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:
- Silvester Borsboom has been awarded both the Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize 2024 in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics and the Young Talent Award in theoretical physics of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Natuurwetenschappen for his MSc thesis Spontaneous Breaking of Global Gauge Symmetries in the Higgs Mechanism.
- Aude Corbeel has been awarded the VvL Master's Thesis Award for Logic and Foundations of Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence 2024 of the Dutch Association for Logic and Philosophy of the Exact Sciences for her thesis AdS/CFT Duality: Insights from Quantum Information Theory (A Conceptual Clarification).
- 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.