David Ludwig

@davidludwig.bsky.social

Philosopher of science, mostly busy with transdisciplinary action research on environment/food/society. Assoc prof at Wageningen University, Netherlands. More here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LCzGlYMAAAAJ&hl=en

Does anyone have acess to the following article & could send me a copy? George Rosen, Metabolism: the Evolution of a Concept, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 31 (1955): 861–867.

Back from Chile but two of my Santiago talks have been recorded: After the Natural/Non-Natural Divide. New Horizons for Classifying a Messy World. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nFs... Doing Science Differently? Promises and Disappointments of Transdisciplinary Research www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCm5...

David Ludwig - Doing Science Differently? Promises and Disappointments of Transdisciplinary Research

YouTube video by Santiago Mind and Cognition

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Lastly, there will be another meeting with David with colleagues from the Center for STS at UAH (organized by Cristóbal Bonelli, poster pending). It's going to be a packed week with lots of ideas and inspiration on science, ontology, local knowledges and inter/transdisciplinarity.

Does someone have access to this article & could send it to me? Uebel, T. (2024). How Not to Square the Left Vienna Circle’s Non-Cognitivism with its Political Commitment. Perspectives on Science, 32(6), 795-812.

"Out of the Armchair: David Ludwig on science with a human face" - a nice little article on our Open Access book "Transformative Transdisciplinarity - An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy" and the wider motivations behind it. www.wur.nl/en/news/out-...

Out of the Armchair: David Ludwig on science with a human face

What happens when academics leave their comfortable armchairs and genuinely engage with the people they write about? According to David Ludwig, that is precisely what is needed

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In 2024, I spent three months at the Chinese Academy of Science for a project on "Scientific Collaboration in Times of Geopolitical Tension." Our dialogues on "Responsible Research & Innovation" (RRI) in China & Europe were eye-opening for me & motivated this freshly published perspective piece.

Reclaiming ‘responsible research and Innovation’ as a generative concept: lessons from China

This perspective commentary reflects on recent frustrations with the institutionalization of ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI) in Europe and vibrant debates about the same notion in China...

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Proud that our book “African Philosophy and the Politics of Food Systems” is out & Open Access. It’s a collective effort of showing that African philosophy is more than an academic subfield but of central importance for shaping futures on the continent. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

African Philosophy and the Politics of Food Systems

This open access book argues food systems need to be questioned on ethical, epistemic grounds and posits African philosophy as valuable source in doing so

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Very excited to have received a Vici grant for the project "Doing Science Differently? A Philosophy of Transgressive Science". The project will address methodological & institutional challenges of transgressing "business as usual" in academia. www.wur.nl/en/news/davi...

David Ludwig awarded NWO Vici Grant on doing science differently

Science philosopher David Ludwig has been awarded a prestigious NWO Vici grant for his project Doing Science Differently? A Philosophy of Transgressive Science.

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The journal Plants, People, Planet launched the "Thomas Reviews" format and invited me to contribute with an article on Transdisciplinary Plant Sciences. It's been fun to think about transformations of the plant sciences from such a broad perspective. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Transdisciplinary plant sciences: A review

Socio-ecological crises such as biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity require academic expertise and also the inclusion of diverse actors outside of academia such as farmers, policym...

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Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨

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From epistemology to ontology to politics, community-based approaches reveal that knowledge is not singular. Partial overlaps, not binaries, guide how communities understand and act. Transformative Transdisciplinarity argues for a philosophy of science rooted in agency and diversity: bit.ly/4gswVsU

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