Activities

 

Teaching

2022/03-2022/06 – «Philosophy of symmetries in physics», online + University of Salzburg, Austria

2021/10-2022/01 – «Introduction to philosophy of science and physics», online + University of Salzburg, Austria

 

Organised events

2021/09/16 – Organisation of the symposium «Symmetries and conservation laws in history and philosophy of general relativity», European Philosophy of Science Association 2021 conference (EPSA21), 15-18/09/2021, online + University of Turin, Italy

2021/03/17, 04/28, 05/26 – Organisation, with the help of Alexandre Guay, of the Austro-Belgian meetings in philosophy of physics and science, online + Department of Philosophy, KGW Faculty, University of Salzburg, Austria & Centre de philosophie des sciences et sociétés (CEFISES), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium [videos]

2020/03/03, 2020/10/19-2021/06/07 – Co-organisation of the new Research seminar on sciences and technologies of the Strasbourg branch of Archives Henri-Poincaré, online + University of Strasbourg, France

2017/07/03-04 – Co-organisation, with Alexandre Guay, of the international conference «Direct empirical status and the ontology of symmetries in physics», Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium [link]

2016-2017 – Co-organisation, with Alexandre Guay, of a reading group in philosophy of physics on the topic of time in physics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium [pdf]

2015/10/12, 11/03, 12/04 – Organisation of the presentations of Rodrigo Lastra Reis Cid, Adolphe-Dieumerci Bonyanga-Bokele, Bruno Leclercq at the Work in Progress seminar, Centre de philosophie des sciences et sociétés (CEFISES), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

2015/02/18 – Co-organisation of the presentation of Jean Bricmont at the seminar of the Institut supérieur de philosophie (ISP), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

2014/09/25-27 – Co-organisation of the 3rd International Doctoral Conference in Philosophy of Science of the Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS), 25-26/09/2014, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and collaboration relative to the organisation by the BSLPS and the NCLHPS of the 4th Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy of Science and History of Science, 26-27/09/2014, Université catholique de Louvain and the Royal Academy of Belgium

 

Funded research visits

2018/04/23-05/31 – Research visit to the Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Attached to the Faculty of Humanities and Descartes Centre, supervised by Guido Bacciagaluppi. Funded with Descartes Centre Junior Fellowship (Utrecht University)

2018/03/01-08 – Research visit to the University of Geneva, Switzerland, to Christian Wüthrich, Geneva Symmetry Group and Space and Time after Quantum Gravity Templeton Project. Funded with a grant for short stays abroad of the F.R.S.-FNRS (the French-speaking community of Belgium)

2017/02/06-04/13 – Research visit to the Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Attached to the Faculty of Sciences and Descartes Centre, supervised by Guido Bacciagaluppi. Funded with a grant for an Erasmus+ doctoral traineeship abroad of the Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres (Université catholique de Louvain)

2016/02/01-07/13 – Research visit to the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Attached to the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, supervised by Steven French. Funded with a grant for short stays abroad of the F.R.S.-FNRS (the French-speaking community of Belgium)

 

Participation in summer schools

2017/07/10-13 – Summer school «Spacetime and quantum physics» organised by the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS) in Urbino, Italy

2014/09/02-06 – Summer school «Methods and foundations of science» organised by the Société de Philosophie Analytique (SoPhA) in the Abbey of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer, Bretagne, France (participation partly subsidised by the organisers)

 

Representation by election

2019 – Member of the Board of the Centre de philosophie des sciences et sociétés (CEFISES), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

2016-2019 – Member of the Council of the Institut supérieur de philosophie (ISP), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

 

Memberships in societies

2021/07/09-2023/07/09 – Member of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA), Europe

2018-2019 – Member of the Société de Philosophie des Sciences (SPS), French-speaking countries

2016-2018 – Member of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS), the United Kingdom

2014-2019 – Member of the Société Philosophique de Louvain (SPhL), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

2014/12/12-2017/12/31 – Member of the Société de Philosophie Analytique (SoPhA), French-speaking countries