Arthur Petersen

Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal

Arthur Petersen is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at UCL, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Dutch Delta Commissioner (since 2024), and Editor-in-Chief of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. He joined UCL after more than 13 years’ work as scientific adviser on environment and infrastructure policy within the Dutch Government. He served as Chief Scientist of the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (2011–2014) and continues to advise the Dutch Government on environment and infrastructure (including climate-change adaptation). Petersen is Research Associate at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford (since 2025) and he has been Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009–2025), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2009–2022), and Adjunct Professor of Science and Environmental Public Policy at the VU University Amsterdam (2011–2016). Petersen studied physics and philosophy, obtained doctorate degrees in atmospheric sciences, philosophy of science/science & technology studies, and theology/science & religion, and now also finds disciplinary homes in international relations and philosophy of culture. Most of his research is about dealing with uncertainty. He has published several books, among which are Simulating Nature: A Philosophical Study of Computer-Simulation Uncertainties and Their Role in Climate Science and Policy Advice (2006) and Climate, God and Uncertainty: A Transcendental Naturalistic Approach Beyond Bruno Latour (2023).