Helen Beebee#
| Membership Number: | 5541 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/3939/professor-helen-beebee |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7650-3622 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2022 Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds
- 2012 - 2022 Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester
- 2010 - present Honorary Professor, University of Sydney
- 2005 - 2012 Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham
- 1999 - 2005 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Professor, University of Manchester
- 1997 - 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University
- 1996 - 1997 Temporary Lecturer, University College London
- 1995 - 1996 Teaching & Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews
- 1994 - 1995 Temporary Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Fields of Scholarship
- Free will
- David Lewis
- Epistemology of philosophy
- Causation
- Underrepresentation of women in philosophy
- David Hume
- Laws of nature
- Meta-philosophy
Honours and Awards
- HONORARY AND ELECTED POSITIONS
- Since 2022 Fellow of the British Academy
- Since 2010 Honorary Professor, University of Sydney
- Since 2015 Patron, Athena SWAN Charter
- 2017 - 2018 President, The Aristotelian Society
- 2015 - 2017 President, The British Society for the Philosophy of Science
- 2007 - 2011 Director, British Philosophical Association
- RESEARCH GRANTS (SELECTED)
- 2016 - 2019 The Age of Metaphysical Revolution: David Lewis and His Place in the History of Analytic Philosophy. Principal Investigator. Arts & Humanities Research Council, £800,000
- 2008 - 2010 Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
- 2006 - 2009 The Metaphysics of Science. Co-investigator. AHRC, £750,000
- JOURNAL EDITORIAL POSITIONS
- Since 2013 Associate editor, Journal of the American Philosophical Association
- 2013 - 2017 Co-editor, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
- 2012 - 2015 Associate editor, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
