Koen Vermeir is a Research Professor (CR1) at the CNRS and the University of Paris. A theoretical physicist turned historian and philosopher of science, he is currently interested in scientific modernity, epistemic values, the future of science in society and the science-policy nexus. He is working as an expert or advisor with the European Commission, the USA National Academy of Sciences, the G7 Academies, the United Nations and other national and international organizations. As Co-Chair of the Global Young Academy, Koen strives for a more inclusive science ecosystem and aims to empower young scientists globally. Koen is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Centaurus : an international journal of the history of science and its cultural aspects, and he is on the on the Executive Council of the European Society for the History of Science.
For this seminar, prof. Vermeir will talk about "Humanist Self-Care; or, did Foucault overlook a dominant culture of the self?"