Portrait

I am a PhD student in Philosophy at Durham University. My research focuses on causation and causal inference, with particular attention to the manipulationist approach and its limits.

Research Interests

Causation and Causal Inference Philosophy of Medicine Feminist Philosophy Philosophy of Social Science

Contact

liyuan.jiao@durham.ac.uk

RESEARCH

Jiao, L. Extending Causation Beyond Manipulation: Analogical Reasoning in Two Theories of Causation. Topoi, forthcoming.

TALKS

Upcoming Talk

· Gender, Intervention, and Causal Identification in Clinical Judgment. British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, University of Leeds, July 2026.

Selected Presentations

· Gender, Causal Inference, and Evidence in Medicine: Cue-Based Interventions and Analogical Reasoning. The Epistemology of Medicine, LMU Munich, June 2026.

· The Messiest Cause: From Gender to Gender Mechanisms within the Rubin Causal Model. To Be or Not to Be Included in a Causal Model, University of Pittsburgh, February 2026.

TEACHING

· Teaching Assistant, Science, Medicine and Society, Durham University, 2025–2026

· Teaching Assistant, Knowledge and Reality, Durham University, 2024–2026

· Teaching Assistant, Logic and Scientific Methods of Thinking, Nanjing University, 2021–2022

CURRICULUM VITAE

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