LUCY MASON

I am currently a PhD student at King's College London specialising in philosophy of physics and the metaphysics of time. Before that I completed the MSci in Physics and Philosophy at the University of Bristol.

My research looks at how the information asymmetry, in the form of records of the past, can be related to the metaphysical asymmetry between an open future and a determinate past. This involves studying the role that records play in various areas of physics such as thermodynamics and quantum decoherence. 

More broadly I am interested in how perspectival information can be used to understand the structure of the world. I think that by starting from a situated perspective within time and space we can get a grasp on features which are not immediately obvious when looking from an external perspective.

In addition to my main areas of research I am also developing a speciality in environmental philosophy. I am particularly interested in how our relationship with nature forms the underpinnings of our legal and economic society and how this feeds into current policy and action.

My CV is available here.