Faculty Projects Funded in the DFG Priority Programme

Our Faculty has secured funding for two projects in the new DFG Priority Programme "Rethinking Disinformation (Re:DIS)", which brings together researchers from across Germany to investigate the mechanisms and consequences of disinformation.

Prof. Stephan Hartmann (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy) will lead the project "Procedural Anchors: How Communication Order Shapes Disinformation." Using Bayesian models and agent-based simulations, they will investigate how the order of communication influences collective belief formation and how improved deliberation procedures can reduce the spread of false beliefs.

Dr. Gabriel Târziu will lead the project "Navigating Disinformation in Climate Science: Antagonistic Environment, Reactive Disinformation, and Normative Guidance." His research introduces the concept of reactive disinformationand examines how hostile environments may lead climate scientists to adopt defensive communication strategies that unintentionally distort public understanding. Combining conceptual analysis, formal modelling, and empirical network analysis, the project aims to develop normative guidance for scientific communication under political pressure.

Together, the two projects highlight the Faculty's expertise in formal epistemology, philosophy of science, and interdisciplinary research on one of today's most pressing societal challenges.