Laatste update.

It’ll be a little while yet before it’s finished, but next week Karim and I will present the idea in an organised session at the #SPSP2026 conference, together with Federica Russo, Raphael Scholl & @henkderegt.bsky.social — something we’re very much looking forward to! (Thursday, 1.30 pm) #philsci

On July 3rd, we were on the yearly excursion for our students in the 'Science in Society' programme, helping SiS students to explore their future job opportunities. This year we visited the Next Nature Museum, (nextnature.org/en) getting a tour of the museum ....

Home - Next Nature

The planet is changing. Climate change, artificial intelligence, urbanization. Human presence is everywhere. Next Nature tells the story of humans changing their world with the fruits of knowledge, de...

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Final colloquium for this season: Speaker: Jill van der Kamp Topic: Public participation in the development of a digital home-based screening programme for chronic diseases Today at 12.30. If you’d like to join, send us a message.

We're super proud to share that our colleague, Jill van der Kamp has been awarded the Recognition and Rewards Prize by Radboud Young Academy. Shoutout to @wytskehepkema.bsky.social & Irma Arts for the nomination ✨ #recognitionandrewards #ISiSColleagues

For tomorrow’s ISiS colloquium, we will have Inge Dekker and Dr Laurens Landeweerd to give a talk titled “Misshaping Academic Identity: Guidance or Reproduction of the Academic System”. If you’d like to join, dm us!

Very good news for the research-on-research community! #STS #philsci #metascience #sociologyofscience

Research on Research Association@roration.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're excited to launch J·ROR, the Journal of Research on Research. A new open-access home for research on how research is funded, organised, conducted, communicated, and evaluated. Our first editorial: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ResearchOnResearch #MetaScience #OpenScience #STS

For today’s ISiS colloquium, we will have @willemhalffman.bsky.social to give a talk titled “Misidentified Selves”. Curious to know more? send us a message if you’d like to join online.

Last week, ISiS went on a wonderful outing that included a survival run and archery! 🏹 Many thanks to *NSSV Fel* for making this possible – nssvfel.nl 🏃‍♀️

Dr. Bernice Bovenkerk from Wageningen University and Research will join us for ISiS colloquium today, to give a talk on “Fishy Ethics”. Curious? Send us a message if you’d like to join! www.rda.nl/personen/raa...

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📝 New publication by our colleagues Jill v d Kamp, Lotte Krabbenborg et al.: Who is left out? A systematic review on the barriers and facilitators for screening participation reported by people in vulnerable situations with strategies for the future #RRI #IntegralInnovation doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...

For today’s ISiS Colloquium, we will have Reineke van Tol from Wageningen University to give a talk titled: “Wilding Pedagogies: Exploring More-than-Human Ecologies of Learning for Deep Environmental Care”. If you’d like to join, send us a message! www.wur.nl/nl/personen/...

The EPSA Women’s Caucus is pleased to invite you to its upcoming off-year online event! 📘Publishing and Peer Review in Philosophy of Science: Practices, Norms, and Inclusion 🗓️ May 18th | 15:00-17:00 CET ✍️ Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1eSw...

For tomorrow’s ISiS Colloquium, we will have our PhD candidate, Kornelis Walma to talk about his work in the CurveBend Project. If you’d like to join, send us a message! www.ru.nl/personen/wal...

K.J. Walma (Kornelis) | Radboud Universiteit

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🗞️ Collega's Serge Horbach and Auste Valinciute in het nieuws bij ScienceGuide! In het artikel wordt ingegaan op hun onlangs gepubliceerde paper over wetenschappelijke speurders. Lees het hier: www.scienceguide.nl/2026/04/wete...

Wetenschappelijke speurders zoals Retraction Watch dwingen academie tot zelfreflectie  - ScienceGuide

De academische gemeenschap moet nadenken over de rol van peer review ná publicatie, schrijven Serge Horbach en Auste Valinciute.

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We are proud to announce that our PhD Candidate Rina Febriani successfully defended her thesis “Patterns over Time; Batik as a living tradition – cultural heritage between the past and the future” on April 23rd. We wish her all the success in her future endeavours! #ISiSPhDs

For today’s colloquium, we will have two ISiS PhD candidates presenting their work: Sophie van der Does- “The impact agenda. Investigating practices and politics of producing science with impact” Lisa Ruffini- “GenAI at Radboud University: lecturers' perspectives” If you’d like to join, dm us!

ISiS at STS NL ✨ Last week, several colleagues from our institute attended the STS NL Conference. It was such an engaging and inspiring event! ISiS colleagues were involved in various panels, roundtables, and sessions. Few of the pictures below!

Yay! Your post is out on the LSE Impact blog. @isis-radboud.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Is the scientific literature a database or a library? - LSE Impact

How do two conflicting visions of the scientific literature as either a library or a database shape attitudes shape key issues in scholarly communication?

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For tomorrow’s ISiS Colloquium, we will have Dr. Hub Zwart to talk about the history of Institute for Science in Society (ISiS), titled “From Philosophy and Ethics of Science to ELSA-genomics: a lecture on the origins, the position, opportunities and threats, and the early years of ISiS (part 1)”.

📣 *Epistemic Diversity in European Philosophy of Science (2nd edition)* 20th May 2026, with Valeriya Chasova (Utrecht University): Deborinians and mechanists per se and as precursors to Western philosophers of science More info: philsci.eu/Epistemic-Di... #philsci #diversity #HOPOS #HPS

This year ISiS is hosting the National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference on the 29th of October 2026 at Radboud University Nijmegen campus! nie-conference.nl/nie-2026/

Onze collega Luca Consoli is betrokken bij de zesdelige cursus De Maatschappelijke impact van AI, die op 17 april 2026 van start gaat. Wat betekent AI voor onze samenleving, nu en toekomst?Deze cursus biedt verdieping vanuit verschillende perspectieven en vraagstukken. www.ru.nl/diensten/spo...

Cursus | De maatschappelijke impact van AI | Radboud Universiteit

Leer in zes colleges van Radboudwetenschappers over de maatschappelijke impact van AI | 17 april 2026 | Campus, Radboud Universiteit

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🤓 New OA publication in EJPS *Reproducibility, questionable research practices and ethico-epistemic trade-offs in animal-based biomedicine* link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #animalexperimentation #metascience

Reproducibility, questionable research practices and ethico-epistemic trade-offs in animal-based biomedicine - European Journal for Philosophy of Science

European Journal for Philosophy of Science - I discuss reproducibility issues in animal-based research in biomedicine and scrutinise the notion that the causes of non-reproducible results are, by...

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🐣 Happy to announce another OA publication, co-written with Cornelius Borck (Lübeck) and published in HPLS: *Sorting Out and Navigating Uncertainty in Precision Medicine* doi.org/10.1007/s406... #HPS #PhilMed #philsci

Sorting out and navigating uncertainty in precision medicine - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences - Uncertainty has been highlighted as a paradoxical consequence of precision medicine (PM). In the life sciences and medicine, uncertainty is often...

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In @voxweb.bsky.social, our former Science in Society (SiS) student Jelte Schermer, talks about his SiS master thesis on designer drug use among students. www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/thesi...

Thesis Tales (8): Jelte interviewde studenten over het gebruik van designerdrugs - Vox magazine

Weken, maanden, soms jaren zijn studenten bezig met hun scriptie. In de rubriek Thesis Tales zetten we het onderzoek van studenten in de spotlights. Aflevering 8: Jelte Schermer (27) deed voor zijn ma...

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Please re-skeet!

Simon Lohse@simonlohse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 Upcoming Online Workshop, 19–20 March 2026 *Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for the Transition Beyond #AnimalExperimentation in Research and Safety Testing: What‘s New? What‘s Next?* Register by 17 March: tinyurl.com/nam-workshop #NAM #animalethics #philsci #animalstudies #STS

For tomorrow’s ISiS Colloquium, we will have Lauren Wilson from University of Exeter to give a talk titled “Diversity within Genetic Studies of Complex Traits”. If you wish to join, please send us a message! www.lhwilson.com

Lauren Wilson

Welcome!

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Our colleague Serge Horbach is part of the newly formed @thelancet.com & @wcrifoundation.bsky.social commission on #ResearchIntegrity. The commission is tasked to describe current threats to RI and propose evidence-based solutions.

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Official account of the World Conference on #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 Vancouver, Canada 3-6 May 2026 https://wcri2026.org/ ✒️ @gengyantang.bsky.social‬

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Thank-you @willemhalffman.bsky.social @deadneanderthals.bsky.social @wytskehepkema.bsky.social @isis-radboud.bsky.social ... great discussions yesterday about cell lines, #researchintegrity and staying positive. No cheese was eaten during the visit... well, not too much @nanobubbles.bsky.social