Rawad El Skaf

 I am currently assistant professor (RTD-A) in Logic and Philosophy of Science in the department of Mathematics at the Politecnico di Milano.

Before, I held a Marie Curie Fellowship position at the University of Salzburg, with a secondment period at the University of Geneva, from 2019 until 2021.

My research interests concern general topics in the History and Philosophy of Science. More precisely, I work on Surrogative Reasoning and Scientific Tools beyond (direct) laboratory experiments: i.e., Thought Experiments, Computer Simulations, Scientific Models and Analogue Experiments, and their use in several scientific fields, mainly physics and climate science. 

Recently, I started investigating the use of narratives in climate science, in particular the "storyline approach" to the science of detection and attribution of extreme weather events and the "scenario framework" that combines both climate and socioeconomic future pathways.

During my career, I spent research and teaching periods at Pittsburgh, Santiago, Beirut, Geneva, and Salzburg.