Mikael Stenmark - Relativism and Post-Truth in Contemporary Society: Possibilities and Challenges

is a PhD candidate at the Department of Philosophy of Science and Technology at the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) in Tehran, Iran. His research fields are science and technology studies, philosophy of social sciences, and sociology of knowledge. His PhD thesis, titled Rationality in the social sciences, is about Martin Hollis and his contribution to disputes about rationality.

holds a PhD, is Professor of Psychology of Religion and leader of the research section on well-being and health of the iMPACT research program at Uppsala University, Sweden. She is also Guest Professor of Public Mental Health at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at the Medical School of Ume University, Sweden. DeMarinis also coordinates research projects in public mental health in Norway through her professorship in public mental health at the Innlandet Hospital Trust.

is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history and philosophy of science, Fuller is best known for his foundational work in the field of social epistemology, which is the name of a quarterly journal that he founded in 1987 as well as the first of his more than 20 books. From 2011 to 2014, he published a trilogy relating to the idea of a post- or trans- human future, all published with Palgrave Macmillan under the rubric Humanity 2.0. His most recent books are Knowledge: The Philosophical Quest in History (2015), The Academic Caesar (2016), and Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game (2018). His works have been translated into more than 20 languages. He was awarded a D.Litt. by the University of Warwick in 2007 for sustained lifelong contributions to scholarship.

is Nathan Sderblom Professor of Comparative Religion and a professor at the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism at Uppsala University. His recent research interests concern the roles that conceptions of race, gender, and religion (particularly Islam and Christianity) play in the ideologies of nationalistic right-wing politics and far-right movements. Among his recent publications is a book (in Swedish) on the racist Swedish serial killer Peter Mangs ( Raskrigaren, 2015).

is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Astrophysics at Uppsala University and works on problems in stellar physics and galactic evolution. He has also published essays on the modern scientific understanding of the world, on sustainability issues, and on research ethics. He has served as a member of the Swedish Research Council and as the chair of the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science of the International Council of Science (ICSU). He is a former director of the Sigtuna Foundation in Sweden, a member of several national academies, and an honorary doctor at several universities.