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.
If you're in the Oxford area 10 June, consider joining us for a conversation on "Doing Science Differently" in the afternoon.
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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If you're in Helsinki in late August—e.g. for the ENPOSS 2026 conference—consider joining us for the pre-conference workshop on "Values in science in the rest of the world." Registration is now open: blogs.helsinki.fi/valuesinscie...
Values in Science in the Rest of the World
Values in Science in the Rest of the World
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The Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (ITD) alliance is such a unique & creative community. The ITD27 will be held in 5/31-6/4 27 in Évora, Portugal and I'm excited to be a keynote speaker on "transformative transdisciplinarity". Consider joining us and submit an abstract!
ITD27 Keynotes and Panels – ITD-Alliance
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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.
Then, we'll have David share with us his ideas on transdisciplinary research in this talk on Wednesday (13-05). www.santiagomindandcognition.cl/en/events/20...
I'm thrilled to share some activities we're organizing next week with David Ludwig (@davidludwig.bsky.social), who is visiting us in Chile! First, we're having this wonderful workshop on scientific pluralism on Monday (11-05) and Tuesday (12-05). www.santiagomindandcognition.cl/en/events/20...
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.
Day 2 of our workshop is on! 😎 @davidludwig.bsky.social made a great start with an his analysis of the current state of diversity in #PhilSci, followed by Dunja Šešelja who talked about expert judgement and epistemic trespassing. Abraham Tobi concluded the morning talking about epistemic occlusion.
"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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If you're in the Milan area on March 24, consider joining us for the "food epistemology" workshop!
Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy Fabio Gatti, David Ludwig and Phil Macnaghten 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Xylella #PlantScience 🧵1/4
Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy
Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods…
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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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Our co-edited volume with @abbeaberdeen.bsky.social and Marcel Jaspars is out: academic.oup.com/book/62270#l... (hardback to follow). Our ch 2 is OA academic.oup.com/book/62270/c.... We discuss how to better integrate local knowledge into ocean governance esp #BBNJ implementation.
Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledge, Coastal Communities, and Equitable Ocean Governance
Abstract. This collection of cross-disciplinary chapters by philosophers, legal scholars, and marine scientists explore the epistemic value of varieties of
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Recent publications from Clarissa Leite, @charbelelhani.bsky.social + @davidludwig.bsky.social 1.Regulation in eco systems- buff.ly/IAIF3gk; 2.Closure of Constraints&Individuation of CausalSystems in Bio; 3.Transformative transdisciplinarity: intro to community-based philos- buff.ly/WWDpmpg
Interested in diversifying philosophical debates about "science & values"? Join us at the workshop "Values in science in the rest of the world" in August in Helsinki! blogs.helsinki.fi/valuesinscie...
CFP – Pre-conference workshop: Values in science in the rest of the world
24–25 August 2026, Helsinki – just before ENPOSS 2026 Keynote speakers: David Ludwig (Wageningen University) Karoliina Pulkkinen (University of Helsinki) The idea that social, political and ethical ...
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We're happy to announce our 12th ROTO Workshop: "Diversity in Motion". It will be held on March 26-27 in Bochum. Please register here: rotoworkshop2026.wixsite.com/diversity/co... and tell us if you'll participate in person or online. Registration and participation is free and everybody is welcome!
Dia 10.02, Pedro (@93pedrobravo.bsky.social) e eu estaremos organizando um book symposium sobre o livro Transformative Transdisciplinarity, de D. Ludwig ( @davidludwig.bsky.social) e C. El-Hani. O livro é maravilhoso. Não deixem de se inscrever pelo link: bit.ly/4jtM3rD.
No dia 10 de fevereiro, faremos um Book Symposium com os autores do livro + convidados. Logo mais sai a divulgação !
Em janeiro e fevereiro de 2026, faremos um grupo de leitura do livro do Ludwig e El-Hani. Iremos nos reunir toda terça-feira, das 10h às 11h30, via GoogleMeet. O grupo é aberto para qualquer pessoa. Para participar, basta preencher o formulário: forms.gle/v8wLEPiZThen....
Grupo de Leitura Transformative Transdisciplinarity
Grupo de Leitura do livro Ludwig, David, and Charbel N El-Hani, Transformative Transdisciplinarity: An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy. Oxford, 2015. Livro com acesso aberto: https://doi.o...
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“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
What is transdisciplinary philosophy? This week, David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani introduce their new open access book with Oxford University Press. In it they explore the development and facilitation of community-based philosophy. #philsky #philpsy imperfectcognitions....
Interested in our new book but more "500 words interested" than "300 pages interested"? Check out our short post on "What is Transdisciplinary Philosophy?" imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
What is Transdisciplinary Philosophy?
A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.
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“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
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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The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!
“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
There are still a few days to submit an abstract to this great @tapuya.org Special Issue on "Transdisciplinary research for socio-environmental challenges" that grew out of our Global Epistemologies and Ontologies (GEOS) Project.
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 🌍✨
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