In this episode, we welcome acclaimed writer, psychologist, and intellectual Gündüz Vassaf, whose work spans 17 published books blending literature, philosophy, and psychology. Author of the bestselling "Prisoners of Ourselves: Totalitarianism in Everyday Life" and his more recent novel "The Painter's Rebellion," Vassaf explores with us what it means to imagine Turkey, to be ‘Turkish’ and to be part of a community in the context of some of the world’s greatest challenges, such as global warming, Artificial Intelligence and an increasingly polarised political landscape.

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6/12/2025

Professor Tom Stern teaches in the Philosophy Department and in the European and International Social and Political Studies programme at UCL. His recent publications include a book on Nietzsche's Ethics.

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6/3/2025

At UCL, we understand how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are fundamental to the way we live our lives and shape so many of the things that we see and do every day. Many of us became Engineers because we want to make a difference and improve people’s lives. We want to solve those problems that impact people’s lives, big or small. But the world we work in is complex and every action we take and every decision we make has consequences good and bad. How do we work out what the best decision is? How do we avoid those bad consequences? How do we make sure that our work is ethical, or equitable? This is where Philosophy comes in, or more specifically Ethics. Philosophers have been discussing how to make ethical decisions for centuries and while they haven’t reached a conclusion, they can give us some pointers on how to answer those difficult questions. Find out more about us - search 'UCL Engineering', or visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/

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5/31/2022

UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) offers two MSc degrees (Science, Technology and Society MSc, and History and Philosophy of Science MSc). These cover a wide range of material and provide students with the skills they need in their future careers. How best to demonstrate this? We asked our students to discuss how they found the course and where they plan to go next. Students: Feodora Rayner (MSc STS) Sophie Perry (MSc STS) Amelie Peschanski (MSc STS) Leah Christian (MSc HPS) Sophie Wang (MSc STS) Emily Gardner (MSc STS) UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

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2/8/2021

What's "History and Philosophy of Science," and why consider studying it at university? In this film, staff and students talk about our programme and highlight some of the things that makes it special.

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2/8/2021

Sailee Khurjekar, BA Philosophy and History of Art, shares how she has navigated Connected Learning in her final year.

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8/12/2020

The Legal and Political Theory Forum have assembled a panel of four experts from the fields of philosophy, social epistemology, international relations and journalism to share their thoughts about how recent advancements in technology have changed the way we consume media, and how to deal with some of the challenges to democratic discourse that these changes have produced. Through this discussion we hope to shed some light on the ways in which we can productively disagree in an era where truth seems to be increasingly subjective, and tailored to preference and dogma James Ball, Journalist (currently special correspondent at BuzzFeed UK. Previously special projects editor at The Guardian) Professor Steve Fuller,Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. Dr. Michael Hannon, assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham. Dr. Elke Schwarz, Lecturer in Political Philosophy at Queen Mary, University of London.

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6/11/2019

In recent years ideas about education have polarised: on one side are those stressing facts and disciplines; on the other, those committed to the encouragement of learners to make their own meaning. By offering a fine-grained account of pedagogic practice and subject knowledge, recent developments in philosophy provide a means of reconfiguring the issue in a manner that transcends this simple opposition. Professor Jan Derry draws on the work of the neo-Hegelian philosopher Robert Brandom, termed 'inferentialism', to re-examine questions concerning knowledge that has preoccupied teachers, educational researchers and policy makers. Considerations about the nature of knowledge and understanding involve conceptions of mind, meaning, and activity. Common conceptions are challenged by adopting a Vygotskian approach to both pedagogic practice and knowledge, one that emphasises the significance of normative constraints for both teachers and learners.

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6/4/2018