Who counts as a scientist, who gets to decide what counts as scientific, and are academics relevant to public engagement? Check out this Metascience symposium on Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project. 1/ @mjacquart.bsky.social @metasciencejournal.bsky.social #philsci #scicomm �

We had a wonderful 2026 Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy at @lmu.de! Many thanks to the terrific participants from all over the world and to the fantastic lecturers Dunja Šešelja [Bochum], Xueyin (Snow) Zhang [Berkeley], and @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social [@tum.de]!

See below for a preview of our Munich Manifesto for Equitable Open Research - if you care about #openscience for all, please consider signing too! We are gathering support for a formal launch in September #philsci #research #policy #equality #sts Thanks so much @alelazic.bsky.social for your insight

Aleksandra Lazić, PhD@alelazic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Had a moment to read the latest version of the Munich Manifesto for Equitable #OpenResearch. A strong call for institutions, funders, and policymakers to make open research equitable. More thoughts on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/alelaz... #OpenScience

Closing this tough academic year with Res Philosophica paper on the legacy of Popper's & Bergson's ideas on #OpenSociety and #OpenScience - huge thanks to colleagues & @erc.europa.eu for so much learning and fruitful collaborations, and wishing all some rest in the coming month! #philsci

An insightful post on my latest on #openscience, with many thanks to @markrubin.bsky.social for his ever-incisive comments and great service to our community!

Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

(Re)Conceptualizing Open Science's "Openness" A discussion of @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social's recent work #PhilSci #MetaSci #OpenSci

The #SPSP organising committee just announced that the next conference will be in Bogota, Colombia! Fantastic city I had the pleasure to visit last year - see you all there for more philosophy of science in practice in 2028 😊🦋 #philsci philosophy-science-practice.org

Yesterday as part of our #spsp session I discussed structural injustice in relation to #OpenScience and t corresponding paper just got published in Social Epistemology! If you are interested in the implications of injustice for knowledge production, it may be useful: doi.org/10.1080/0269... #philsci

Not All Research Environments are Created Equal: Structural Injustice in Low-Resourced Scientific Settings and Its Epistemic Implications

This paper discusses three forms of structural injustice associated with disparities in the resources available to researchers, and the opportunity researchers have to pursue their scientific goals...

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Hasok Chang opening the 11th biennial conference of the Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice #spsp2026 - as ever, fantastic to see so many dear friends and beautiful minds together in one (large!) room! #philsci spspcambridge2026.com

As a big conference week opens tomorrow in the UK, with our session on the history of openness first up tomorrow at #HSS in Edinburgh and various sessions later in Cambridge for #SPSP, we opened the call for the 2027 ISHPSSB meeting in Buenos Aires - congressin.com/e/ishpssb202... #HPS #philsci

And it’s out - our homage to the inimitable John Dupré, a giant of contemporary philosophy, from his loving colleagues and a stellar cast of contributors link.springer.com/book/10.1007... : #philsci

Life Beyond Human Boundaries: John Dupré’s Philosophy and the Interdisciplinary Study of the Life Sciences

This open access book is self-standing as the only substantive anthology of writings centered on John Dupre’s work.

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I am heartbroken by University of Exeter’s decision to endanger the majority of staff in philosophy and qualitative social science, including #Egenis @exeterspspa.bsky.social No warning, no consultations, just an email dropped into inboxes announcing redundancy. c.org/zKbPJFDwBq #philsci #sts #hps

Opening of Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion @Leibniz Universität Hannover, sure to be in regular dialogue with our Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change! Today I reflect on how to facilitate open exchange www.wissenschaftsreflexion.uni-hannover.de/news-und-ver... #philsci

Under which conditions do AI tools save researchers’ time and effort? And at what cost? Alex Mussgnug and I just published a philosophical analysis of #Convenience in #AI #philsci Paywalled: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29890/

Convenience AI - Erkenntnis

This paper considers cases where AI is used to automate tasks perceived to be “mere routine” and inconvenient to researchers. We term such uses “Convenience AI” and characterise the set of assumptions...

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Sabina Leonelli@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New piece on failures of explainable #AI in medical #diagnostics! As Laura Gorrieri, @paultrautt.bsky.social & I argue, Explanations should not focus on AI per se but on how AI enhances the ability to act (drawing on "understanding virtuoso" @henkderegt.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1017/cfc....

New piece on failures of explainable #AI in medical #diagnostics! As Laura Gorrieri, @paultrautt.bsky.social & I argue, Explanations should not focus on AI per se but on how AI enhances the ability to act (drawing on "understanding virtuoso" @henkderegt.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1017/cfc....

Recordings from the #FOR2026 are now available! Our panel on Equity and Justice in Open Research Implementation is under Day 2: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... Thank you to the PHIL_OS project led by @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social for being such wonderful hosts. #OpenScience @abrir.bsky.social

What a pleasure hosting Charles Pence discussing discipline structures - and especially the case of cultural evolution - this week in our colloquium! Two days of discussions on digital humanities and deep #HPB @ishpssb.bsky.social #philsci

Thanks so much Alina for this beautiful account of the #FOR2026 conference, and thanks to all delegates and our wonderful collaborators and partners near and far for all the support in pushing for t significance of equity in research, and all they teach me & t team every day #OpenScience #philsci

Alina Mierlus@alinamierlus.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last week was a long one, but filled w/ optimism as some of us converged in Munich for the #FOR26 to imagine, demo and build the future of open research. I resume it here, insisting on the need to bring creative technologists and open source spontaneity in: alinamierlus.substack.com/p/pulling-it...

My article "What does it mean to understand AI?" is out now in Harvard Data Science Review! I discuss mechanistic interpretability, representation engineering, world models, and Potemkin understanding from philosophical perspectives. hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/w1tfg5lx...

What Does It Mean to Understand AI?

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Deeply honoured to be welcomed by @hps-aaas.bsky.social and hoping to help its urgent drive for kindness, reason and care for our planet. science & tech need to foster democratic societies, not hinder them, and it is crucial for AAAS to lead the way particularly in the USA at this time #philsci

HPS @ AAAS@hps-aaas.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CONGRATULATIONS to the new 2025 AAAS-Sect L #HPS Fellows! 🎉 ⭐️Sabina Leonelli, Technical University of Munich @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social ⭐️Deborah G Mayo, Virginia Tech ⭐️Corinna Treitel, Washington University St. Louis ⭐️John Bickle, Mississippi State U For complete list of 2025 AAAS Fellows ⬇️

Tomorrow at Deutsches Museum Kārin Nicklesen, Tamar Novick and I host Greg Radick, who will reflect on how history & #philsci in framing key concepts through the example of his book Disputing Inheritance. If in Munich, come join this brilliant discussion! www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/home/...

Seminar with Prof. Gregory Radick – 19 March

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Annual Town Hall of Ethical Data Initiative @edinitiative.bsky.social is in full swing, with education leads @paultrautt.bsky.social & Kim Hajek presenting on our pioneering work on data clinics - to join online ethicaldatainitiative.org/wp-content/u... log into tum-conf.zoom-x.de/j/6115744893...

Who owns our knowledge? This is the theme of the Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship today, for which I am honored to deliver the opening keynote on the relation between Open Science and #AI - Programme: openaccess.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul... #philsci

What is the future of organismal research in toxicology? Could we think of it as an emerging repertoire? @rachelankeny.bsky.social and I raised lots of questions in this new paper, looong in the making --- comments very welcome! doi.org/10.1007/s105... #philsci

Model organism futures in precision toxicology: tracking the emergence of a research repertoire - Biology & Philosophy

Biology & Philosophy - This paper considers the continued use of simpler model organisms in newer forms of toxicological research in order to inform philosophical understandings of the...

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Today colleagues of the Italian Reproducibility Network and Open Science Society convene in Verona - I look forward to meeting old and new peers and learning from their projects #philsci #openscience

Grateful to spend time in Milan as a guest of Giuseppe Primiero @PHILTECH, Center for Philosophy of Technology. I’ll give a cycle of public lectures, drop in if in town & interested in #data, #AI, #philsci, environmental intelligence (+1 on #openscience 30 March)! philtech.unimi.it/2025/11/25/s...

Coming up in Munich: we launch the Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change this Friday, February 6, at 5 pm! Ending the week with hope & energy for the coming years. Come along if you can - registration & programme: transform-cluster.de/transform-la... #philsci #sts #hps

Snippets of literature and poetry, or scientific articles you find interesting, also very welcome! The materials will be used for an exhibit and several engagement labs over the summer, which we‘ll disseminate as soon as we have the programme - thanks for considering this fun activity with us 😊

Nathanael Sheehan@nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We (@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social, Emma Cavazzoni & I) are collecting stories (voice notes/text) and images (drawings/photos) of Cicadas and Fireflies for an upcoming Pianeta Lab event. If you have any, we welcome you to share them via our website-> pianeta-lab-storia.vercel.app

What a start of 2026, in all respects.. rather apposite that next Tuesday (27 Jan @15:30 CET) Manon Westphal and I host a workshop on #Democracy, #Participation and #Expertise, all welcome in person and on zoom (see flier for registration instructions) #philsci

Happy new year! If you are early career or graduate in Phil of Bio, consider European summer school below: fantastic venue, brilliant mix of junior & senior scholars, a wealth of debates, PPTs & skills training organised by @thomasreydon.bsky.social and myself. Deadline EXTENDED to 31 Jan! #philsci

Sabina Leonelli@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci