Yasmin Haddad
@yashaddad.bsky.social
・@FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellow @UQAM ・Philosophy of science; philosophy of biology; bioethics; data ethics. ・Runner, amateur tango dancer, vinyl collector, nature lover. https://sites.google.com/view/yasminhaddad
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in @philscijournal.bsky.social 🥳 We discuss the role of values in scientific recommendations and expert committees. It was such a pleasure working on this together! #PhilSci #PhilBio doi.org/10.1017/psa....
Navigating Values in Scientific Recommendations | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Navigating Values in Scientific Recommendations
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It was a pleasure to co-write a chapter with @celsoneto.bsky.social for this amazing #openaccess volume on Science & Values. We wrote about the influence of values in human genomics (chapter 41). So many great contributions in this volume! #philsci #philbio www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science | Kevin C. Elliott, Ted R
This is the first-ever handbook to cover the vibrant philosophical literature on values and science. Its 45 chapters—appearing in print here for the first
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Extended deadline for 4S!
The deadline has been extended to May 5th to submit to Our project's symposium "Panel #106: Human Genomics in the Global Economy" at the next 4S Conference, in Toronto (Oct 7 – 10). Please consider submitting your abstract! More information can be found here: hugera.org/2026/04/15/j...
The Organism-Environment Pairing will be published in exactly two weeks by @mitpress.bsky.social ! I am so excited to share it with everyone! If you spot copies in the wild, please do let me know, as I would love to see them! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #philsky #HPS #evosky #boosky #histsci 🌱🐋
Very proud to announce the first book chapter of my career 🥹 Even happy to have worked on that it with @abigailnd.bsky.social and @roto-rub.bsky.social 🎉
We are thrilled to see our paper "The limits of diversity in science" published in the "The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science", ed. Kevin Elliot and Ted Richards. with @roto-rub.bsky.social @acfischer.bsky.social and @abigailnd.bsky.social. Check it out! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
"Women also know philosophy" 🇧🇷👩🎓 A fantastic initiative: a new database of Brazilian women philosophers! Please share this with your networks—I know many of you know brilliant scholars who belong on this list. #phil #philsky #philsci #HPS #philbio #WomenInPhilosophy
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I have a new paper out in Biology & Philosophy where I explore the overlap between the philosophy of measurement and ancestry in human population genetics. Very grateful to the philosophers & scientists who encouraged me to write this up! doi.org/10.1007/s105... #philsci #philbio
Measuring ancestry - Biology & Philosophy
Biology & Philosophy - In the past decades, there has been a significant shift in the labels used to describe human populations in large-scale genomic studies. Such labels are known as...
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Welcome to the social media page of the International Philosophy of Biology Circle (IPBC) 🌐 Our aim is to foster an interdisciplinary forum for dialogue on the theoretical, conceptual, historical, and ethical dimensions of the life sciences. Visit our website to learn more: www.phil-bio-circle.org
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!
How is current genomics impacted by social, political, and ethical assumptions? @yashaddad.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of presenting this issue in our newest work (link below) #popgen #STS #STEM #philsky #HPbio
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I have a new chapter coming out in the Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, titled "Values in Human Genomics". It was such a pleasure writing this together #PhilBio #PhilSci @hugeraproject.bsky.social philpapers.org/rec/HADVIG
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I have a new chapter coming out in the Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, titled "Values in Human Genomics". It was such a pleasure writing this together #PhilBio #PhilSci @hugeraproject.bsky.social philpapers.org/rec/HADVIG
Yasmin Haddad & Celso Neto, Values in Human Genomics - PhilPapers
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We are very excited! Jan Baedke received an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant for his project “Botanical Legacies: Towards a New History and Philosophy of Virtual Herbaria”, linking the history of local plant knowers with current digitation trends & biodiversity issues. #ERCCoG #HPS #PhilSci #HPBio
A History and Philosophy of Plant Collections
Rund 400 Millionen Pflanzenexemplare sind in Herbarien weltweit konserviert – ein wahrer Schatz, der lange vernachlässigt wurde. Heute werden die Pflanzen…
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Dr. Yasmin Haddad (Postdoctoral Fellow at UQAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "When imprecision is a bad thing: the case of ancestry" on December 2nd. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
Looking forward to giving a talk at the HUGERA Lecture Series next Tuesday as part of @celsoneto.bsky.social amazing research project. #philsci #philbio
Are you interested in messy, imprecise concepts in science with huge social implications? Join us online on Tuesday, Dec 2nd, for Yasmin’s talk. Register here: hugera.org/lecture-seri... #philsci #STS #popgen #HPbio
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published. Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin! #CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
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Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience
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The HUGERA team welcomes new collaborators and partners, within and outside academia. Most of our activities, such as lectures and workshops, are open. To know more about our activities, join our mail...
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Next Monday, @celsoneto.bsky.social will speak in our lecture series on race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Come around! Register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #PhilMed #race
New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... We look forward to seeing you there 🤗 #PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
🚨Paper🚨 What is social constructionism about race? Philosophers of race usually treat constructionism as a theory about what exists. This misses something important: race constructionism is a practice - a way to investigate human activities. #philsky #STS link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What is social constructionism about race? A reply to Hochman - Biology & Philosophy
This paper reconceptualizes social constructionism about race (hereafter SCR). While SCR is considered a hegemonic view in philosophy and academia more broadly, Hochman (2022) argues that this hegemon...
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Our International Postdoc Forum is a virtual seminar series for early career researchers to share their work w/commentary by MCPS community members. Excited to welcome @rosetrappes.bsky.social (University of Bergen, Norway) at 1215 CT Wed 24 Sept. Sign up for Zoom link. buff.ly/MSAXLgY
I am pleased to announce that the book "Transformative Transdisciplinarity: An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy", written by David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani, has just been published by Oxford University Press.https://academic.oup.com/book/60871
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With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky
The Organism-Environment Pairing
In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environment relationship in the life sciences, Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda addresses a crucia...
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Huge congratulations to my dear & brilliant friend Sebastian on his thesis defence today, "Values in psychosocial measurement". It's been a privilege to be a part of this journey, Dr. Duque! 🤍 #philsci @erantal.bsky.social
We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠
This week @universitypress.cambridge.org has granted free access to all titles in the collection of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, edited by Grant Ramsey. There are many options to choose from! Happy reading! 📕👇 www.cambridge.org/core/publica... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ISHPSSB2025