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Funtowicz was Professor II at SVT from February 2012 to spring 2021. He is now a guest researcher here. He is a philosopher of science active in the field of . He began his career teaching mathematics, logic and research methodology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the 1980s he was a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, England. Until his retirement in 2011 he was a scientific officer at the of the .

Together with , he introduced the concept of (PNS), and in their book (1990), they introduced ; a notational system for the management and communication of uncertainty in science for policy. Funtowicz' article (1993) is still the most cited paper in its field in the journal The paper was recently republished with a new foreword related to the Covid-19 pandemic (May 2020).

With , he curated and  , which represent an important collective effort gathering three generation of scholars active in the field of PNS, followed a year later by a multi-authors book by the same community on the reproducibility and quality control crisis of science.

Funtowicz has also collaborated with researchers at SVT. With Professor he has looked at the issue of agency at times of change. In the paper (2011), Funtowicz and Strand argue that a risk-centred vision based on prediction and control in front of global and emerging treats should be replaced by one based on commitment.

NUSAP, the system introduced by Funtowicz and Ravetz, was later developed as a by Professor in Theory of Science at SVT, .

In addition, Funtowicz has worked with , Professor II at SVT. With Saltelli and others he developed the concept of , an extension of for statistical and mathematical models used as input to policy design and appraisal.

Funtowicz is the author of numerous books and papers in the field of environmental and technological risks and policy-related research. He has lectured extensively and participated in the editorial board of several publications, and the scientific committee of many projects and international conferences.

Articles/comments/seminars:

. Post-Growth Innovation Lab, 22.04.24

Blog post for (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability),  25.03.2020: (with David Waltner-Toews, Annibale Biggeri, Bruna De Marchi, Mario Giampietro, Martin O’Connor, Jerome R. Ravetz), Andrea Saltelli and Jeroen P. van der Sluijs.)

Interviewed together with in , The Guardian, 14.07.2016

Video:

Presentation in webinar series: .

Lecture: (password: participation) Silvio Funtowicz and fellow SVTer introduce and talk about post-normal science.

Short talk at the ESRC STEPS Centre's 2019 symposium on uncertainty: This talk was part of a panel at the symposium 'The Politics of Uncertainty: Practical Challenges for Transformative Action'. The event was held at the Institute of Development Studies on 3-5 July 2019.

Key note speech: . Over two days, Norway’s research and higher education sector brought together national and international speakers from academia, government, civil society, and the United Nations system to explore the roles of research and education in creating new approaches for shared commitments to a sustainable global future. Funtowicz delivered a key note speech on day 2.

Podcasts:

Presentation: . , , 31.01.2022

Talk: Hosted by Forum for Science and Democracy, SDG Bergen and Bergen Global. In this talk, professor Silvio Funtowicz takes a critical look at the sustainability concept, sharing his experiences on how researchers can provide advice to policy-makers in the context of scientific uncertainty and value conflicts.

Conversation: Silvio Funtowicz (ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´) and go deep and talk about the 'crisis of science' and the origins of Post Normal Science.