Bio

Greg Lusk is an Assistant Professor at Durham University. He is an environmental philosopher of science who investigates the production, dissemination, and use of scientific information, particularly within climate science.

Research Interests

philosophy of science, science and values, climate science

Selected Publications

Lusk, G. (2022)  “Aligning Social Goals and Scientific Numbers” in Limits of the Numerical: Perspectives from Humanities and Social Sciences (eds. Anna Alexandrova, Stephen John, and Chris Newfield), University of Chicago Press.

Lusk, G. (2022) “Looking Forward and Backward at Extreme Event Attribution in Climate Policy.” Ethics, Policy, & Environment. (Available here)

Lusk, G. (2021) “Does democracy require value-neutral science? Analyzing the legitimacy of scientific information in the political sphere.” Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 90: 102-110. (Access here)

Lusk, G., D. Archer, and E. Kite (2020) “The Ultimate Cost of Carbon.” Climatic Change. (Available here)

Lusk, G. (2020) “Should individual extreme events be attributed to human agency?” in Contemporary Climate Change Debates, Mike Hulme (ed.), Routledge. (Publisher link)

Lusk, G. and W. Parker (2019). “Incorporating User Values into Climate Services.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (Open access: available here)

Websites

https://greglusk.com/
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/gregory-lusk/