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SOCRATES Summer School 2026: Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust and the Climate Crisis

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01 Sep
01. Sep. 2026 04. Sep. 2026
SOCRATES Summer School

SOCRATES Summer School 2026: Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust and the Climate Crisis

On September 1-4, the SOCRATES group – Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information – is hosting its Summer School 2026 on Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust and the Climate Crisis at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany.
The event will bring together early-career researchers and PhD students for interactive reading sessions, talks by senior scholars, and opportunities to present and discuss their work in a supportive and engaging environment.

For more information and the call for applications, please see the SOCRATES event page.

About SOCRATES

SOCRATES is a Centre for Advanced Studies funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and provides a forum for interdisciplinary as well as inner-disciplinary exchange on scientific credibility and trust in science. It is headed by Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch (as speaker) and Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt and is based at the Institute for Philosophy at Leibniz University Hannover.

More information about SOCRATES can be found at https://www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/.

Questions?

Please contact the SOCRATES coordinator Dr. Leonie Wiemeyer (leonie.wiemeyer@philos.uni-hannover.de).

Event organiser/s

This Summer School is hosted by Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch, Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt, and Dr. T.Y. Branch.

The organising committee is headed by SOCRATES coordinator Dr. Leonie Wiemeyer.

Date

01. Sep. 2026 04. Sep. 2026

Contact information

Dr. Leonie Wiemeyer
Institut für Philosophie
Lange Laube 32
Hannover 30159
leonie.wiemeyer@philos.uni-hannover.de

Location

Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion
Im Moore 23
30167 Hannover