Philosophy of science and beyond

25 June 2026
University College London
Hybrid Conference

A one-day event in (belated) celebration of Alan Sokal's 70th birthday. Talks will address the philosophy of science, history of science, academic freedom, the replication crisis ...


Please e-mail r.halburd@ucl.ac.uk to register.

Registration is free


This meeting will immediately follow the conference

Interactions between Combinatorics, Analysis and Statistical Physics

celebrating Alan's contributions to mathematical physics.

Alan Sokal

About

Organiser:
Rod Halburd (University College London) – r.halburd@ucl.ac.uk

Schedule

A preliminary schedule is available here. We are still waiting for final conformation of times for some speakers.

Speakers

NameAffiliationMode
Jean BricmontUniversité de Louvain, BelgiumVirtual
James Robert BrownUniversity of Toronto, CanadaVirtual
Nicholas BrownLinnaeus University, Sweden?
Helena Sheehan Dublin City University, IrelandVirtual
Alice SullivanUniversity College London, UKIn Person

Participants

NameAffiliationMode
Gaurav BhatnagarAshoka University, IndiaVirtual
Jean BricmontUniversité de Louvain, BelgiumVirtual
Rod HalburdUniversity College London, UKIn Person
James Robert BrownUniversity of Toronto, CanadaVirtual
Nicholas BrownLinnaeus University, Sweden?
Helen Pluckrose ?
Abhishek SahaQueen Mary University of London, UKIn Person
Jesus SalasUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainIn Person
Helena Sheehan Dublin City University, IrelandVirtual
Alan SokalUniversity College London, UKIn Person
Alice SullivanUniversity College London, UKIn Person
James WalradUniversity College London, UKIn Person

Accommodation

London accommodation

UCL Summer Residences