Baptiste Le Bihan
His research interests are in theoretical philosophy (philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, metaphysics), mainly on time and space, modality, mereology and material objects. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Rennes and a habilitation in philosophy of science from the University of Bern.
Elisa Ballabio
PhD Candidate
Her research aims at making progress on the ontological problem of spacetime emergence in quantum gravity by analyzing the nature and role of mathematics, with a focus on the causal set approach. She’s interested in interdisciplinary issues lying at the intersection of metaphysics, physics and mathematics. She holds a MA in Philosophy from the University of Geneva. In her thesis she proposed a graph-theoretical approach to generate reality from scratch.
Enrico Cinti
Postdoctoral Researcher
He works on the philosophy of physics, with a focus on quantum gravity, in particular holography and string theory, cosmology, and their metaphysical implications. He received his PhD from the University of Geneva and the University of Urbino, and has worked as a postdoc at the University of Amsterdam.
Emilia Margoni
Postdoctoral Researcher
She holds a BS+MS in physics and an MA in philosophy. Her PhD thesis centers on the group field theory approach to quantum gravity. Her main interests lie at the intersection of theoretical physics and metaphysics, with a specific focus on the ontological status of spacetime within quantum gravity projects.
Annica Vieser
PhD Candidate
She aims at contributing to a re-conceptualisation of causation in light of the non-fundamental status that certain approaches to quantum gravity ascribe to spacetime. She holds a M.Sc. in logic from the University of Amsterdam, from which she graduated with a thesis on intuitionistic mereology.
Associate Members
Sam Baron
His research focuses on the metaphysics and epistemology of science. He’s currently investigating: (i) The nature of mathematical explanation and its implications for the existence of mathematical objects. (ii) The emergence of spacetime within theories of quantum gravity and (iii) The nature of explainable AI and its implications for scientific epistemology, and fairness.
Floris Eskens
PhD Candidate
Dianoia Institute, ACU
His research is focussed on contributing to the development of the concept of non-spatiotemporal causation in quantum gravity. Additionally, he is also interested in the emergence of spacetime from quantum gravity, the philosophy of symmetries in physics, and the physics and philosophy of time. He holds an MA in Philosophy (research) from the University of Amsterdam. His thesis was on the passage of time and spacetime emergence in causal set theory.
Laurie Letertre
Postdoctoral Researcher
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
She holds a PhD in physics and a PhD in philosophy. She is currently a MSCA postdoctoral fellow within the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. Her interests encompass the metaphysical questions related to indefinite causal orders, the epistemic questions surrounding operational formalisms for physical theories, and the status of space and time in quantum physics.
Niels Linnemann
Collaborateur scientifique in the SNF project ‘Philosophy Beyond Standard Physics’. From 2020-2022, Niels taught and carried out research as a Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the University of Bremen. From September 2020 to February 2021, he was also a member of the New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology research project at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy (London, Ontario).
Jessica Pohlmann
PhD Candidate
Rutgers University
Jessica’s research lies at the intersection of metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science. Her research interests focus on the emergence of spacetime, the metaphysics of Quantum Gravity, dependence, and fundamentality. She is focusing on metaphysical models of emergent spacetime and investigating the implications of spacetime emergence for existing theories in metaphysics.
Christian Wüthrich
Associate Professor
University of Geneva
Head of the GSG
Christian’s philosophical interests most prominently include foundational issues in physics, particularly in classical general relativity and quantum gravity. Of course, he also gets excited about the implications of philosophy of physics for general philosophy of science and metaphysics. More specifically, he enjoys thinking about issues such as space and time, persistence, laws of nature, determinism, and causation.
Space, Time and Causation in Quantum Gravity 