Program
Gürol Irzık
Sabancı University
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Dr. Irzik is a Professor at Sabanci University in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. His career is marked by his interest in Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Sciences, Social and Political Philosophy, and Science Education. In addition to the numerous professional memberships he holds, Dr. Irzik was elected to the European Cultural Parliament in 2007 and to the Science Academy Association in Turkey in 2012.
Silke Ackermann
Oxford University
Museum of the History of Science, Director
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Our Springer Lecturer for this conference is Dr. Ackermann, the Director of the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford University. Dr. Ackermann is the first ever female head of a museum at the University of Oxford. Prior to this position, she was the Curator of European and Islamic scientific instruments at the British Museum in London. Afterwards, Dr. Ackermann took up a professorship at the University of Applied Sciences Baltic College in Schwerin, Germany, where she was later appointed president.
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Her research interests include the history of science of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and the Islamic World, scientific instruments (especially astrolabes), and knowledge transfer.
Zoubeida Dagher
University of Delaware
School of Education​
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Dr. Dagher is professor of science education at the School of Education and a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Science, Ethics, and Public Policy, University of Delaware. She is currently serving as President of the International History and Philosophy of Science Teaching [IHPST] Group. Her research interests include the nature of scientific methods and practices and representations of scientific epistemology in science curriculum and instruction.
Plenary Speakers
