Doctoral researcher on uncertainty and causality in climate models

The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) at KU Leuven is inviting applications for a PhD researcher position in Philosophy of Science (4 years full-time). The successful applicant will be part of the project From Data to Mechanisms: Classifying and Reducing Uncertainty in Climate Models funded by the KU Leuven Research Council and supervised by Prof. Sylvia Wenmackers.
The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science is part of the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven. The Centre focuses on logic and philosophy of science, with a special concentration on the philosophies of the particular sciences. The members of the CLPS often engage in interdisciplinary projects. The Centre is very active in the organisation of seminars and workshops in cooperation with international colleagues.

Project

The project examines the interplay between uncertainty and causality in climate science. The recent advent of machine learning (ML) methods has improved t...