009  

Research Assistant 
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 
Department of Physics 
1 September 1997 – 30 June 2004 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science (Philosophy of Science Track), with a minor degree in Philosophy, 2004-2010 
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Dissertation Title: Historical and Conceptual Foundations of the Higher Dimensional Unification Program in Physics

M.A., History and Philosophy of Science, 2008 
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, 2000-2005
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Dissertation Title: A Physical Model for Dimensional Reduction and Its Effects on the Observable Parameters of the Universe

M.S., Theoretical Physics, 1997-2000
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Thesis Title: Singularity-Free Cosmological Models

B.S., Physics with minor degree in Mathematics 1997
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

PROJECTS

  1. HAICU (Digital Humanities, Artificial Intelligence, and Cultural Heritage) — Co-applicant
    Funder: Dutch Research Council (NWO)
    Project period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2029
    Budget: ~€10M (Consortium); ~€600K (University of Twente)
    Role: Researcher responsible for supervision of 1 postdoc researcher and 1 PhD student
  2. LLMs4EU (Large Language Models for the European Union) — Co-applicant
    Funder: European Commission, Digital Europe Programme
    Project period: Mar 2025 – Mar 2028
    Budget: ~€40M (consortium); ~€300K (University of Twente)
    Role: University of Twente Principal Investigator; Coordinator of Ethics Compliance Task 
  3. DECIDE (Democratizing AI – Empowering Citizens through Transparent Decision-making) — Co-applicant
    Funder: Dutch Research Council (NWO)
    Project period: Dec 2025 – Dec 2030
    Budget: €6.9M (consortium); ~€1M (University of Twente)
    Role: Co-lead of 2 work packages; supervision of 2 PhD students

OTHER GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

  • University of Exeter, Travel Grant, 2017
  • Leibniz University, Travel Grant, 2017
  • University of Edinburgh, Travel Grant, 2015
  • University of Exeter, Travel Grant, 2014
  • University of South Carolina Travel Grant, 2014
  • Virginia Tech Travel Grant, 2013
  • University of Colorado, Boulder, Travel Grant, 2012
  • Konstanz University Travel Grant, 2011
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant, 2007, 2009
  • University of Colorado, Boulder, Travel Grant, 2008
  • Indiana University Travel Award, 2007, 2008
  • Departmental Fellowship for Graduate Study, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, 2004-2008
  • NATO Advanced Study Institute Travel and Summer School Grant, 2001, 2003, 2004
  • Dissertation Project Research Grant, Middle East Technical University, 2003
  • Middle East Technical University Travel Award, 2002, 2004
  • The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Travel Grant, 2002

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 

  1. Jansen, M., and Karaca, K. (forthcoming): “Quantified Optimization in Society: Epistemic and Ethical Tensions in the Age of Machine Learning,” in Technology Ethics Reflection Tools for Higher Education, Policy-Making and Responsible Innovation (eds. Halil Turan, Tom Boersen, and Aristotle Tympas). Aalborg University Press. 11 pp.
  2. Jansen, M., and Karaca, K. (2025a): “Values, Inductive Risk, and Societal-Epistemic Coupledness in Machine Learning Models,” in Philosophy of Science for Machine Learning: Core Issues and New Perspectives, in Synthese Library (eds. Juan M. Durán and Giorgia Pozzi), pp. 339–360. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03083-2_16
  3. Karaca, K., and Munoz P. (2025b): “Managing the Inductive Risk of Ethical Decision-making with Autonomous Systems” in Ethics in Artificial Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Approach, (ed. Steven S. Gouveia), pp. 220-249. Ethics International Press.  ISBN 978-1-83711-091-9.
  4. Karaca, K. (2024): “What Does BonJour’s Empirical Foundationalism (Unwittingly) Inherit from Carnap’s and Schlick’s Verificationism?” Filozofia Nauki. 1-22.  https://doi.org/10.14394/filnau.2024.0002  [AHCI]
  5. Karaca, K. (2023a) “A Network Account of Models in High Energy Physics Experiments.” Philosophy of Science 90: 777–796. https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2023.73  [WoS Q1]
  6. Karaca, K. (2023b). “BonJour’s Internationalist Foundationalism and Epistemic Virtues” Filozofia 78(2): 77-85. https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2023.78.2.1 [AHCI]
  7. Piest, J. P. S., Masuda, Y., Nakamura, O., and Karaca, K. (2023c). “Human-Centered Design Thinking Using the Intelligence Amplification Design Canvas and the Adaptive Integrated Digital Architecture Framework,” in Smart Digital Futures, (eds. A. Zimmermann et al), pp. 1–11. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3424-9_15
  8. Karaca, K. (2022). “Two Senses of Experimental Robustness: Result Robustness and Procedure Robustness,” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 73:279-298. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy031  [WoS Q1]
  9. Karaca, K. (2021). “Values and Inductive Risk in Machine Learning Modelling: The Case of Binary Classification Models,” European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 11:102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00405-1 [WoS Q1]
  10. Karaca, K. (2020). “What Data Get to Travel in High Energy Physics? The Construction of Data at the Large Hadron Collider,” in Data Journeys in the Sciences (eds. Sabina Leonelli and Niccolò Tempini), pp. 45–58. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37177-7_3
  11. Karaca, K. (2018). “Lessons from the Large Hadron Collider for Model-based Experimentation: The Concept of a Model of Data Acquisition and the Scope of the Hierarchy of Models,” Synthese, 195:5431–5452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1453-5  [WoS Q1]
  12. Karaca, K. (2017a). “Representing Experimental Procedures through Diagrams at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider: The Communicatory Value of Diagrammatic Representations in Collaborative Research,” Perspectives on Science, 25:177-203. https://doi.org/10.1162/POSC_a_00240 [Scopus Q2]
  13. Karaca, K. (2017b). “A Case Study in Experimental Exploration: Exploratory Data Selection at the Large Hadron Collider,” Synthese, 194:333–354. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-016-1206-x  [WoS Q1]
  14. Karaca, K. (2015a). Invited Book Review of Allan Franklin’s Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century, Isis, 106(2): 502-503. https://doi.org/10.1086/682822
  15. Karaca, K. (2015b). Invited Book Review of Harry Collins’s Gravity's Ghost: Scientific Discovery in the Twenty-first Century, Metascience, 24(2): 195-198 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-014-9963-y
  16. Karaca, K. (2014a). “Guest Editor’s Introduction: An Overview of the Epistemological Perspectives on the Electroweak Theory and the Higgs mechanism,” Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 45:329–333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-014-9256-6 [WoS Q2]
  17. Friederich, S., Harlander, R., Karaca, K. (2014b). “Philosophical Perspectives on Ad Hoc Hypotheses and the Higgs Mechanism,” Synthese,  191:3897–3917. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0504-4 [WoS Q1]
  18. Karaca, K. (2013a). “Practical Unification of Solid-State and Particle Physics in the Construction of the Higgs Mechanism,” in Recent Progress in Philosophy of Science: Perspectives and Foundational Problems, eds., Dennis Dieks and Vassilios Karakostas (Springer), pp. 253-264.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01306-0_21
  19. Karaca, K. (2013b). “The Construction of the Higgs Mechanism and the Emergence of the Electroweak Theory,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 44:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2012.05.003 [WoS Q2]
  20. Karaca, K. (2013c). “The Strong and Weak Senses of Theory-Ladenness of Experimentation: Theory-Driven versus Exploratory Experiments in the History of High-Energy Particle Physics,” Science in Context, 26(1):93–136. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269889712000300  [AHCI]
  21. Karaca, K. (2012a). “Kitcher’s Explanatory Unification, Kaluza-Klein Theories, and the Normative Aspect of Higher Dimensional Unification in Physics,” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 63:287-312. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axr033  [WoS Q1]
  22. Karaca, K. (2012b). “Philosophical Reflections on Diagram Models and Diagrammatic Representations,” Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 24: 365–384. https://doi.org/10.1080/0952813X.2012.693665

Publications in Physics

  1. Karaca, K. and Bayın, S. (2008). “A Physical Model for Dimensional Reduction and Its Effects on the Observable Parameters of the Universe,” General Relativity and Gravitation, 40: 799-831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-007-0532-1 [WoS Q2]
  2. Karaca, K. and Bayın, S. (2005). “An Open Inflationary Model for Dimensional Reduction and Its Effects on the Observable Parameters of the Universe,” International Journal of Modern Physics, A20: 2449-2453. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X05024754  [WoS Q3]
  3. Karaca, K. and Bayın, S. (2002). “An Open Singularity-Free Cosmological Model with Inflation,” International Journal of Modern Physics, A17: 4457-4462. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X0201354X [WoS Q2]

Editorial work

Research Presentations

Keynotes

  1. “Values and Inductive Risk in (Binary) Machine Learning Classification Models,” Workshop: Trust in Information, High-Performance Computing Center at Stuttgart University, Germany, April 4-8, 2022.
  2. “Values and Inductive Risk in Machine Learning,” Workshop: The Society of Learning Algorithms, High-Performance Computing Center at Stuttgart University, Germany, November 11-13, 2019.
  3. “A Philosophy of Science Framework for Assessing Accountability in Machine Learning Applications,” Workshop: Philosophy of Machine Learning: Knowledge and Causality, University of California, Irvine, USA, March 17-18, 2018.

Invited Lecture: 

  1. “Risk and Error in Machine Learning,” Lecture Series: The Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture (WTMC) Spring Workshop 2022: Trust and Truth, Soeterbeeck, The Netherlands, April 6-8, 2022.

Other presentations

  1. “Representational Link Uncertainty in Machine Learning,” BSPS Annual Conference, York, UK, 7-19 July 2024 (Refereed).
  2. “Model-Choice Accountability and Deep Machine Learning,” 9th biennial meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Belgrade, 20-23 September 2023 (Refereed); 7th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, Warsaw, Poland, 18-20 October, 2023. (Refereed)
  3. “Values, Inductive Risk and Epistemic-Ethical Coupledness in Machine Learning Models” 17th edition of the International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24-29 July, 2023. (Refereed)
  4. “Representational Requirements on Explainable Machine Learning Models,” Conference: Models, Metaphors, and Simulation: Epistemic Transformations in Literature, Science and the Arts, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg, Germany, May 18-21, 2023.
  5. “Accountability of Deep Machine Learning Models: Accounting for Adequacy for Purpose” Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2-4 July 2022. Also presented at 7th Panhellenic Conference on Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 1-3, December 2022.
  6. “Values and Inductive Risk in Machine Learning” Workshop: Philosophy of Science Meets Machine Learning, University of Tübingen, Germany, November 9-12, 2021. (Refereed); Canadian Society for Epistemology Annual Meeting: Knowledge in a Digital World, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, November 14-16, 2019. (Refereed)
  7. “A Philosophy of Science Framework for Assessing Accountability in Machine Learning Applications,” Conference: Danish Association for Science and Technology Studies, The IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 24-25, 2018 (Refereed); Fourth Conference of the Consortium for Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA, June 4-6, 2018. (Refereed); 7th Congress of Philosophy of Science Society, Nantes, France, July 4-6, 2018. (Refereed); Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, April 17-20, 2019; Central States Philosophical Association 2018 Meeting, Buffalo, New York, USA, October 26-27, 2018. (Refereed)
  8. “Distinguishing between Algorithmic Opacity and Epistemic Opacity in the Context of Machine Learning Applications,” Epistemic Opacity in Computer Simulation and Machine Learning, Stuttgart, Germany, November 28-30, 2018. (Refereed)
  9. “Construction of Data at the Large Hadron Collider,” Workshop on Varieties of Data Journeys, Exeter University, Exeter, UK, November 2-3, 2017. (Invited) 
  10. “Procedure Robustness in Experimenting with Big Data at the Large Hadron Collider,” Conference on Making Sense of Data in The Sciences—Philosophical Perspectives on the Methodology, Epistemology and Practices of Data-Intensive Science, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, October 26-27, 2017. (Invited)
  11. “The Interplay Between Experiment, Simulation and Theory at the Large Hadron Collider,” European Philosophy of Science Association Meeting, Exeter University, Exeter, UK, September 6-9, 2017. (Refereed)
  12. “Two Types of Robustness in High Energy Physics Experiments,” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, May 27-29, 2017. (Refereed)
  13. “Exploratory data selection and theory-ladenness in the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider,” Workshop on Epistemology of Big Data in Physics, University of Bremen, March 16-17, 2017. (Invited)
  14. “The Use of Simulation Models in the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider: Implications for model-based experimentation,” The 2016 Meeting of the Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, June 17-19, 2016. (Refereed)
  15. “Modeling Data Acquisition at the Large Hadron Collider: Against the Hierarchy of Models in High Energy Physics,” Conference on Models and Simulations 7, Barcelona, Spain, May 18-20, 2016. (Refereed)
  16. “Modeling Data Acquisition at the Large Hadron Collider: Against the Hierarchy of Models in High Energy Physics,” Conference on Modelling and Representation. How to Make World(s) with Symbols, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, December 10-12, 2015. (Refereed)
  17. “Exploratory Data Search in the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC,” Workshop on Big Data at the LHC, Philosophy Department, the University of Edinburgh, May 12, 2015. (Invited) 
  18. “Modeling Data-Acquisition Procedures at the Present-Day Particle Physics Experiments,” European Research Council Conference “What Is Data-Intensive Science?”, University of Exeter, UK, December 17-19, 2014. (Invited)
  19. “How to Characterize Experimental Exploration at the ATLAS Experiment,” Workshop on the Discovery of the Higgs Particle at the Large Hadron Collider, Philosophy Department, the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, April 25-26, 2014. (Invited)
  20. “Exploration, Selection, and Robustness in the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider,” CERN Workshop organized by the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz, January 17, 2014. (Invited)
  21. “The Data Selection Process of the ATLAS Experiment as a Distributed Cognitive System,”20th Anniversary Conference of the International Society for Hermeneutics & Science, Vienna-Austria-Budapest, Hungary, 28 July - 3 August 2013. (Refereed)
  22. “Philosophical Perspectives on Ad Hoc Hypotheses and the Higgs Mechanism,” Department of Philosophy olloquium Series, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 12 June 2013. (Invited)
  23. “In Search of the Higgs Boson: An Epistemological Analysis of the Data Selection at the ATLAS Experiment,” Series, The Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Haifa, Israel, 7 June 2013. (Invited)
  24. “The Method of Robustness Analysis and the Problem of Data Selection at the ATLAS Experiment,” Workshop on Ontology & Methodology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA, 4-5 May 2013. (Refereed)
  25. “Modeling Data Acquisition in Experimentation: The Case of the ATLAS Experiment,” Conference on Models and Decisions, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany, 10-12 April 2013. (Refereed)
  26. “Philosophical Perspectives on Ad hoc Hypotheses,” Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 25 March 2011. (Invited)
  27. “The Return of the Higgs Hunters: Epistemological Perspectives on the Large Hadron Collider,” (as symposium speaker), The first international conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science/Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie (GWP), University of Hannover, 11-14 March 2013. (Refereed) 
  28. “The Data Selection Process of the ATLAS Experiment as a Distributed Cognitive System,” International Conference: Epistemic Groups and Collaborative Research in Science, University of Nancy, France, 17-19 December 2012. (Refereed)
  29. “The Method of Robustness Analysis and the Problem of Data-selection at the ATLAS Experiment,” SILFS 2010: International Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Sciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20-21 November 2012. (Refereed)
  30. “Modeling Data Acquisition in Experimentation: The Case of the ATLAS Experiment,” PSX3—3rd International Workshop on the Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation, University of Colorado, Boulder, 5-6 October 2012. (Refereed)
  31. “The Modeling Features of Diagram Models,” Conference on Models and Simulations 5, University of Helsinki, Finland, 14-16 June 2012. (Refereed)
  32. “Lessons from Data Acquisition at the ATLAS Experiment: Diagram Models, Diagrammatic Representation, and Distributed Cognition,” Workshop on Modeling at the LHC, Wuppertal University, Wuppertal, Germany, 26-28 January 2012. (Invited)
  33. “Selectivity, Exploration, and Robustness in Experimental Research: The Case of the ATLAS Experiment,” PSX2—2nd International Workshop on the Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, 21-22 October 2011. (Refereed)
  34. “The Construction of the Higgs-Mechanism: A Cross-Fertilization between Solid-State and Particle Physics,” The Third Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Athens, Greece, 5-8 October 2011. (Refereed)
  35. “Selectivity and Robustness in Experimental Research: Lessons from the Large Hadron Collider,” The 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Nancy, France, July 19-26, 2011. (Refereed)
  36. “The Notion of Ad hocness and the Higgs Mechanism,” History and Philosophy of Science Colloquium Series at IZWT, Bergische Universität, Wuppertal, Germany, April 20, 2011. (Invited)
  37. “Understanding Data Acquisition through Process Modeling: The Case of the ATLAS Experiment,” Epistemology of Modeling and Simulation Conference, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1-3 April 2010. (Refereed)
  38. “The Notion of Ad hocness and the Higgs Mechanism,” SILFS 2010: International Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, 15-17 December 2010. (Refereed)
  39. “The Higher Dimensional Unification Program in Physics,” The Second Conference on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA, 12-15 March 2009. (Refereed)
  40. “Theory Construction and Experimentation in the Physics of Strong Interactions, circa 1960-1970,” The 24th Boulder Conference in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, 10-12 October, 2008. (Refereed)
  41. “A Case Study in the Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: Deep Inelastic Electron-Proton Scattering Program in High Energy Particle Physics,” The First Conference on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 11-14 October 2007. (Refereed)
  42. “An Open Singularity-Free Cosmological Model for Dimensional Reduction,” The Sixth Alexander Friedmann International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, Institute d'Études Scientifiques de Cargèse, Cargèse, France, June 28-July 03, 2004. (Refereed)
  43. “Inflation in a Flat Universe,” Workshop on Quantization, Dualities and Integrable Systems III, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 13-14 February, 2004; (Invited)
  44. “An Open Singularity-Free Cosmological Model with Inflation,” The Fifth Alexander Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, University of Joao Pessoa, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, 24-30 April, 2002. (Refereed)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Doctoral/Master’s Courses

  1. Ethics and Epistemology of Machine Learning, 2026-2027, Fall 

Bachelor’s Courses

  1. Introduction to Philosophy I, 2026-2027, Fall

University of Twente, The Netherlands

Master’s Courses

  1. Transformations of Knowledge in a Digital Age, 2018-2026, 1st semester
  2. Rethinking Philosophy of Science and Technology Relations, 2016-2018 & 2020-2025, 1st semester
  3. Philosophy of Science in Practice, 2015-2025, 1st semester
  4. Technology Lab, 2015-2025, 2nd semester 
  5. Philosophy of Engineering, 2015-2018, 1st semester

  6. Philosophical Perspectives on Engineering Design. 2018-2019, 1st semester

Bachelor’s Courses  

  1. Philosophy of Science, 2019-2024, 1st semester
  2. Philosophical Theories and Methods, 2019-2024, 1st semester
  3. Technology Lab, 2019-2024, 1st semester 
  4. Philosophy of Scientific Reasoning and Modeling in Chemical Engineering, 2015-2024, 2nd semester
  5. Philosophy of Scientific Reasoning and Modeling in Electrical Engineering, 2017-2020, 2nd semester
  6. How Science is Made, 2015-2019, 2nd semester
  7. Science, Technology and Society, 2015-2017, 1st semester

University of Wuppertal, Germany

  1. A Survey of the Positivist and Post-positivist Methodologies of Science, 2015, 1st semester
  2. Scientific Explanation, 2014, 2nd semester

University of South Florida, USA

  1. Introduction to Philosophy, 2009-2010, 1st and 2nd semesters
  2. Epistemology, 2009-2010, 2nd semester
  3. Science and Society, 2009- 2010, 2nd semester
  4. Introduction to Formal Logic, 2009-2010, 1st semester

Indiana University, USA

  1. Scientific Reasoning, 2006-2008, 1st and 2nd semesters

Indiana University-Purdue Indiana, USA

  1. Technology, Science, and Life, Summer 2008
  2. Scientific Reasoning, Summer 2007

Thesis supervision

PhD supervisor:

1. Sebastian Piest: “A Design Science Research Knowledge Base for Intelligence Amplification,” University of Twente, September 2024.

MSc. Supervisor:

  1. Henk-Jan van de Brink: “Addressing Cognitive Hurdles to Interdisciplinarity in Natural and Engineering Science: Joining Forces of Philosophical Reflection and Semantic Networks,” University of Twente, July 2024. 
  2. Luca van der Peet: “Epistemology of Fairness and Bias in Machine Learning Based Risk-Assessment: Lessons from Philosophy of Measurement,” University of Twente, August 2023.
  3. Ioannis Efstathiadis: “Quantum (anti)Anthropology: An Interdisciplinary Research on Human Nature,” University of Twente, August 2023. 
  4. Pablo Muñoz: “4.0 Engineering and Human Values Managing Inductive Risk in the Use of Big Data Analytics for the Predictive Maintenance of Railway Systems,” University of Twente, August 2022.
  5. Milou Jansen: “Urban AI/ML Models as Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Tools of Optimization,” University of Twente, August 2021.
  6. Bob Kleijnen: “The Ontology of Digital Currencies,” University of Twente, November 2020.
  7. Chiara Andreoli: “The Criminal Justice System in the Age of Machine Learning: The Technological Mediation of Crime Predictive Technologies,” University of Twente, September 2019.
  8. Ana Fernandez Inguanzo: “Shaping the Future Use of Big Data: Towards an Ethical Use of Big Data Technologies in Online Marketing,” University of Twente, August 2017.

Postdoctoral supervision:

  • 1 postdoctoral researcher, supervised since 1 October 2024, within the HAICU (NWO-funded) project.

Professional Training in Teaching

  • Dutch University Teaching Qualification awarded in April 2020.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Program committee member for Master’s Program in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Twente, 2017-2023. 
  • Co-organizer: The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) International Annual Conference, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, November 9-10, 2018.
  • Co-organizer: The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) International Graduate Conference, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, April 20-22, 2016.
  • Co-organizer: “Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Epistemology and Methodology of Data Analysis and Selection Procedures,” Wuppertal University, Wuppertal, Germany, March, 7-9, 2013.
  • Referee for following journals: British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Science, HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Perspectives on Science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Synthese, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Tutor in First International Spring School on Particle Physics and Philosophy, March 16-25, 2011, Cologne, Germany, organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT) at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.
  • Tutor in Second Spring School on Particle Physics and Philosophy,March 26 – April 4, 2014, Wuppertal, Germany, organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT) at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.
  • Grader in 32nd International Physics Olympiad, Antalya, Turkey, June 28- July 6, 2001, organized by the Department of Physics at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

MEMBERSHIPS

  • The American Philosophical Association
  • Philosophy of Science Association
  • European Philosophy of Science Association 
  • History of Science Society
  • The Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice
  • The Dutch Research School of Philosophy

 

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