Dr. S. (Sebastian) De Haro Ollé
Faculty of Science
ILLC
Visiting address
- Science Park 107
- Room number: F1.42
Postal address
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Postbus 94242
1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
- Second visiting address: Science Park 904 Room number: C4.263
- s.deharo@uva.nl
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Profile
Sebastian De Haro
Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) in Philosophy of Science at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation and the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam. I am also an associated researcher of the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena, a Senior Researcher in the Quantum for Society and Business research line at QuSoft, and a member of the Vossius Center for the History of Humanities and Sciences. I work primarily in Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics and Philosophy of Technology.
Here is the website of our research group in History and Philosophy of Science.
Latest:
- Understanding Science and Technology: from Fundamental Science to Technology, Quantum and Society, workshop co-organised with Eline de Jong: Wednesday 3 April at the Institute for Advanced Study.
- Enrico Cinti is awarded the Graduate Student Essay Prize, for his paper On Entanglement as a Relation, by the European Philosophy of Science Association.
- Sanne Vergouwen is awarded the Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize for the best thesis in philosophy of physics worldwide. Her MSc thesis can be found here: Emergent Solitons and the Philosophy of Non-Perturbative Quantum Field Theory.
- New project Is there Space and Time for Experimental Philosophy? with Mark Golden, as part of the NWA-route consortium Fundamental building blocks of matter and fundaments of space and time.
During the winter of 2018-2019, I was a visiting fellow in philosophy at the Black Hole Initiative, Harvard University, through invitation by Peter Galison.
I did my PhD in History and Philosophy of Science under Jeremy Butterfield at the University of Cambridge, as the Tarner student in Philosophy of Science and History of Ideas (2015-2020) at Trinity College, Cambridge.
I did my PhD in theoretical physics under Gerard 't Hooft (Nobel Prize in Physics 1999) at Utrecht University in 2001. After that, I was a postdoc in theoretical physics at the University of California, Los Angeles (2001-2003), at the Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam (2003-2006), and at King's College, London (2006-2008). Before joining the Faculty of Science, I was a lecturer at the Amsterdam University College, University of Amsterdam (2009-2020).
For my full list of publications, see my Google scholar profile.
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Publications
2024
- Cinti, E., & De Haro Ollé, S. (2024). Cambridge Element on Dualities. Cambridge University Press.
2023
Crowther, K., & De Haro, S. (2023). Four attitudes towards singularities in the search for a theory of quantum gravity. In A. Vassallo (Ed.), The Foundations of Spacetime Physics: Philosophical Perspectives (pp. 223-250). (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.08531, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219019-12 [details]- De Haro, S. (2023). The Empirical Under-Determination Argument Against Scientific Realism for Dual Theories. Erkenntnis, 88(1), 117–145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00342-0 [details]
2022
- De Haro, S. (2022). Noether’s Theorems and Energy in General Relativity. In J. Read, & N. J. Teh (Eds.), The Philosophy and Physics of Noether’s Theorems: A Centenary Volume (pp. 197-256). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2103.17160, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108665445.010 [details]
2021
- De Haro, S. (2021). Theoretical equivalence and duality. Synthese, 198(6), 5139-5177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02394-4 [details]
- De Haro, S., & Butterfield, J. (2021). On symmetry and duality. Synthese, 198(4), 2973–3013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02258-x [details]
2020
- Castellani, E., & De Haro , S. (2020). Duality, Fundamentality, and Emergence. In D. Glick, G. Darby, & A. Marmodoro (Eds.), The Foundation of Reality: Fundamentality, Space and Time (pp. 195-216). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198831501.003.0012 [details]
- De Haro, S. (2020). On empirical equivalence and duality. In S. De Bianchi, & C. Kiefer (Eds.), One Hundred Years of Gauge Theory: Past, Present and Future Perspectives (pp. 91-106). (Fundamental Theories of Physics; Vol. 199). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51197-5_3 [details]
- De Haro, S. (2020). Science and Philosophy: A Love–Hate Relationship. Foundations of Science, 25(2), 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-019-09619-2
- De Haro, S. (2020). Spacetime and Physical Equivalence. In N. Huggett, K. Matsubara, & C. Wüthrich (Eds.), Beyond Spacetime: The Foundations of Quantum Gravity (pp. 257-283). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108655705.015
- De Haro, S., & de Regt, H. W. (2020). A precipice below which lies absurdity? Theories without a spacetime and scientific understanding. Synthese, 197(7), 3121–3149. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1874-9 [details]
- De Haro, S., van Dongen, J., Visser, M., & Butterfield, J. (2020). Conceptual analysis of black hole entropy in string theory. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 69, 82-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2019.11.001 [details]
- van Dongen, J., De Haro, S., Visser, M., & Butterfield, J. (2020). Emergence and correspondence for string theory black holes. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 69, 112-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2019.11.002 [details]
2019
- De Haro, S. (2019). The Heuristic Function of Duality. Synthese, 196(12), 5169–5203. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1708-9
- De Haro, S. (2019). Towards a theory of emergence for the physical sciences. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 9(3), Article 38. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-019-0261-9 [details]
2018
- De Haro, S., & Butterfield, J. N. (2018). A schema for duality, illustrated by bosonization. In J. Kouneiher (Ed.), Foundations of Mathematics and Physics One Century After Hilbert: New Perspectives (pp. 305-376). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64813-2_12
- De Haro, S., & de Regt, H. W. (2018). Interpreting Theories without a Spacetime. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 8(3), 631–670. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-018-0204-x [details]
2017
- De Haro, S. (2017). The Invisibility of Diffeomorphisms. Foundations of Physics, 47(11), 1464–1497. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-017-0117-0 [details]
- De Haro, S., Teh, N., & Butterfield, J. N. (2017). Comparing Dualities and Gauge Symmetries. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 59, 68-80. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.03.001 [details]
- de Haro, S. (2017). Dualities and emergent gravity: Gauge/gravity duality. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 59, 109-125. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2015.08.004 [details]
2016
- De Haro, S., Mayerson, D. R., & Butterfield, J. N. (2016). Conceptual Aspects of Gauge/Gravity Duality. Foundations of Physics, 46(11), 1381-1425. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-016-0037-4 [details]
- de Haro, S., Teh, N., & Butterfield, J. (2016). On the Relation between Dualities and Gauge Symmetries. Philosophy of Science, 83(5), 1059-1069. https://doi.org/10.1086/687938 [details]
2015
- Dieks, D., van Dongen, J., & de Haro, S. (2015). Emergence in holographic scenarios for gravity. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 52, 203-216. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2015.07.007 [details]
2014
- de Haro, S., & Petkou, A. C. (2014). Instantons and the Hartle-Hawking-Maldacena Proposal for dS/CFT. The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(11), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2014)126 [details]
2013
- de Haro, S., & Hahn, A. (2013). Chern-Simons Theory and the Quantum Racah Formula. Reviews in mathematical physics, 25(3), Article 1350004. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129055X13500049 [details]
- de Haro, S., Dieks, D., 't Hooft, G., & Verlinde, E. (2013). Forty Years of String Theory: Reflecting on the Foundations. Foundations of Physics, 43(1), 1-7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-012-9691-3 [details]
2009
- De Haro, S. (2009). Dual gravitons in AdS4/CFT3 and the holographic Cotton tensor. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(1), Article 042. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/01/042
- de Haro , S., & van Lier, T. (2009). [Review of: J.R. Leibowitz (2008) Hidden Harmony. The Connected Worlds of Physics and Art]. Foundations of Physics, 39(4), 407-410. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-009-9291-z
2008
- de Haro, S., & Petkou, A. C. (2008). Holographic aspects of electric-magnetic dualities. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 110(10), Article 102003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/110/10/102003
2007
- De Haro, S., & Gao, P. (2007). Electric-magnetic duality and deformations of three-dimensional conformal field theories. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 76(10), Article 106008. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.106008
- De Haro, S., Papadimitriou, I., & Petkou, A. C. (2007). Conformally coupled scalars, instantons, and vacuum instability in 4D anti-de sitter space. Physical Review Letters, 98(23), Article 231601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.231601
- De Haro, S., Ramgoolam, S., & Torrielli, A. (2007). Large N expansion of q-deformed two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory and hecke algebras. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 273(2), 317-355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-007-0232-4
2006
- Arcioni, G., De Haro, S., & Gao, P. (2006). Diffusion model for SU(N) QCD screening. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 73(7), Article 074508. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.074508
- De Haro, S. (2006). A note on knot invariants and q-deformed 2d Yang-Mills. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 634(1), 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2006.01.014
- De Haro, S., & Petkou, A. C. (2006). Instantons and conformal holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006(12), Article 076. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/076
2005
- de Haro, S. (2005). Chern-Simons theory, 2d Yang-Mills, and Lie algebra wanderers. Nuclear Physics B, 730(3), 312-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.09.009
- de Haro, S., & Tierz, M. (2005). Discrete and oscillatory matrix models in Chern-Simons theory. Nuclear Physics B, 731(3), 225-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.09.034
2004
- De Haro, S. (2004). Chern-Simons theory in lens spaces from 2d Yang-Mills on the cylinder. Journal of High Energy Physics, 8(8), 1097-1118.
- De Haro, S., & Tierz, M. (2004). Brownian motion, Chern-Simons theory, and 2d Yang-Mills. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 601(3-4), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2004.09.033
- van Dongen, J., & de Haro, S. (2004). On black hole complementarity. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 35(3), 509-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.03.002
2003
- Bena, I., de Haro, S., & Roiban, R. (2003). Generalized Yukawa couplings and matrix models. Nuclear Physics B, 664(3), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00434-6
- de Haro, S., Sinkovics, A., & Skenderis, K. (2003). On a supersymmetric completion of the R4 term in IIB supergravity. Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 67(8), Article 84010. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.084010 [details]
- de Haro, S., Sinkovics, A., & Skenderis, K. (2003). On α'-corrections to D-brane solutions. Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 68(6), Article 66001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.066001 [details]
2001
- De Haro, S., Skenderis, K., & Solodukhin, S. N. (2001). Gravity in warped compactifications and the holographic stress tensor. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 18(16), 3171-3180. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/18/16/307
- De Haro, S., Skenderis, K., & Solodukhin, S. N. (2001). Holographic reconstruction of spacetime and renormalization in the AdS/CFT correspondence. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 217(3), 595-622. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200100381
1998
- De Haro, S. (1998). Non-commutative black-hole algebra and string theory from gravity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 15(3), 519-535. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/15/3/006
- De Haro, S. (1998). Planckian scattering and black holes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2(10).
2020
- De Haro, S. (2020). On Visual Representations in Science: [Review of: N. Mößner (2018) Visual Representations in Science: Concept and Epistemology]. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 97(3), 529-538. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-000107 [details]
2016
- De Haro, S. (Author). (2016). Reply to James Read on Background-Independence. Web publication or website, Beyond Spacetime, Chicago-Geneva. https://beyondspacetime.net/2016/06/15/reply-to-read/
2015
- de Haro, S., Henke, J., & Tang, D. (2015). A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo and P. Di Vecchia (Eds.): The Birth of String Theory: [Review of: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia (2012) The Birth of String Theory]. Foundations of Physics, 45(6), 657-660. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-015-9900-y [details]
Prize / grant
- De Haro, S. (2024). A Responsible Quantum-Safe Cryptographic Transition.
- De Haro, S. (2023). Moral smart cities: naar een inclusieve strategie voor techno-morele besluitvorming bij decentrale overeheden.
- De Haro, S. (2022). NWA-grant for project Is there Space and Time for Experimental Philosophy?.
- De Haro, S. (2022). NWA-grant for project Quantum Impact on Societal Security.
- De Haro, S. (2016). Prize competition for essays on Space and Time after Quantum Gravity. https://beyondspacetime.net/essay-prize-2017-cfp/
- De Haro, S. (2015). The Tarner scholarhsip, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Journal editor
- De Haro, S. (editor) (2021-2023). Philosophies (Journal). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies/editors
Talk / presentation
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (2023). On Time in de Sitter and the Geometric View of Theories, Perspectives on Time and Atemporality in Cosmology and Natural Sciences, Milan.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (2023). Emergence and Reduction, Exploring Emergence, Amsterdam.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (2023). Dualities and Quasi-Dualities: on Solitons and Phases of Quantum Field Theories, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (28-6-2022). Quantum Impact on Societal Security, Quantum and Society Colloqium, Amsterdam.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (22-3-2022). Quantum Impact on Societal Security, Governmental Quantum Symposium, Ministry of Justice and Security, the Hague.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (22-1-2022). Quantum Impact on Societal Security, Working Group Security, Dutch Banking Association.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (2022). Dualities between Physics and Philosophy, XXI International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (18-11-2021). Visualization and Understanding in Physics, LIRa seminar, ILLC, University of Amsterdam.
- De Haro, S. (speaker) (18-9-2021). Gauge Theories and Black Hole Entropy Countings, 1994-1996, European Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Conference.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (30-7-2021). Visualization and Understanding in Physics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (7-7-2021). A Conceptual Analysis of Black Hole Entropy in String Theory, XXIV International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics, Utrbino. https://sites.google.com/view/xxivurbinosummerschool/home?authuser=0
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (25-3-2021). Formulating Emergence in the Physical Sciences, Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena. https://www.d-iep.org/talks
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (13-11-2020). The Role of Singularities in the Search for Quantum Gravity, Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium, Warsaw.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (18-10-2019). Visualisation and Understanding in Theories with and without a Spacetime, University of Florence.
- De Haro, S. (speaker) (12-10-2019). A Conceptual Analysis of Black Holes in String Theory, European Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Conference, Geneva.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (11-7-2019). A Conceptual Analysis of Black Hole Entropy in String Theory, 't Hooft 2019 - From Weak Force to Black Hole Thermodynamics and Beyond, Utrecht.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (25-5-2019). Conceptual Aspects of Black Holes in String Theory, New Directions in the Foundations of Physics, Viterbo.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (11-1-2019). Noether's Theorem and Gauge-Gravity Duality, Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum, Sanya.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (5-1-2019). Noether's Theorem and Gauge-Gravity Duality, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (2019). A Conceptual Analysis of Black Hole Entropy in String Theory, Beyond the Standard Model: historical-critical perspectives, Florence.
- De Haro, S. (invited speaker) (19-10-2018). Towards a Theory of Emergence in the Physical Sciences, Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science, Boston University, USA.
Others
- De Haro, S. (organiser) (24-6-2022). The Quantum, the Thermal and the Gravitational Reconciled: Physics and Philosophy in the Varied Landscape of the Intersections, Munich (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- De Haro, S. (member of programme committee) (14-9-2019). European Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Conference, Geneva (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- De Haro, S. (organiser) (13-7-2019). 't Hooft 2019 - From Weak Force to Black Hole Thermodynamics and Beyond, Utrecht (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- De Haro, S. (organiser) (11-5-2019). Emergence: Conceptual and Philosophical Aspects, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- De Haro, S. (organiser) (2-11-2018). Equivalence and Duality of Physical Theories, Seattle. Symposium organiser (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- De Haro, S. (visiting researcher) (12-10-2018 - 28-2-2019). Harvard University (visiting an external institution).
- De Haro, S. (member of programme committee) (10-7-2018). Foundations 2018 (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- De Haro, S. (organiser) (24-8-2017). Duality, Equivalence, and Emergence, Munich (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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Crowther, K., & De Haro, S. (2023). Four attitudes towards singularities in the search for a theory of quantum gravity. In A. Vassallo (Ed.), The Foundations of Spacetime Physics: Philosophical Perspectives (pp. 223-250). (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics). Routledge.