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Hanna Lucia Worliczek @hworliczek.bsky.social · 5d

#Job #PhilSci #HPS
Fully funded PhD-position at Bielefeld University, Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences), deadline Oct 30, 2025
Job ad: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/451...
On the program: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/isosnew...

Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy of the Medical S...

The History and Philosophy of Medicine Group, led by Prof. Lara Keuck, is looking for a highly motivated candidate for a three-year PhD project in phi...

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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 1d

✨Don't forget✨ PSA Office Hours are back! Join us this Thursday, October 9 at 12 PM EST with S. Andrew Schroeder. Sign up at the link below to save your spot!

www.philsci.org/psa_...

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · 2d

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Jon Leefmann studies public #TrustInScience as a collective practice of managing doubt. He develops new models for how societies can cultivate and maintain trust in #ScientificKnowledge: t1p.de/bs3p9 #SocialEpistemology #ScienceEthics #philsci #philsky

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · 5d

Interested in #PhilosophyOfBiology? Check out the new Cambridge Elements on "The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking" by @thomasreydon.bsky.social. Available #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #evobio

The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking

Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · 6d

With the new term about to start, we are delighted to welcome a new cohort of #SOCRATESgroup fellows! Over the coming weeks, we will be introducing them here. For more information about the program, please visit: www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/ #philsci #philsky #trustinscience

Homepage – SOCRATES: Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information – Leibniz Universität Hannover

www.socrates.uni-hannover.de

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · 8d

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Prof. Anke Bueter (Aarhus University) joined us in August. She works on philosophy of medicine, psychiatry & feminist philosophy of science. She’s writing on the #trustworthiness of #psychiatry: t1p.de/l296c #trustinscience #philsci #philsky

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · 9d

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Doohyun Sung is a philosopher specialising in the #socialepistemology of biomedical sciences. He studies regulatory approvals & works on epistemology, ethics & metaphysics of toxicology: t1p.de/wsc81 #PhilosophyOfScience #trustinscience

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 15d

Team member George Barimah's paper has just been published: Collective Scientific Testimony and Trustworthy Public Health Agencies in Public Health Ethics. @iphilluh.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/phe/article/...

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 13d

MAPS member Matthias Ackerman discusses how we should conceptualize and evaluate the efforts of climate scientists to estimate the sensitivity of the climate system to changes in radiative forcing in a forthcoming paper in the BJPS. @iphilluh.bsky.social

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 19d

Just accepted:

Climate Sensitivity through the Lens of Measurement Practice
– Matthias Ackermann

Abstract in alt text or read it here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

#philsci #philsky

ABSTRACT. In its Sixth Assessment Report, the IPCC moved from a climate model-based to a climate model-supported assessment of equilibrium climate sensitivity. Unlike previous reports, climate model information is no longer used directly for estimates of equilibrium climate sensitivity. I offer a measurement view on the equilibrium climate sensitivity assessment that allows us to evaluate this shift in practice in terms of its practical and epistemic consequences. In particular, I argue for two conclusions involved in this move. First, the change in using climate models as direct sources of evidence to a supporting role involves a kind of repurposing of climate models as epistemic tools. This change should be evaluated relative to the researchers' aims, which include more accurately assessing equilibrium climate sensitivity. Second, I suggest that this shift in practice shares a kinship to calibration activities aimed at increasing the reliability of a measurement procedure.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 9d

Team member Nadia Ruiz's 2nd interview for Philosophisch Gefragt. She talks about her approach to teaching Feminist Philosophy of Science, which emphasizes
epistemic authority as a key cause of the knowledge-production gap in science. Enjoy! @iphilluh.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrO...

Feminist philosophy of science / Feministische Wissenschaftsphilosophie - Interview mit Dr. Ruiz

YouTube video by philosophisch gefragt

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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our super-impressive post-doc @Donal Khosrowi and two of our MA-students
www.philos.uni-hannover.de/de/institut/...

Celebrating student success: our MA students at the European Workshop for Algorithmic Fairness

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · Jul 26

Sci|Phi|Han Conference 2025, organized by the Philosophy of Science Master's program, @iphilluh.bsky.social. Special congratulations to the organizers, keynotes, and all the young academics presenting and attending.

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Jul 15

Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies)
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts

Jobs

www.sts.sot.tum.de

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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · Jul 9

@belewollesen.bsky.social, who joined us in April, gave a talk yesterday at the @iphilluh.bsky.social colloquium! She analyzed manipulability as a thick concept in social choice, and argued for a pluralistic approach to its measurement.

#FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer

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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · Jun 30

The Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion (Forum for Scientific Reflection) at #LUH (@unihannover.bsky.social‬) will host a workshop for early career researchers on June 18, 2026, as part of its opening conference. Applications are due by October 31, 2025.

Details:
www.lcss.uni-hannover.de/en/events/ev...

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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · Jun 25

At the latest session of the @iphilluh.bsky.social colloquium, our team member Murat Bakeev gave a talk entitled "Methodological Challenges to Model Transfer and Their Mitigation: The Case of Agent-Based Models in Macroeconomics." Thanks to all who attended!

#FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · Jun 16

How to represent and communicate uncertainty in climate science and other policy-relevant research?

Workshop Making Sense of Uncertainty in Science and Policy is starting at the SOCRATES research group at @iphilluh.bsky.social

Organized by Margherita Harris, Joe Roussos, Leonie Wiemeyer
#philsci

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Jakob Ortmann @jakobortmann.bsky.social · May 27

⏳Deadline approaching! Know any early-career scholars working on philosophy of econ or values in science? Please consider forwarding them our call for proposals at phil-econ-model-lab.org. We are assembling a group of young scholars to collaborate at the cutting-edge of these topics #philsi #econ

A screenshot of the website phil-econ-model-lab.org

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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · May 10

Can't quite get myself to listen to this, but here's the interview that Carrie Figdor did with me on my recent book
newbooksnetwork.com/operationism...
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#philsci, #philosophy, #psychology, #HPS, #HOPOS, #metascience

Uljana Feest, "Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · May 12

We are happy to welcome @belewollesen.bsky.social in Hannover as part of the Model transfer ERC project @modeltransfer.bsky.social! #AImodels #philsky #philecon

MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · Apr 22

🔥Meet the #ModelTransfer team: @belewollesen.bsky.social joined April 15 as a postdoc to do research on the transfer of models between econ and CS. In particular, she will study the migration of incentive-compatible mechanism concepts and AI models.

#FrontierResearch #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

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Philipp Haueis @phaueis.bsky.social · May 7

Today I taught the paper on “memory transfer” by the great @davidcolaco.bsky.social in my class at @iphilluh.bsky.social . The was phil sci at its best: general conceptual work (what is a scientific phenomenon?) with a concrete historical case on interesting science, a normative angle 1/2

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · Apr 28

Would you like to teach philosophy of science and technology in Vienna? #philosophy #STS

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · Apr 28

Dr. Edoardo Peruzzi presented "The Application of Economic Models in the Courtroom: A Failed Promise" at the CELLS research colloquium. Thank you for the great talk and fruitful discussion at the Q&A. @iphilluh.bsky.social @modeltransfer.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · Apr 17

Meet team member Dr. George Kwasi Barimah. He is an associate member of the DFG-funded Centre for Advanced Studies -"SOCRATES" @iphilluh.bsky.social. George's research interests are in public health ethics, social epistemology, trust in science, and science communication

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · Apr 3

#PhDpositions #philjobs #philsky #HPS

Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science @hpsleeds.bsky.social · Apr 3

Two Collaborative PhD Studentships in History of Science

The Centre for History & Philosophy of Science is offering two fully-funded PhD scholarships to support research in the history of science and gender, and the history of trust in meteorology. The two projects – supported by Collaborative…

Two Collaborative PhD Studentships in History of Science

The Centre for History & Philosophy of Science is offering two fully-funded PhD scholarships to support research in the history of science and gender, and the history of trust in meteorology. The two projects – supported by Collaborative Doctoral Awards from the Arts & Humanities Research Council – will offer supervision through project partners including the Royal Society and Cambridge University Library…

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