Adrien De Sutter

Adrien De Sutter works at the intersection of philosophy, science studies, and critical thought, interrogating processes of cosmos-making in and beyond our modern cosmology.

Adrien received his doctorate in Sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2023. As part of his doctoral research, he sought to understand the scientific practice of modern physical cosmology—a growing field of study that many see as providing physics with its most promising avenues of discovery. Weaving together scientific literature, recent historical studies, and philosophical reflection, combined with ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, his research sought to ask what it means for our story of the cosmos to have become a science, and what space that leaves for other modes of cosmological inquiry.

Adrien’s current research extends this work to critically interrogate the possibility of other cosmologies in and amongst our modern one. By continuing in a critique of modern modes of thought and attending to the stories and myths that sustain them, Adrien seeks to contribute to the making of a “pluralistic” cosmology that admits divergent knowledges and practices into its explanations.

Previously a member of the “Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program” Research Group at the MPIWG, Adrien is now a member of the “Reclaiming Turtles All the Way Down” Working Group.