Current Position Full Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway.


Previous Positions SNSF Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva, Switzerland, (2014-2017).

Juniorprofessor at the Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany, (2012-2014).

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Konstanz, Germany, (2009-2012).

Visiting Scholar at the Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, University of Paris 1, France, (spring 2010).

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Bern, Switzerland, (2008-2009).

Visiting Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA, (2007-2008).

Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Bern, Switzerland, (2003-2007).

Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Bern, Switzerland, (2001-2003).


Education Ph.D. (Philosophy): University of Bern (2005);
M.A. (Philosophy): University of Bern (2001);
Studies in Philosophy, History, and German: Universities of Bern, Freiburg, and Konstanz (Germany) (1995-2000).


Grants, Fellowships FRIPRO project, Research Council of Norway (2021);
Toppforskprogrammet, Universitetet i Bergen / Trond Mohn Foundation (2017);
SNSF Professorship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (2013);
Visiting Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh (2007);
Fellowship for Prospective Researchers from the Swiss National Science Foundation (2007);
Ph.D. Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation for a research project on regularity theories of causation (2001-2003);
Diverse travel grants from the University of Bern and from the Swiss National Science Foundation.