Publications
Baldissera Pacchetti, Marina, Jebeile, Julie & Thompson, Erica. (2024). For a pluralism of climate modelling strategies, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 105, E1350–E1364, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0169.1
Baldissera Pacchetti, Marina, Jebeile, Julie & Thompson, Erica. (2024). For a pluralism of climate modelling strategies, RealClimate blog, August 24
Majszak, Mason, Jebeile, Julie. (2024). Expert judgment in climate science: the elephant in the room, PLOS’s Latitude blog, May
Jebeile, Julie. (2024). From regional climate models to usable information, Climatic Change, 177, 53, doi:10.1007/s10584-024-03693-7
Forthcoming Talks
2025
Kumar, Sapna. contribution to the pre-COP30 MCR – BASE workshop: Climate evidence for loss and damage in the context of wildfires in the Amazon region in Brazil – Brasilia, Brazil, September 8-12.
Frisch, Mathias and Hilligardt, Hannah. Climate Tipping Points: Deep uncertainties and values in climate communication. GAP.12: Pathways to Truth – Düsseldorf, Germany, September 9
Jebeile, Julie. Uncertainties and values in climate research, at Sarah Beyeler’s invitation, lecture at the Kirchenfeld Gymnasium, Bern, Technology and IT Week ‘Climate and Energy’, September 19
Hilligardt, Hannah and Metzen, Hanna. Scientific Authority. Authority and Authoritarianism Conference, Milan, September 25–26
Jebeile, Julie. Value formation and management in climate research institutions, at Anna Leuchner’s and Kevin Elliott’s invitation, Workshop on Values and Institutions, Wuppertal, Germany, November 4-5
Rechnitzer, Tanja and Hilligardt, Hannah. Philosophie und Aktivismus. Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) Germany Tagung, Ulm, Germany, November 13
Hilligardt, Hannah and Metzen, Hanna. Scientific Authority. SWIP Germany workshop, Ulm, Germany, November 14
Jebeile, Julie. Justice issues in climate research, at Gwendoline Bossert’s invitation, colloquium of the Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute, University of Fribourg, November 18
Jebeile, Julie. Participation to the workshop on “Opening up Earth Observations for climate adaptation”, International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, December 8-12
2026
Hilligardt, Hannah. Tbd, at IZWT-Kolloquium Wuppertal, January 7
Jebeile, Julie. Quelles innovations technologiques face au changement climatique ?, at François Kammerer’s invitation, Grandes Conférences des Archives Henri Poincaré, Strasbourg, April 1
Past Talks
2025
Venuto, Futura. Diversity and Dissent: The Case of Climate Change Skepticism. Symposium “Cognitive and social diversity in climate science”, European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) conference 2025 – Groningen, Netherland, August 29
Kumar, Sapna. Knowledge Integration in Climate Change Research. Symposium “Cognitive and social diversity in climate science”, European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) conference 2025 – Groningen, Netherland, August 29
Baldissera Pacchetti, Marina, Jebeile*, Julie and Thompson, Erica. Pluralism in climate science and diversity of the scientific community. Symposium “Cognitive and social diversity in climate science” European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) conference 2025 – Groningen, Netherland, August 29
Hilligardt, Hannah. Epistemic benefits and problems of representativeness as opposed to diversity in science. Symposium “Cognitive and social diversity in climate science”, European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) conference 2025 – Groningen, Netherland, August 29
Jebeile, Julie. Feminist perspectives on climate science, at Dunja Šešelja’s invitation, keynote speaker, Workshop: Feminist Philosophy of Science – Contemporary Trends and Debates, Bochum, Germany, July 14-15
Venuto, Futura. Communicating Uncertainty about Climate Projections: Why Prefer Possibilities to Probabilities, at Joe Roussos’s invitation, Workshop: Making Sense of Uncertainty in Science and Policy – University of Hannover, SOCRATES, June 16
Jebeile, Julie. Technological innovation facing climate change, at Joe Roussos’ invitation, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, June 11
Kumar, Sapna. Navigating Scientific Pluralism in the IPCC. Spring 2025 Symposium – University of Bern, May 13
Venuto, Futura. Diversity and Dissent: The Case of Climate Change Skepticism, Spring 2025 Symposium – University of Bern, May 13
Jebeile, Julie. Values, perspectives and diversity in climate science, at Katharina Bernhard’s invitation, keynote speaker, PhiCliSci workshop, Saint Andrews, May 6-7
Hilligardt, Hannah. Assessing strategic communication in science: the case of climate tipping points, at Katharina Bernhard’s invitation, PhiCliSci workshop, Saint Andrews, May 6-7
Spuler, Fiona, Wessel*, Jakob, Jebeile, Julie, Zscheischler, Jakob, Shepherd, Ted. Statistical bias adjustment and the usability of climate information: a perspective on strategies and underlying assumptions, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 27-May 2
Baldissera Pacchetti, Marina, Jebeile, Julie and Thompson*, Erica. Challenging the hierarchy: what could a pluralist ecosystem of climate modelling strategies look like?, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 27-May 2
Kumar, Sapna. Navigating Scientific Pluralism in the IPCC. Workshop: Scientific Pluralism, Epistemic Diversity and Progress in Science, – University of Wuppertal, Germany, March 27-28.
Jebeile, Julie. Workshop “Influence of values in climate models and services”, with Louise Crochemore, Assemblée Générale of the PEPR TRACCS, Grenoble, February 4-6; Feedback on the workshop, Assemblée Générale of the PEPR TRACCS PC1, online, June 2
2024
Venuto, Futura. Going Beyond the Epistemic Limits of Climate Models, Fall 2024 PhD Symposium – University of Bern, December 3
Venuto, Futura. Going Beyond the Epistemic Limits of Climate Models, SAS24, Modeling for Policy – HLRS Stuttgart, November 26
Jebeile, Julie. Scientific representation, at Claus Beisbart’s invitation, institute’s colloquium, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Bern, Novembre 21
Jebeile, Julie. Climate change adaptation through the feminist kaleidoscope, at Lucile Quéré’s invitation, Séminaire du Centre en Etudes Genre de l’Université de Lausanne, November 14
Anquetin, Sandrine & Jebeile, Julie. Philosophie et sciences du climat, in dialogue with , at Maël Lemoine’s invitation, conférences Duhem, Société de Philosophie des Sciences, Paris, November 4
Venuto, Futura. Going Beyond the Epistemic Limits of Climate Models, Understanding and Assessing Climate Change – LMU München, October 28
Jebeile, Julie. Model spread and progress in climate modelling, at Gabriel Tarziu’s invitation, keynote speaker, “Understanding and Assessing Climate Change” conference, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, October 28-29
Jebeile, Julie. Climate change adaptation through the feminist kaleidoscope, OCCR plenary meeting, Bern, September 10
Jebeile, Julie. Scenarios from the perspective of (philosophy of) climate science, at Raphael Scholl’s invitation, keynote speaker, “Scenario Modeling: Epistemology, Practice, and Values” workshop, University of Geneva, September 3
Jebeile, Julie. Presentation of the SNSF PRIMA project, research seminar at the Wyss academy for Nature, Bern, July 3
Jebeile, Julie. Values, perspectives and diversity in climate science, at Sabine Undorf’s and Till Armbruster’s invitation, keynote speaker, “Identifying value-judgement in climate impact science” workshop, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), June 20-21
Jebeile, Julie. From fundamental research to usable science, at Chrysi Maria Malouchou Kanellopoulou’s invitation, ’Future-Proof Science’ workshop, Edinburgh, June 11 (online)
Jebeile, Julie. Values and objectivity in the IPCC, at Alex Valach’s and Christine Jurt’s invitation, Bern University of Applied Science (BFH), course on climate change negotiation and mitigation strategies, May 23
Jebeile, Julie. Participation in the session “Contremodélisation”, conférence ARCHIPEL, at Sacha Hodencq’s invitation, INSA Lyon, April 17 (online)
Jebeile, Julie. Approche féministe des sciences du climat, at Julie Hämmerli’s and Florian Gatignon’s invitation, Conférences PhilEAs, Université de Genève, March 21
Jebeile, Julie. Usable information and climate modelling strategies, workshop organised by Mason Majszak, Universität Bern, February 29
Teaching
Sping Semester 2025
Courses about the philosophical issues related to climate modelling, by Julie Jebeile, Stefan Brönnimann and Vincent Lam (masters in philosophy, geography and climate science), University of Bern
Fall Semester 2024
Seminar in feminist epistemology and philosophy of science, (masters in practical and theoretical philosophy), by Julie Jebeile, University of Bern
Reading Groups
organised by Sapna Kumar and Futura Venuto
Fall Semester 2025
“Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions”, by María Lugones – University of Bern
Spring Semester 2025
“Orientalism”, by Edward W. Said – University of Bern

Fall Semester 2024
“The Epistemology of Protest”, by José Medina – University of Bern