Affiliated Lecturer (DPMMS) and Professor of Mathematical Logic

Benedikt Löwe is a researcher connecting mathematics, computer science, philosophy and the social sciences. He is the Professor of mathematical logic and interdisciplinary applications of logic at the Universität Hamburg and is the chair-holder of the CIPSH chair ‘Diversity of Mathematical Research Cultures and Practices’. He is a member if the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS) and the Secretary General of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST).

His research includes mathematical logic, in particular set theory and infinite games, as well as empirical studies of mathematics, in particular with applications to the philosophy of mathematics.

In Cambridge, Löwe was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College and a Bye-Fellow of Christ’s College; he is currently an Extraordinary Fellow and Postgraduate Tutor at Churchill College and a Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies at Lucy Cavendish College,

At St Edmund’s College, Löwe is Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies for Parts IA, IB, and II of the Mathematical Tripos. He lectures and supervises in Mathematics and History and Philosophy of Science.