If I'd get paid, even at minimum wage level, for all the time I'm spending on finding out which emails are genuine and which ones are spam, I'd have a nice side income 😆😆😆 Damn AI, it's making me *less* productive rather than more!
Lisa Herzog
@lisamherzog.bsky.social
Economic philosopher, teaching in Groningen, thinking about how to democratize the economy
Honored to be part of this discussion about where universities should head, given the current political climate: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...
Universities, science, and politics
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Happy to be taking part in a workshop with such a wonderful line-up; see you next Monday at the Complutense University of Madrid ! @ucm.es @filosofiaucm.bsky.social @lisamherzog.bsky.social @mirjam-m.bsky.social
Economists (!!!!) are now also arguing for workplace democracy and a public employment guarantee - I really enjoyed reading this book, which I reviewed for EJPE: www.ejpe.org/journal/arti...
Review of Jon D. Wisman’s Why We Must Work: Economic Freedom, Fulfilling Work, and Workplace Democracy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026, xiii + 255 pp. | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and E...
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Some more musings on AI, triggered by a funny holiday experience: crookedtimber.org/2026/08/21/a...
AI and the reshuffling of labor — Crooked Timber
crookedtimber.org
Conversation with Goutham Yegappan on the re-educated podcast www.reeducated.org/guests/lisa-...
Lisa Herzog | Re-Educated
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Some thoughts on open access - I can't share all the crazy details behind the scenes, but I'm now *very* excited about the new endeavor we'll start soon :) crookedtimber.org/2026/07/16/a...
Academic publishing as a public good — Crooked Timber
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For the political philosophers and ethicists out there: have you heard of, or experienced, "ethics washing"? With some fabulous co-conspirers, we've written about it: dailynous.com/2026/06/16/w.... And if you want to share experiences anonymously, use this link: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
When There’s no Fun in Funding: External Research Money, Ethics-Washing, and Positive Academic Freedom (guest post) - Daily Nous
Governments and firms are turning to philosophers and other scholars more and more in regard to the ethics of developing and regulating technology. Yet this engagement with ethics may be superficial, ...
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Hannes Kuch in conversation with Elisabeth von Thadden on employee ownership - unfortunately behind a paywall, but if you have a subscription, check it out! www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2...
Belegschaftseigentum: »Die Belegschaft ist der ideale Käufer«
Dem Mittelstand fehlen Erben, vielen Unternehmen droht deshalb das Aus. Der Philosoph Hannes Kuch hat eine Lösung, die sowohl Neoliberale als auch Sozialisten begeistert.
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Co-written with my fabulous colleague Charlotte Knowles: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does parenthood have an epistemic problem?
The experience of parenthood, and particularly motherhood, is often used as an example of a ‘transformative experience’ that cannot be understood by non-parents (the ‘non-understanding claim’). We ...
tandfonline.com
There's a right to good work // good work is a right - happy to be part of this new magazine www.dgb.de/gute-arbeit/..., check it out!
DGB-Magazin
Die Stärke des Rechts statt Recht des Stärkeren: DGB-Vorsitzende Yasmin Fahimi und Expert*innen über Grundrechte in der Arbeitswelt. Jetzt lesen!
dgb.de
long time in the making, finally out :) plato.stanford.edu/entries/econ...
Economic Democracy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Some (ultimately optimistic) musings about the AI scare in the humanities: crookedtimber.org/2026/05/12/t...
The text is not the product — Crooked Timber
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Our university has a hiring freeze but if the job is unpaid, we're still allowed to advertise it 😆. On a more serious note, this should be a nice opportunity for connecting to our PPE and business ethics community one day a week, please spread to suitable candidates: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/bij...
Bijzonder Hoogleraar Bedrijfsethiek en ecologische duurzaamheid vanuit humanistisch perspectief - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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fortune.com/article/why-... hardly productivity gains through AI. But I still worry that it will in the long run reinforce exploitation. We should see it not as a productivity technology, but as a governance technology, amassing information and then spitting it back in a divided and conquer logic!
Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | Fortune
In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
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Flavia and I (with help from a few others) wrote about Global Science Equity: crookedtimber.org/2026/04/17/g...
Global science equity – towards solutions — Crooked Timber
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Tonight, the biggest philosophy party in the Northern Netherlands will take place in Groningen - unfortunately I cannot say "come along" because tickets have long sold out. But maybe you have one already, in that case see you there: forum.nl/nl/agenda/gr...
Groningse Nacht van de Filosofie
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come along if you're in Oxford on April 24: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/blava...
Blavatnik Book Talk: The Democratic Marketplace
Join political philosopher Lisa Herzog in dialogue with Sam de Canio, King’s College, London and Stuart White, Jesus College, Oxford to discuss her book The Democratic Marketplace: How a More Equal Ec...
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... mal wieder was auf Deutsch geschrieben :) www.merkur-zeitschrift.de/artikel/ki-g...
KI-gemanagte Arbeit – vier Dimensionen aus philosophischer Sicht – MERKUR
Ein Essay von Lisa Herzog. Jetzt lesen in der Kulturzeitschrift MERKUR — Gegründet 1947 als Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken.
merkur-zeitschrift.de
This is already a bit older, but I discovered it only yesterday - a fantastic piece of science communication, on an important topic (in German) share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
Neurodiversität - Anders, aber völlig richtig im Kopf
Es gibt keine zwei Gehirne, die sich gleichen. Menschen denken unterschiedlich und stellen auf verschiedene Weisen Bezug zur Welt her. Was ist Neurodiversität, und wie gehen wir damit um? Ein Vortrag ...
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Wrote a bit on Habermas and my unease with some parts of his thinking (while I admire others): crookedtimber.org/2026/03/18/h...
Habermas, democratic discourse, and class — Crooked Timber
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Trying to spread untimely ideas... ecosofie.net/170-democrat...
170. Democratie op de werkvloer, met Lisa Herzog
Waarom hebben sommige mensen veel geld en autonomie, terwijl anderen slecht worden betaald voor zwaar werk? En waarom hebben werknemers eigenlijk zo weinig invloed op beslissingen die hun dagelijks le...
ecosofie.net
Five new books from the British Academy 📚 Three now Open Access 🔓 liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/the-british-academy
Important topic in Dutch academia picked up DJA - and while we're at it, could we also talk about the almost complete lack of PhD funding for students who have their own ideas? www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/news/3224...
'Profkip' a conversation about PhD supervision - De Jonge Akademie
News
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Proud to have such fantastic colleagues in our faculty council! ukrant.nl/a-merger-esp...
A merger? Especially now, the UG should focus on smaller departments
An administrative merger is no solution to the problems the university is facing, argues the philosophy faculty council.
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RUG starting package for Mastodon, thanks to @tstahl@scholar.social !!! fedidevs.com/starter-packs/
Mastodon Starter Pack Directory | Fedidevs
Discover, create, and share Mastodon starter packs to help new users find interesting accounts to follow.
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Really enjoyable conversation in today's episode with @lisamherzog.bsky.social, on a topic which is important and pressing in all sorts of ways....
IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social sees Jim speaking to Lisa Herzog about time, not in the abstract but how much of it we have, and what we might choose to do with it. Lisa is Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen.
The fabulous Ethics Untangled podcast has interviewed me - now out :) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
54. Do we need more time? With Lisa Herzog - Ethics Untangled
Lisa Herzog is Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The subject of this conversation is time, not in the abst...
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