Over the last decades, the rapid development of computer simulations has increasingly shaped and changed the face of scientific experimentation and theorizing as well as engineering research and design. Moreover, computer simulations play an ever more important role in assessing the impact of human actions on the environment.

This raises the central question of how and under what conditions computer simulations can generate reliable predictions or enable understanding. Starting from the current debate on the epistemology of computer simulation, my PhD project aims to address the epistemic challenges that arise from scientists’ use of computer simulations from a philosophical perspective.

I am part of the research group PhilETAS at ITAS (Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis), working under the supervision of Prof. Rafaela Hillerbrand.

For a description of the PhD project, click here.

Publications can be found here.