Established researchers, usually members of a department or research centre at another university, can visit the Centre as Academic Visitors. Since the Centre recognises that the education of a new generation of philosophers of science is essential to the future of the discipline, it also accepts as Student Researchers from outside LSE (usually students working on a PhD thesis) who wish to spend some time in LSE's philosophy community. Whenever possible, visitors will be given a desk in the Centre's research area, have access to the LSE computer system, and can use the LSE library.
Visitors are expected to attend Centre events, contribute to seminars, and to intellectual life at the Centre. For this reason, it is important that visitors be present during the entire term of their visit. While it is understood that there will be short absences for conferences and other commitments every now and then, CPNSS must be their primary and active intellectual base during the visit.
Visitors should work on projects that lie within the target areas of the Centre. For this reason visitors are expected to have a "sponsor" within the Centre or LSE's Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method, i.e. a person who is interested in the visitor's project and who will serve during the visit as his/her point of contact.
Those who wish to visit the Centre but do not know anybody at LSE personally are encouraged to contact those whom they think might be interested in their project and ask them whether they would serve as their sponsor (contact details can be found on the Centre's and the Department's websites).
Application Form
NOTE:
- The CPNSS Visitor fee is £1000 per 11-week term, and is pro-rated for shorter or longer visits. This funding makes the management of the visitor programme possible and is reinvested in research activities.
- Applications will be reviewed by the Centre's Director and Visitor Selection Committee.