Valeria Ramirez, PhD
@valeriaramirez.bsky.social
Chasing the stories behind numbers. Researcher at the University of Cambridge 🇲🇽🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷
#IfM #Innovation #DigitalMeasurement #ImpactEvaluation #ScienceTechnology&Society #STS
Sociologist of Science & Tech in Engineering @cam.ac.uk https://valeriaramirez.org/
#IfM #Innovation #DigitalMeasurement #ImpactEvaluation #ScienceTechnology&Society #STS
Sociologist of Science & Tech in Engineering @cam.ac.uk https://valeriaramirez.org/
Pinned
Why the metre, not the cubit?
150 years ago, the Metre Convention set the stage for global scientific standardisation. But agreeing on a metric is never just technical.
To celebrate the 📏 #BIPM a brief thread on measurement, politics of economy, and trust 🧵
#Metre150 #ScienceTechnologyAndSociety
150 years ago, the Metre Convention set the stage for global scientific standardisation. But agreeing on a metric is never just technical.
To celebrate the 📏 #BIPM a brief thread on measurement, politics of economy, and trust 🧵
#Metre150 #ScienceTechnologyAndSociety
What a wonderful conversation about metrics - I specially enjoyed going through our shared fieldwork experiences on metrics co-production. Many open and challenging questions remain - what makes it all the more exciting fileld to explore. Thanks again for the invitation @markfabian.bsky.social!
New episode of ePODstemology!
@valeriaramirez.bsky.social from Cambridge is on to talk about meaningful and meaningless digital metrics.
If you're enthralled by the possibilities of passive data gathering through online platforms, this episode is for you!
www.buzzsprout.com/1763534/epis...
@valeriaramirez.bsky.social from Cambridge is on to talk about meaningful and meaningless digital metrics.
If you're enthralled by the possibilities of passive data gathering through online platforms, this episode is for you!
www.buzzsprout.com/1763534/epis...
Data data everywhere yet no meaning to be found - ePODstemology
It seems these days that we are awash in data. Indeed, in their recent book The Ordinal Society, Marion Foucard and Kieran Healy argue persuasively that the passive data collection facilitated by the ...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
What a wonderful conversation about metrics - I specially enjoyed going through our shared fieldwork experiences on metrics co-production. Many open and challenging questions remain - what makes it all the more exciting fileld to explore. Thanks again for the invitation @markfabian.bsky.social!
So well deserved! 👏🏼👏🏼
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
So well deserved! 👏🏼👏🏼
Any wedding dress? We booked the Jane Austin’s room in Bath’s Guildhall, and now I am feeling the pressure.
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Any wedding dress? We booked the Jane Austin’s room in Bath’s Guildhall, and now I am feeling the pressure.
The illusion of choice
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The illusion of choice
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Very much looking forward to this event. Great presenters, and @samuelmoore.org's book is maybe the best thing I've ever read about Open Access publishing.
Planning your week? 📖
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph as they explore PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & how collective, scholar-led publishing can reshape open access.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph as they explore PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & how collective, scholar-led publishing can reshape open access.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Very much looking forward to this event. Great presenters, and @samuelmoore.org's book is maybe the best thing I've ever read about Open Access publishing.
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The next conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement will take place at Edinburgh on 22-25 June.
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
Events – The Society for the Study of Measurement
measurementsociety.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The next conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement will take place at Edinburgh on 22-25 June.
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
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El 20 de noviembre en la Casa de las Humanidades (en Coyoacán) presentaremos este directorio ¡¡acompáñennos!!!
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
El 20 de noviembre en la Casa de las Humanidades (en Coyoacán) presentaremos este directorio ¡¡acompáñennos!!!
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New OnlineFirst article: "Agencements and Qualculations: Fukushima, Knowledge-Making, and Radiation Contamination" by Louise Elstow #radiation #knowledgeproduction #qualculation #agencement #Fukushima journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New OnlineFirst article: "Agencements and Qualculations: Fukushima, Knowledge-Making, and Radiation Contamination" by Louise Elstow #radiation #knowledgeproduction #qualculation #agencement #Fukushima journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Did you know it's National Chemistry Week? 🧪
Chemistry isn't just about test tubes and microscopes. It's about the building blocks that make up the food we eat, the air we breathe and the things we make.
Chemistry isn't just about test tubes and microscopes. It's about the building blocks that make up the food we eat, the air we breathe and the things we make.
October 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Did you know it's National Chemistry Week? 🧪
Chemistry isn't just about test tubes and microscopes. It's about the building blocks that make up the food we eat, the air we breathe and the things we make.
Chemistry isn't just about test tubes and microscopes. It's about the building blocks that make up the food we eat, the air we breathe and the things we make.
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This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 19/10/2025 · 50m
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October 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
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“These rankings, built on selected quantitative indicators amalgamated into a single score, are not designed to evaluate research nor reflect the breadth and depth of the missions of research and higher education institutions.”
Why Sorbonne pulled out of university ranking
France’s Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings, adding its name to a growing number of universities rejecting lists that play one institution off against another...
sciencebusiness.net
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“These rankings, built on selected quantitative indicators amalgamated into a single score, are not designed to evaluate research nor reflect the breadth and depth of the missions of research and higher education institutions.”
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#Postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin in digital humanities & history/philosophy/sociology of science #philsci #STS. ERC project investigates digital communication within the ATLAS collaboration at CERN
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Job Posting I-390/25: Research Associate - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen – Job Postings at Technische Universität Berlin
Faculty I - Humanities and Educational Sciences, Institute of History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Literature / History and Philosophy of Modern Science
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#Postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin in digital humanities & history/philosophy/sociology of science #philsci #STS. ERC project investigates digital communication within the ATLAS collaboration at CERN
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Found this cute snail in a Zen Monastery in France after finishing a silent retreat there. There were amazing buildings and gardens but this little mate got me mesmerised. Glad I got a picture to remind me of it now that the busy days are back.
September 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Found this cute snail in a Zen Monastery in France after finishing a silent retreat there. There were amazing buildings and gardens but this little mate got me mesmerised. Glad I got a picture to remind me of it now that the busy days are back.
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Day 13 #SciArtSeptember prompt bottleneck, I’m interpreting literally with Japanese #geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) 🧪🐡👩🏻🔬 #histsci who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched 🧵
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Day 13 #SciArtSeptember prompt bottleneck, I’m interpreting literally with Japanese #geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) 🧪🐡👩🏻🔬 #histsci who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched 🧵
And yes, that is why trusted third parties and institutions like the International Organization for Standardization need to exist.
September 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
And yes, that is why trusted third parties and institutions like the International Organization for Standardization need to exist.
We try to maintain routines that work for as long as they do, but need to stay alert to changing situations, partners, and priorities, and remain open to reviewing standards when they no longer reflect the landscape faithfully.
September 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We try to maintain routines that work for as long as they do, but need to stay alert to changing situations, partners, and priorities, and remain open to reviewing standards when they no longer reflect the landscape faithfully.
Someone just asked: “How often do we need to change standards?” In my view, the trickiest aspect of temporality is balancing metrics stability with dynamic changes. It’s a matter of awareness: we cannot fix standards any more than we can capture time in an hourglass.
September 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Someone just asked: “How often do we need to change standards?” In my view, the trickiest aspect of temporality is balancing metrics stability with dynamic changes. It’s a matter of awareness: we cannot fix standards any more than we can capture time in an hourglass.
🍀 luck not look 👀
September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🍀 luck not look 👀
Same here (not in such good company, though). Best of look and good vibes for yours!
September 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Same here (not in such good company, though). Best of look and good vibes for yours!
Laughed out loud at this thread and now the others in the room want to know why. I could never explain.
August 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Laughed out loud at this thread and now the others in the room want to know why. I could never explain.
@caiuscollege.bsky.social looking like a fairy tale castle this afternoon.
August 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
@caiuscollege.bsky.social looking like a fairy tale castle this afternoon.
Let me guess, is a translation from French. (Vatin?) - one keeps trying to find the translation from ‘valoriser’ which is not ‘valorising’
August 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Let me guess, is a translation from French. (Vatin?) - one keeps trying to find the translation from ‘valoriser’ which is not ‘valorising’
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Two post-doc positions in CNRS on international projects in Paris, for 17 & 24 months on #STS. The first one on #openscience monitoring, the second one on #opendata in research evaluation. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - 17 months Postdoc for international ANR project M/F
emploi.cnrs.fr
August 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Two post-doc positions in CNRS on international projects in Paris, for 17 & 24 months on #STS. The first one on #openscience monitoring, the second one on #opendata in research evaluation. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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Just finished listening to this episode and it’s so great! I’m teaching a course on the social structure of science and values in science to undergraduates in Iceland this fall and this will be super useful to give to the students.
What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
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August 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just finished listening to this episode and it’s so great! I’m teaching a course on the social structure of science and values in science to undergraduates in Iceland this fall and this will be super useful to give to the students.