PhD advisory commission - Steven Laporte

Joining the advisory commission of the PhD research of Steven Laporte, who is a philosopher of science and a professional librarian at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is to present some key aspects from the field of Library and Information Science in a philosophical framework. More specifically the research focusses on the problem of demarcation between reliable/scientific information and unreliable/un-scientific information in a digital age.

· Start of PhD: 2012
· Expected to finish: 2016/17
· Doctoral supervisor: Professor Dr. Gustaaf C. Cornelis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, gccornel@vub.ac.be)
· Second advisory commission member: Dr. Bart Van Kerkhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, bvkerkho@vub.ac.be)
· The responsibilities of the advisory commission are stipulated in articles 20 and 21 of the central regulations concerning the conferring of the academic PhD degree of my university (see attachment)

Body type: jan 2015-2017