Michela Massimi#
| Membership Number: | 5039 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.michelamassimi.com |
| Twitter: | @p_realism |
Present and Previous Positions
- August 2015 to present Professor (Personal Chair in Philosophy of Science), School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- July 2012 - July 2015 Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- August 2009 - June 2012 Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, Dept. of Science and Technology Studies, University College London
- September - December 2009 Visiting Professor, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
- From September 2008 (lifetime appointment) Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, Dept. of Science and Technology Studies, University College London
- October 2005 - August 2008 (probationary) Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, Dept. of Science and Technology Studies, University College London
- October 2002 - October 2005 Junior Research Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- History of Philosophy
- History and philosophy of modern physics
- Kant
- Philosophy of Science
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
- 2023 Lakotos Award
- 2023 - 2024 President of the Philosophy of Science Association
- 2019 Elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 2018 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 2018 Affiliate Member of the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Edinburgh
- 2017 Royal Society Wilkins–Bernal–Medawar Medal and Lecture, given for excellence in a subject relating to the history of science, philosophy of science or the social function of science
- 2016 Elected Corresponding Member of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS)
- 2016 - 2020 Principal Investigator for the European Research Council Consolidator Grant 'Perspectival Realism. Science, Knowledge, and Truth from a Human Vantage Point' (€1.6 million)
- 2015 - 2019 Elected Vice-President, European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)
- 2012 - 2015 Elected Member of the American Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) Governing Board
