Simon Beard to take up Research Fellowship at Oxford
Final year PhD student, Simon Beard, has accepted a Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford.
Final year PhD student, Simon Beard, has accepted a Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford.
After six years as Head of Department, Professor Luc Bovens will be taking a well-deserved sabbatical this year at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values. Although we’re sorry to see Luc go, we’re also excited to welcome our new Head of Department, Professor Miklós Rédei.
We’re happy to announce the arrival of two new LSE Fellows in the Department: Andrew Buskell and Dr Heather Dyke.
A recent article in The Times looked at the surprisingly broad range of career opportunities open to philosophy graduates. The article quotes LSE Careers Office data in stating that our Department has one of the lowest rates of unemployment in the School.
We’re pleased to welcome the newest member of the LSE Philosophy faculty, Dr Susanne Burri, who starts as an Assistant Professor in September 2015.
The 2015 Watkins Prize has been awarded to MPhil/PhD student Aron Vallinder for his work on the stability of theory of belief.
The Andrea Mannu Undergraduate Prize for 2014-2015 has been awarded jointly to Chloé de Canson and Yueling Huang.
Starting in September 2015, our new course, Einstein for Everyone, will provide the ideal introduction to the philosophical implications of relativity theory.
From September 2015, students from all backgrounds will be able to study the philosophical issues underlying the relationship between physics and finance in our brand new course: Physics and the City – From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes.
Over the past term, LSE philosophers have helped introduce secondary school students to philosophy as part of the Harris Experience programme.
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