Upcoming/Recent
- 18 – 22 March: Working Group on Philosophy of physics DPG Berlin
- 30 May – 2 June: New Diections in the Foundations of Physics, Logar Valley Slovenia
- 16 – 19 September: Seventh International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime, Varna Bulgaria
Past
- “Principles, holography, and infinity in quantum gravity” Beyond Spacetime International Summer Institute in Philosophy of Physics on the PHILOSOPHY OF COSMOLOGY and the PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY (26 June – 2 July 2022)
``Consistency as a guide to quantum gravity”
- Quantum Gravity With(out) Experiments: Epistemology at the Edge of Physics (University of Urbino, 10 March 2023)
- Principles in Physics (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 27 March 2023)
- Lisbon Philosophy of Physics Seminars (Online, 26 October 2022)
- CPS Lunch Forum (Oslo and online, 31 October 2022)
- Theoretical Virtues and Non-Empirical Guides in Theory Development (Aarhus University, 23 Nov 2022)
- Metaphysics Beyond Spacetime (University of Geneva, 16 June 2022)
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“Spacetime emergence from quantum gravity”
- Monash Philosophy Society (Monash University, Clayton, 11 August 2022)
- DRIFT Festival (Amsterdam, 1 May 2022)
“The role of singularities in the search for quantum gravity”
- Quantum Spacetime in the Cosmos: From Conception to Reality (Perimeter Institute, 8 May, 2023)
- Emergence in Cosmology Workshop (Western University, 13 August 2021)
- Annual Bergen Philosophy of Science Workshop (19 November 2020)
Video - Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium with Sebastian de Haro (14 November 2020)
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“Interpretations of Infinity in Physics”
- CPS Lunchtime Seminar (University of Oslo, 2 November 2020)
“Principles of quantum gravity’
- Mini-Workshop on the Foundations of Spacetime at Harvard Foundations of Physics Series (22 October 2020)
Video
“The role of the holographic principle in the search for new physics”
- Symmetry and Equivalence in Physics (University of Salzburg, September 2019)
“Levels of fundamentality in the metaphysics of physics”
- LanCogSci Research Seminar (University of Lisbon, May 2019)
- Levels of Explanation (University of Birmingham, April 2019)
“As Below, So Before: Synchronic and Diachronic Accounts of Spacetime Emergence”
- PROTEUS Seminar (Autonomous University of Barcelona, 18 February 2022)
Video - Conference on the Foundations of Cosmology and Quantum Gravity (New York University Abu Dhabi, January 2020)
Video - Time and Emergence (University of Western Australia, December 2019)
- The Meanings of Emergence (University of Turin, March 2019)
- Oxford Philosophy of Physics Seminar (University of Oxford, March 2019)
- Quantum Foundations Workshop (University of Lausanne, November 2018)
- Diachronic Emergence Conference (University of Cologne, October 2018)
- Emergence, Effectiveness and Equivalence Colloquium (Boston University, October 2018)
Video
“What we cannot learn from analogue experiments”
- British Society for Philosophy of Science (BSPS) Annual Meeting (Durham University, July 2019)
- Perspectives on Non-Empirical Theory Assessment (University of Stockholm, June 2019)
- Swiss Philosophy of Physics Meeting (University of Bern, November 2018)
- First Irvine-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg Conference in Philosophy and Foundations of Physics (Salzburg University, September 2018)
“Scale invariance and fundamentality”
- Observers in the Cosmos: the Role of Scale and Time (University of Bristol, May 2018)
“What is the point of reduction in science?”
- Geneva Symmetry Group Seminar (University of Geneva, April 2018)
“How is a bathtub like a black hole? We don’t know”
- VItenskapsteoretisk Forum (NTNU, 17 November 2020)
- Sokratisk Aften (University of Oslo, 20 February 2020)
- PhilEAS Seminar (University of Geneva, March 2018)
“When do we stop digging? Conditions on a fundamental theory of physics”
- Science Studies Colloquium (University of Oslo, 26 February 2020)
- Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences (CFCUL, University of Lisbon, May 2019)
- Fundamentality in Physics and Metaphysics Workshop (University of Geneva, May 2018)
- Beyond Spacetime Seminar (University of Geneva, December 2017)
Video
“Fundamentality and emergence in quantum gravity”
- Spacetime: Fundamental or Emergent? Workshop (University of Bonn, October 2017)
Video
“What is the problem of quantum gravity?” (part of symposium Towards a Methodology of Quantum Gravity, organised by Keizo Matsubara)
- The European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) Conference (University of Exeter, September 2017)
“Emergence as an inter-theory relation in quantum gravity” (part of symposium The Metaphysics of Spacetime Emergence, organised by Baptiste Le Bihan)
- European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP 9) Conference (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, August 2017)
“Understanding the emergence of spacetime from quantum gravity”
- Conference on the Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Gravity (University of Geneva and University of Illinois at Chicago, Geneva, June 2017)
Video
“Emergence, reduction, and correspondence in quantum gravity”
- Cosmology and the Future of Spacetime Conference (Western University, Ontario, June 2017)
Video
“On principles of theory construction and justification in quantum gravity” (with Niels Linnemann)
- European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP 9) Conference (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, August 2017)
- Reasoning in Physics Workshop (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, December 2016)
Conference program
“The role of UV completion in the search for quantum gravity” (with Niels Linnemann)
- XXI International Summer School in the Philosophy of Physics (University of Urbino, June 2018)
- The British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS) Annual Conference (Edinburgh, July 2017)
- Metaphysics and Physics: Methodological Links Conference (University of Lausanne, November 2016)
“Coming to terms with the breakdown of spacetime”
- International Summer Institute in Philosophy of Physics on the Philosophy of Quantum Gravity (Williams Bay, Wisconsin, June 2016)
“The correspondence principle in quantum gravity”
- Beyond Spacetime Seminar (University of Illinois at Chicago, April 2016)
Video
“Decoupling emergence and reduction in physics”
- Effective Theories, Mixed Scale Modeling and Emergence Conference (University of Pittsburgh, October 2015)
Conference program; Photos
“Novelty and autonomy as alternatives to, or bases for, a conception of emergence in physics”
- Reduction and Emergence in the Sciences Conference (Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy, November 2013)
Video: Quicktime; Flash or Mobile - Serious Metaphysics Seminar (University of Cambridge, February 2013)
“Emergent spacetime in (condensed matter approaches to) quantum gravity”
- Philosophy of Science Seminar (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, November 2013);
- HPS Research Presentation Day (University of Sydney, May 2012)
“Effective spacetime”
- Serious Metaphysics Seminar (University of Cambridge, October 2013)
“Comments on Oriti’s `Disappearance and emergence of space and time in quantum gravity'”
- Quantum Gravity in Perspective Conference (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, June 2013)
“Effective field theory, emergence, and fundamental physics”
- Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference (University of Otago, July 2011)
“Understanding effective field theory”
- Centre for Time Postgraduate Seminar (University of Sydney, June 2011)
“Spacetime emergent from a Bose-Einstein Condensate”
- Centre for Time Postgraduate Seminar (University of Sydney, August 2010)