Prof. Dr. Vera Hoffmann-Kolss
University of Bern
Institute of Philosophy
Länggassstrasse 49a
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Email: vera.hoffmann-kolss@philo.unibe.ch
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I am an analytic philosopher at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
My research interests lie at the intersection of metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. The main focus of my current research is on causation and causal models. I am also interested in the metaphysics of properties, the mind-body problem, and the recent debate on ontological indeterminacy and its implications for evaluations and decisions under uncertainty.
In August 2024, I received an SNSF Consolidator Grant for my project Worldly Indeterminacy. The project started in March 2025. A description of its research questions and main goals can be found here. More information will be available soon.
I am one of two PIs (together with Thomas Krödel, University of Hamburg) in an SNSF-DFG funded project called Beyond Causal Exclusion: New Challenges for Multi-Level Causal Models. More information about this project is available here.
My collaborators at the University of Bern are Nicole Dolby-Rathgeb (Postdoc), Matthias Rolffs (Postdoc), Jonas Werner (Postdoc), Zhengguan Chen (PhD student), and Edoardo Fazzini (PhD student).
I am happy to supervise theses on topics in my areas of expertise.