Dr Arthur Petersen: Climate, God, & Uncertainty

Arthur Petersen (DPhil DPA PhD MA MSc FISSR FIET FRSA FHEA MAE) is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at UCL, Chair of the Dutch Delta Programme’s Signal Group (since 2024 – this role amounts to Chief Scientific Adviser to the Delta Commissioner), and Editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (since 2018 – this role includes that of Executive Director of the related US-based charity). He joined UCL STEaPP fulltime in September 2014 after more than 13 years’ work as scientific adviser on environment and infrastructure policy within the Dutch Government. He served as Chief Scientist of the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (2011–2014).

In this podcast, we discuss some of the main points in his recent book: Climate, God, & Uncertainty - A transcendental naturalistic approach beyond Bruno Latour. We touch on the discourse on climate change, dealing with uncertainty in the world, and the science & religion perspectives on climate change.