Dr. Hannah Hilligardt

Hannah Hilligardt is a philosopher of science with a background in STS and political studies. She completed a joint honours degree in philosophy and European studies at the University of Dundee (Scotland) and a research master programme in philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Since 2020, Hannah has been a doctoral student in the DFG Research Training Group “Integrating Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research” at Leibniz University Hannover.

Hannah has spent the past three years writing about democratic legitimacy and political representation in and around science. Many of the issues she encountered here turn on questions of credibility and trust: as part of SOCRATES she will further delve into these aspects. Furthermore, she plans on branching into environmental philosophy and science’s role in nature conservation policy.