Philippe Colo 

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Oeschger Center for Climate Research (OCCR) and at the Philosophy Institute of the University of Bern and an associate researcher to the Chair of Integrative Risk Management and Economics at ETH Zürich. I hold a MSc in Economics from ENSAE and MSc in Philosophy from Université Paris I and obtained a PhD in Economics in July 2021 from the Paris School of Economics.

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My research journey began with my Philosophy master’s dissertation and a sort of fascination for the IPCC’s dual mission as both synthesizer of scientific knowledge and adviser to decision-makers. Somehow, I am still trying to figure out how this could be possible. 

I initially explored the decision-making part of the IPCC's mission during my PhD, focusing on decision theory to better understand the impact of model uncertainty on decision-making, and on game theory to analyze the dynamics of strategic communication.

After my PhD, I shifted focus to epistemology in order to explore the knowledge synthesizer part of the IPCC's mission. This led me to examine questions such as suspension of judgment, the role of practical stakes in doxastic states, and the impact of ethical disagreement on testimony-based beliefs.

Since joining the OCCR, I have strived to bring these domains together within a philosophy of science perspective. My current research focuses on modeling choices in the social sciences, causality and ethics in statistics, and ethical equilibrium concepts in game theory.

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Here is a short (non-academic) article about some of my current research at the OCCR.