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History and Philosophy of Cosmology Conference - H&PCC 2026

6–9 Jul 2026
Kostis Palamas Building
Europe/Athens timezone

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  1. 15. Quantum Gravity and the Big Bang: Singularities, Bounces, and Spacetime Emergence
    Alvaro Mozota Frauca (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
    06/07/2026, 10:00
    Contributed Talk
  2. 35. Epistemology of spacetime topology
    Marta Bielinska (The Centre for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh)
    06/07/2026, 10:30
    Contributed Talk
  3. 37. ESRO, Space-based Research, and Fundamental Physics.
    ALESSIO ROCCI (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Solvay Institutes)
    06/07/2026, 11:30
    Contributed Talk
  4. 40. Predictions in an Uncertain World
    Antonios Papaioannou (University of Rennes)
    06/07/2026, 12:00
    Contributed Talk
  5. 33. What differentiates astrophysical experiments?
    Rami Jreige (University of Bristol)
    06/07/2026, 12:30
    Contributed Talk
  6. 36. Quantum Information in Cosmology
    Maria Eftychia Papageorgiou, Prof. Charis Anastopoulos (University of Patras), Prof. Achim Kempf (University of Waterloo)
    06/07/2026, 15:00
    Symposium
  7. 46. Keynote Speach - Title: TBA
    Prof. Emmanuel Saridakis (National Observatory of Athens)
    06/07/2026, 17:00
  8. 41. The Epistemic Productivity of Erroneous Reanalyses in Black Hole Imaging
    Paula Muhr (paula.muhr@brand-university.de)
    07/07/2026, 10:00
    Contributed Talk
  9. 12. Black Holes or Neutron Stars? The Implicit Bets Behind the First Detection of Gravitational Waves
    Jean-Philippe Martinez (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute))
    07/07/2026, 10:30
    Contributed Talk
  10. 45. The Secret Lives of Mass Gap Black Holes
    Dr Jamee Elder (Tufts University)
    07/07/2026, 11:30
    Contributed Talk
  11. 7. Physicality Behind Black Hole Universality
    Yichen Luo (Nanyang Technological University and Rotman Institute of Philosophy)
    07/07/2026, 12:00
    Contributed Talk
  12. 43. Why care about going beyond Kerr?
    Juliusz Doboszewski (Jagiellonian University & Black Hole Initiative, Harvard)
    07/07/2026, 12:30
    Contributed Talk
  13. 21. Signature Change and Kretschmann Invariance: Atemporality and Empirical Constraints in Black Hole Shadows
    Emmanuele Battista (INFN Frascati), Salvatore Capozziello (University of Naples Federico II), Silvia De Bianchi (University of Milan)
    07/07/2026, 15:00
    Symposium
  14. 24. Nature of contemporary Astronomy and Astrophysics: portrait of unique sciences
    Charly Mobers (UNamur, KU Leuven, Royal Observatory of Belgium)
    07/07/2026, 17:00
    Contributed Talk
  15. 22. From Saving the Phenomena to Phenomenological Modelling: A Genealogy of Cosmological Phenomenology
    Julien Bernard (Centre Gilles Gaston Granger UMR7304 CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université)
    07/07/2026, 17:30
    Contributed Talk
  16. 8. Dark Matter and Scientific Realism: An Extensional Approach Among Realist Frameworks
    Evangelos Georgoudis (University of Amsterdam)
    08/07/2026, 09:30
    Contributed Talk
  17. 19. Realism in the Shadows; Philosophical Reflections on Universe’s Dark Sector
    Nikolaos Alexiou (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Athens)
    08/07/2026, 10:00
    Contributed Talk
  18. 32. Is dark matter the ether of the 21st century?
    Antonis Antoniou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
    08/07/2026, 10:30
    Contributed Talk
  19. 34. From Causal Boundary to Epistemic Interface: The Conceptual Transformation of Horizons in Modern Cosmology
    Susanna Piombo
    08/07/2026, 11:30
    Contributed Talk
  20. 11. Four flatness problems in cosmology
    Dr Phillip Helbig
    08/07/2026, 12:00
    Contributed Talk
  21. 18. Whence the Desire to Close the Universe?
    Jonathan Fay (University of Bristol)
    08/07/2026, 12:30
    Contributed Talk
  22. 10. Are Wormholes Physically Unreasonable?
    Sanne Vergouwen (Utrecht University)
    08/07/2026, 15:00
    Contributed Talk
  23. 44. Ontological aspects of gravity from the geometrical trinity
    Dr Charalampos Tzerefos (National Observatory of Athens), Dr Fotios Anagnostopoulos (University of Peloponnese)
    08/07/2026, 15:30
    Contributed Talk
  24. 47. Cosmological Methodology in the Face of Tensions [Keynote speaker]
    Helen Meskhidze (University of Cincinnati)
    08/07/2026, 16:30

    It is often argued that anomalies and tensions in current theories reveal where they might be lacking and "hint at" future theories. While this may hold true for some historical cases, I argue that the current "precision tension era” (Di Valentino, Said, and Saridakis, 2025) in cosmology—typified by the Hubble and S8 tensions—has a different character. These tensions indicate that ΛCDM is...

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  25. 16. Effective Realism and the Problem of Boltzmann Brains
    Marco Maggiani (University of Pittsburgh)
    09/07/2026, 10:00
    Contributed Talk
  26. 2. The Antinomies of Modern Cosmology: AI, Epistemic Limits, and the Kantian Horizon
    Marius Augustin Draghici (Institute of Philosophy and Psychology of the Romanian Academy)
    09/07/2026, 10:30
    Contributed Talk
  27. 23. From Cosmic Dipoles to the Cosmological Principle
    Mr Kartik Tiwari (University of Bonn)
    09/07/2026, 11:30
    Contributed Talk
  28. 3. Can we test the Copernican Principle?
    George Papadopoulos (History and Philosophy of Science and Technology)
    09/07/2026, 12:00
    Contributed Talk
  29. 28. Toward a Foundation for Cosmo/Astrostatistics: Deidealization from Structure Formation to the Cosmos
    Tianzhe Cozette Shen (University of Arizona)
    09/07/2026, 12:30
    Contributed Talk
  30. 29. Experiments, models, and unification, or why gravitational waves are not ripples of spacetime
    Antonio Ferreiro
    09/07/2026, 15:00
    Contributed Talk
  31. 14. Can the Constants Vary? Some Metaphysical and Cosmological Considerations
    Mahmoud Jalloh
    09/07/2026, 15:30
    Contributed Talk
  32. 20. The Nomic Status of the Fundamental Constants of Nature: The Case of the Cosmological Constant
    Niels Martens (Utrecht University)
    09/07/2026, 16:00
    Contributed Talk
  33. 48. The fundamental constants at the heart of measurement and cosmology [Keynote speaker]
    Prof. Jean-Philippe Uzan (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
    09/07/2026, 17:00

    On 16 November 2018, the 26th General Conference on Weights and
    Measures adopted the new International System of Units (SI). The new
    definition of the base units, including the kilogram, is based on a choice
    of universal constants. This is the culmination of a long process that
    began on 26 March 1791. This presentation will review this scientific and
    historical adventure, the importance...

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  34. 39. Causality, Chance and Cosmology
    Sulona Kandhai (University of Szczecin)
    Contributed Talk
  35. 6. Foundations of Torsion in Theories of Gravity
    Aaron Collavini (University of Udine & University of Geneve)
    Contributed Talk