Andreas Roepstorff
@roepstorff.bsky.social
Anthropologist @ Aarhus University, director @aiasdk.bsky.social Danish/European, He/him.
If you're in ireland and have kids in primary school or soon to be, please fill out this survey on preferences re religious involvement in schools, and whether people prefer single-sex or co-ed. It takes < 1 minute and will inform future provision. #speirgorm www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Primary School Survey
This survey is for parents and guardians of children in primary school or who will enter primary school in the coming years
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Looking forward to rereading Fleck together with fellows and colleagues in and out of the (wet) lab on November 11, 2025. With @roepstorff.bsky.social and others. collegium.ethz.ch/events/fello...
📅 New Perspectives on Ludwik Fleck | Collegium Helveticum
The focus of this workshop is on exploring the potential of Ludwik Fleck’s work to inspire reflection on scientific practice across disciplines.
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Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026. 🧶 1/20
When I started building this site some months back we had 200 actions logged. I’d no idea it would grow this fast. So much so I might have to rework it again to cope! Worth every keystroke to document this mess he’s creating. Hats off to @chrischirp.bsky.social for all she’s doing, proud to help
Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · last yr.🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨 I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America. In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi... 1/2
Questions about how we relate to the natural world, to nature, to landscapes and to ourselves and each other are some of the most critical questions of our time. Earthbound is a rare opportunity to connect, reflect, share. It's happening soon; www.secrethotel.dk/earthbound-25
EARTHBOUND 2025 – SECRET HOTEL
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Vibeke Brix, børnelæge på Riget, blev i 2022 æresalumne på @au.dk og holdt ved den lejlighed en tale som fik hele aulaen til at græde. Hun har været alle steder hvor børn sulter i stor stil. Her forklarer hun hvorfor (i min fortolkning) alle børn i Gaza nok kommer til at dø www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
Udspilede tarme og et lille hjerte, der til sidst stopper med at slå: Sådan reagerer en barnekrop på fejl- og underernæring
Særligt små børn er sårbare over for mangel på mad, siger børnelæge for Læger uden Grænser
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Seriøst: det er uncool at stadig være på Twitter. Sig det videre (igen).
Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · last yr.Musk has adjusted Grok’s algorithm so it’s now a neo-Nazi. Pretty cool that almost every progressive commentator, elected official and organization still uses Musk’s X algorithm to communicate with the public! Good job guys.
Given the need for more interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research, we are offering up to £200k awards for research on the boundary between social science/humanities and science or engineering www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/apex...
APEX Awards
The APEX awards are a new funding opportunity designed to promote collaboration across academic disciplines through the support of world-leading interdisciplinary research projects.
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In the context of epistemic iteration, I have been thinking about the metaphor of cartography: diverse maps, often "wrong", but useful to start exploring, leading to new maps embedded in the practice of use (and often still "wrong" post hoc). Is there any good reading on the hist and philo of maps?
👋 Welcome to the official Bluesky account of Mind & Life Europe! We explore the intersection of science, contemplative wisdom, and human flourishing. Follow us for research, reflections, and events bridging mind and life. 🌱🧠🌍
Apparently, the mail below got Col Meyers relieved of her duties at Pituffik Space Base, located in Greenland, thus part of Denmark. To me, this reads like an appreciation and indeed an example of collaboration and good neighborship...
Kasper Junge Wester@veterandrusianer.dk · last yr.Her er mailen fra oberst Susan Meyers, nu tidligere chef på Pituffik Space Base. Jeg fastholder det principielle i, at en regering skal kunne fyre militære ledere, der undsiger den førte politik, men hvis det her er tilstrækkeligt, er der godt nok ikke højt til loftet …
Give @textculture.bsky.social a follow. It is a new research centre dedicated to understand the impact of AI on text culture. With a great diverse team, funded by the Danish National Research Foundation until 2031 and located at Aarhus University, Denmark. Learn more about us at arts.au.dk/en/text.
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Next up: Denmark will merge with Canada. We'll call it "Canmark" www.ft.com/content/cb46...
Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
Deal loosens US control of train link at a time when Trump is seeking to ‘take back’ trade waterway
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On today of all days, with Princeton now in the Trump administration's crosshairs, I taught my undergraduates about standpoint epistemology, strong objectivity, and communities of knowledge. On how our unique perspectives as individuals don't threaten the scientific project. They strengthen it.
mMeeting in "Academy of the Restless Ones"Bologna, we explored "The Actual Role of (Scientific) Academies in a changing World" set in a beautiful medieval palace site.unibo.it/accademiasci.... Reports of activities and strategies, discussions of values and purpose, of Europe @fusaroli.bsky.social
Riccardo Fusaroli@fusaroli.eurosky.social · 2y agoI just discovered that my alma mater has a "Accademia degli inquieti" (academy for the restless ones). What a cool name for a scientific society (and what a loss for them not having inducted a most restless me!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy...
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
European states should be rolling out the red carpet for all the brilliant medical and scientific researchers that Trump and Musk are making unemployed. If the US is intent on such self harm, Europe should take advantage. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration to cut billions from biomedical research funding
Some labs have reportedly began shutting down and experts warn the funding is essential to deliver breakthroughs in research.
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🦠Is life always biosocial, so organisms are socially connected in ways that influence their situated biologies? AIAS Fellow Jens Seeberg presents research on how factory work environments influence the development and spread of antibiotics resistance. 📆24 March at 11:00 aias.au.dk/events/show/...
AIAS Seminar: 'Threads in a meshwork: A biosocial analysis of antimicrobial resistance in hazardous workplaces'
Speaker: Jens Seeberg, AIAS-PIREAU Fellow & Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University, Denmark.
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What if LLM hallucinations are an inherent feature of their training material, cultural texts? Joe Dumit, @ucdavis.bsky.social and I scratch the surface in letter to editor @nature.com, www.nature.com/articles/d41..., @tedunderwood.me
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Ted Underwood@tedunderwood.com · 2y agoCorrespondence to Nature: "LLMs are trained on texts, not truths. Each text bears traces of its context, including its genre … audience and the history and local politics of its place of origin. A correct sentence in one [context] might be … nonsensical in another." Excellent. We're getting there!
Correspondence to Nature: "LLMs are trained on texts, not truths. Each text bears traces of its context, including its genre … audience and the history and local politics of its place of origin. A correct sentence in one [context] might be … nonsensical in another." Excellent. We're getting there!
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS)@aiasdk.bsky.social · 2y agoInterested in cell plasticity? JOIN the interdisciplinary meeting on an underexplored area: the circulatory & nervous systems w/great potential in treating age-related diseases 📆7 March at 9-16:00 🔗https://aias.au.dk/events/cellular-plasticity-at-the-crossroads-of-the-nervous-and-circulatory-systems
What’s the opposite of woke? Sleepwalking into brutal dictatorship.
For nylig læste vi i vores forskningsgruppe en tekst af Ute Frevert om hvordan følelser som stolthed og ydmygelse var med til at forme opløbet til og oplevelsen af Første Verdenskrig. Det er urovækkende som nogle af de aktuelle udviklinger ræsonnerer med ganske mørke kapitler i Europas historie
Sandie Westh@sandiewesth.bsky.social · 2y agoFortæl mig mere om hvordan primært kvinder er styret af deres følelser.
Fellowship opportunity at AIAS. The Artist-in-Residence Tandem Fellowship invites an artist from any discipline to team up with an @au.dk researcher on a research project. 📆APPLY by: 18 March 2025 at 12.00 (noon) CET. 🔗https://aias.au.dk/opportunities-at-aias/artist-in-residence-tandem-fellowship
🎓 Come join us for a special lecture on Wed Feb 5th, 10-11am, with the one and only, Marieke van Vugt @mvugt.bsky.social! We're really excited to hear Marieke's talk, “Mind-wandering: when is it helpful, when is it not?” 🧠 All are welcome - spread the word! interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...
With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights". Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased. ai.google/responsibili...
AI Principles – Google AI - Google AI
A guiding framework for our responsible development and use of AI, alongside transparency and accountability in our AI development process.
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Margaret Mitchell@mmitchell.bsky.social · 2y agoGoogle has removed its Responsible AI Principles. This is actually a pretty big deal.
Paris Sciences et Lettres has created a new masters' degree in "Artificial Intelligence and Society" that combines hands-on technical expertise with impact analysis & discussion of policy. No affiliation with PSL; just a spectator who thinks this is an interesting direction. #MLSky
Master s degree in Artificial intelligence and society | PSL
Master's,Hosted by PSL University, the program benefits from the combined strengths of its schools: École Normale Supérieure - PSL (ENS), renowned for its excellence in fundamental sciences - particul...
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