David Ludwig
@davidludwig.bsky.social
Philosopher of science, mostly busy with transdisciplinary action research on environment/food/society. Assoc prof at Wageningen University, Netherlands. More here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LCzGlYMAAAAJ&hl=en
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David Ludwig
@davidludwig.bsky.social
· Sep 10
“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
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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!
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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!
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Dia 10.02, Pedro (@93pedrobravo.bsky.social) e eu estaremos organizando um book symposium sobre o livro Transformative Transdisciplinarity, de D. Ludwig ( @davidludwig.bsky.social) e C. El-Hani. O livro é maravilhoso. Não deixem de se inscrever pelo link: bit.ly/4jtM3rD.
January 20, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Dia 10.02, Pedro (@93pedrobravo.bsky.social) e eu estaremos organizando um book symposium sobre o livro Transformative Transdisciplinarity, de D. Ludwig ( @davidludwig.bsky.social) e C. El-Hani. O livro é maravilhoso. Não deixem de se inscrever pelo link: bit.ly/4jtM3rD.
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Em janeiro e fevereiro de 2026, faremos um grupo de leitura do livro do Ludwig e El-Hani. Iremos nos reunir toda terça-feira, das 10h às 11h30, via GoogleMeet. O grupo é aberto para qualquer pessoa. Para participar, basta preencher o formulário: forms.gle/v8wLEPiZThen....
December 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Em janeiro e fevereiro de 2026, faremos um grupo de leitura do livro do Ludwig e El-Hani. Iremos nos reunir toda terça-feira, das 10h às 11h30, via GoogleMeet. O grupo é aberto para qualquer pessoa. Para participar, basta preencher o formulário: forms.gle/v8wLEPiZThen....
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What is transdisciplinary philosophy? This week, David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani introduce their new open access book with Oxford University Press. In it they explore the development and facilitation of community-based philosophy.
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What is transdisciplinary philosophy? This week, David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani introduce their new open access book with Oxford University Press. In it they explore the development and facilitation of community-based philosophy.
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
Interested in our new book but more "500 words interested" than "300 pages interested"? Check out our short post on "What is Transdisciplinary Philosophy?" imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Interested in our new book but more "500 words interested" than "300 pages interested"? Check out our short post on "What is Transdisciplinary Philosophy?" imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
you can find more info on the format here. Thomas reviews are literature review articles that are still blind reviewed nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Announcing Thomas Reviews: A new format for impact at the intersection of plants, people and the planet
Click on the article title to read more.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
you can find more info on the format here. Thomas reviews are literature review articles that are still blind reviewed nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The journal Plants, People, Planet launched the "Thomas Reviews" format and invited me to contribute with an article on Transdisciplinary Plant Sciences. It's been fun to think about transformations of the plant sciences from such a broad perspective.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Transdisciplinary plant sciences: A review
Socio-ecological crises such as biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity require academic expertise and also the inclusion of diverse actors outside of academia such as farmers, policym...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The journal Plants, People, Planet launched the "Thomas Reviews" format and invited me to contribute with an article on Transdisciplinary Plant Sciences. It's been fun to think about transformations of the plant sciences from such a broad perspective.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Yay, welcome on board! Added you :)
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yay, welcome on board! Added you :)
The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!
There are still a few days to submit an abstract to this great @tapuya.org Special Issue on "Transdisciplinary research for socio-environmental challenges" that grew out of our Global Epistemologies and Ontologies (GEOS) Project.
October 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
There are still a few days to submit an abstract to this great @tapuya.org Special Issue on "Transdisciplinary research for socio-environmental challenges" that grew out of our Global Epistemologies and Ontologies (GEOS) Project.
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Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨
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From epistemology to ontology to politics, community-based approaches reveal that knowledge is not singular. Partial overlaps, not binaries, guide how communities understand and act. Transformative Transdisciplinarity argues for a philosophy of science rooted in agency and diversity: bit.ly/4gswVsU
September 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From epistemology to ontology to politics, community-based approaches reveal that knowledge is not singular. Partial overlaps, not binaries, guide how communities understand and act. Transformative Transdisciplinarity argues for a philosophy of science rooted in agency and diversity: bit.ly/4gswVsU
“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
Reposted by David Ludwig
Cheeky title, lively examples & points.
E.g. on epistemic justice and it's relationship with 3 dimensions of social justice- distribution, recognition & representation. Epistemic extraction. Not reductionism to economic inequality!
by David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0269...
E.g. on epistemic justice and it's relationship with 3 dimensions of social justice- distribution, recognition & representation. Epistemic extraction. Not reductionism to economic inequality!
by David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0269...
It’s a Shame That You Can’t Afford Rent, But We Can Offer Epistemic Compensation. On Relating Epistemic and Social Justice
Reflecting on the rapid growth of epistemic injustice scholarship, this article proposes an ‘active alignment account’ for relating epistemic and social justice. The account contains both critical ...
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Cheeky title, lively examples & points.
E.g. on epistemic justice and it's relationship with 3 dimensions of social justice- distribution, recognition & representation. Epistemic extraction. Not reductionism to economic inequality!
by David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0269...
E.g. on epistemic justice and it's relationship with 3 dimensions of social justice- distribution, recognition & representation. Epistemic extraction. Not reductionism to economic inequality!
by David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0269...
Awww, thanks! I feel it's all still quite clumsy and I'm mostly confused myself - but yeah: fun times experimenting with "doing philosophy differently" :)
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Awww, thanks! I feel it's all still quite clumsy and I'm mostly confused myself - but yeah: fun times experimenting with "doing philosophy differently" :)
"'The people of Techiman eat Teporo': migrant farming and epistemic pluralism in Forikrom, Ghana" - our new article explores knowledge diversity beyond the simple divide of scientific vs. local knowledge. Unfortunately not OA yet but happy to share the paper. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“The people of Techiman eat Teporo”: migrant farming and epistemic pluralism in Forikrom, Ghana - Agriculture and Human Values
Local knowledges of farmers often remain marginalized in wider agricultural development interventions. Scholars, practitioners and non-profit organisations have stressed the importance of including fa...
link.springer.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"'The people of Techiman eat Teporo': migrant farming and epistemic pluralism in Forikrom, Ghana" - our new article explores knowledge diversity beyond the simple divide of scientific vs. local knowledge. Unfortunately not OA yet but happy to share the paper. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Exciting times for philosophy of economics
April 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Exciting times for philosophy of economics
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Defended my doctoral dissertation on grand challenges and research policy yesterday. Such a wonderful day! Big thanks to opponent @davidludwig.bsky.social and custos @ustagan10.bsky.social & all who joined! 🌸🌷💖
April 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Defended my doctoral dissertation on grand challenges and research policy yesterday. Such a wonderful day! Big thanks to opponent @davidludwig.bsky.social and custos @ustagan10.bsky.social & all who joined! 🌸🌷💖
This looks great - thanks for sharing! I just ordered the book for our library, and looking forward to reading it
March 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This looks great - thanks for sharing! I just ordered the book for our library, and looking forward to reading it
The cited papers/books by @lastpositivist.bsky.social @kylewhyte.bsky.social @gscoulthard.bsky.social & @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social have been helpful in shaping my thoughts on this - thanks :)
March 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The cited papers/books by @lastpositivist.bsky.social @kylewhyte.bsky.social @gscoulthard.bsky.social & @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social have been helpful in shaping my thoughts on this - thanks :)
"It’s a shame that you can’t afford rent, but we can offer epistemic compensation." - my paper on relating epistemic and social justice is out. Mostly written as self-therapy, struggling with my own scholarship. But we also need a broader discussion on ways forward in "epistemic injustice" debates.
It’s a Shame That You Can’t Afford Rent, But We Can Offer Epistemic Compensation. On Relating Epistemic and Social Justice
Reflecting on the rapid growth of epistemic injustice scholarship, this article proposes an ‘active alignment account’ for relating epistemic and social justice. The account contains both critical ...
www.tandfonline.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"It’s a shame that you can’t afford rent, but we can offer epistemic compensation." - my paper on relating epistemic and social justice is out. Mostly written as self-therapy, struggling with my own scholarship. But we also need a broader discussion on ways forward in "epistemic injustice" debates.
Join us in Newcastle for the "Understanding Science Co-Creation in Climate and Environmental Research" conference 19-20 June!
March 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us in Newcastle for the "Understanding Science Co-Creation in Climate and Environmental Research" conference 19-20 June!
If you're in the Netherlands, join us for this little "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" event next Monday afternoon, 24 Feb
February 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you're in the Netherlands, join us for this little "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" event next Monday afternoon, 24 Feb
you're already on the list :)
February 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
you're already on the list :)
Agree - I didn't mean to suggest that current funding priorities are in the public interest. They are often evidently not. What can be disentangled & quantified though: whether public funding priorities change or whether they disappear in a privatized model of commodified research. Guess we'll see.
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Agree - I didn't mean to suggest that current funding priorities are in the public interest. They are often evidently not. What can be disentangled & quantified though: whether public funding priorities change or whether they disappear in a privatized model of commodified research. Guess we'll see.