Our thematic collection on Progress in radical embodiment is now published in the May 2026 issue of Topoi Issue here link.springer.com/journal/1124... Our editorial introduction here doi.org/10.1007/s112... @segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social

Leeds Beckett School of Humanities and Social Sciences has funding for 5 UK fees-only PhD studentships - many projects available, including one with me on skill acquisition across the lifespan - details here. Drop me a line if interested in working with me!

The UC Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc! Anyone who will earn a PhD in a related discipline with interest in public engagement is encouraged to apply. Please share widely! More details and apply here: jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct... #SciComm #philsci 🧪

We (@edbaggs.bsky.social, @segundo-ortin.bsky.social, @guicogsci.bsky.social, & I) have organised the conference "Dimensions of Radical Embodiment" for the last few years [Stay tuned for the next one!]. And we just edited a special issue around it. Here's the intro: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Really enjoyed this discussion on Brain Inspired. We talk about how EP is currently showing up in the mainstream, and how it might be done better. We also talk about neuro developments within the ecological community itself. Thanks for leading us through it, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social!

Luis Favela and I just finished editing a special issue on dynamical cognitive science for topiCS. The great contributors of the issue talk a little bit about what happened in the last 30 years, where we are now, and where we are heading to. Here's the intro (open access): doi.org/10.1111/tops...

New book with more Chomsky-bashing. The website says March 2026, but it is available now. cup.columbia.edu/book/intertw...

Call for papers: 2026 International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) in Omaha, NE, June 23–26, 2026 icpa2026omaha.com (please RT!)

We're hosting a PhD school in Odense, 7-9 January 2026 on Cognitive processes in social settings (will be in English!). Deadline for registration extended to Friday 19 December at noon. www.conferencemanager.dk/kognitivepro...

A little bit of spam, but this one is honestly one of my favourite papers I've participated in. I still think there's a whole dissertation to be written on this topic--ecological psychology & epistemology.

At last, the final publication in 'Cognitive Technologies and their Histories': the editorial introduction to the issue in TopiCS, by myself and @helenamiton.bsky.social. 4.5 years since our initial @cogscisociety.bsky.social panel. Free access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share! uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...

"meaningful affordances" "bio-mechanical affordances" "mental affordances" "non-representational affordances" Please stop. Stop with the adjectives. It makes no sense. Thank you.

Radical embodied memory - new preprint from Robyn Wilford and Mike Anderson osf.io/preprints/ps...

New paper out today with Zach Peck, “A radical embodied account of responsibility”. Not open access alas. Hit me up if you want a copy. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@edbaggs.bsky.social, @valtour.bsky.social, Sarah Bro Trasmundi, and yours truly teach a Ph.D. course on Cognitive Processes in Social Settings - at Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark, January 7-9, 2026.

Just submitted a BBS commentary (w/ @edbaggs.bsky.social) on the paper "Let’s go WILD: Increasing Inclusivity in Theories of Developmental Psychology" To make psychology more inclusive we need to confront the WEIRDness of our methods & metatheoretical commitments! preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Western Philosophy Department is hiring! www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

Call for papers: #PhiMiSci is inviting submissions for a Special Issue on Social Perception, understood as the perception of socially relevant properties in others. It is edited by Géraldine Carranante and Joulia Smortchkova. Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027 Deadline: July 1st, 2026.

Contemporary historians, take note:

Some friends and I submitted a commentary Preprint here: doi.org/10.31234/osf... @guicogsci.bsky.social @segundo-ortin.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social @tonychemero.bsky.social

Is ecological neuroscience a feasible enterprise? After some theoretical work on ecological resonance, we've engaged on experimental research to test some of the hypotheses that follow from it. These are the first results of (hopefully) many more to come! It's open access 👇 doi.org/10.1111/psyp...

Cover of new book.

How does Radical Embodied Cognitive Science relate to Marxism? In a recent preprint, I discuss this question at length, drawing on work by @tonychemero.bsky.social, @sorenmau.bsky.social, @edbaggs.bsky.social and many others.

David Lee just died. He formulated tau/time-to-contact, the most famous bit of ecological information. He is one of the main reasons why ecological psychology is still alive. We all are indebted to him. I met him once and ended up having dinner at his place. Very cool guy! RIP

A paper on affordances open for commentaries at BBS. Cites basically no ecological psychologists. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Hypatia has an upcoming special issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind. hypatiaphilosophy.org/uncategorize...

Farewell to Dimensions of Radical Embodiment 3 at the University of Southern Denmark Once again, this was a lot of fun! Some photos here radicalembodiment3.github.io/gallery/ Any volunteers to host DRE4?

Just published! Why direct social perception theory needs to be more Gibsonian Co-authored with Martyna Meyer! edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4...

Our special issue of Topoi on "Progress in radical embodiment" can be found here I'll post the articles in the thread below as they are published link.springer.com/collections/...

I’m enraged by so many things in this piece that I can’t pick and choose, although I may have to try just to vent

Abstract acceptances have gone out (finally, sorry for the delay :) Still some spaces if anyone would still like to present! Drop me an email if you are interested Registration is now open at the website - early registration runs till the end of this month

Deadline for abstracts on Friday!

Nice review of the affordance hypothesis by @edbaggs.bsky.social & @diovicen.bsky.social! Especially liked how it situates Gibson’s ideas within their historical context while linking them to today. Great read for those interested in the link between perception and action! osf.io/preprints/ps...

Very excited to share that @apotochnik.bsky.social and my element on Public Engagement with Science is out (+ open-access)) I'm really proud of this work of ours. It puts in writing much of the work + thinking done over the last several years @ucpews.bsky.social... www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Paper about all the things with Taraneh Wilkinson officially out now and open access. “Affordances, phenomenology, pragmatism and the myth of the given” in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Come to Denmark!

🚨 Call for contributions! We are hosting Dimensions of Radical Embodiment 3 at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, June 18-21, 2025 We are accepting abstract submissions for talks, posters, and brief ideas! Deadline: March 14, 2025 radicalembodiment3.github.io

I had the pleasure of talking to Marianne Davies for an hour about affordances and why we've all been getting them wrong www.buzzsprout.com/1975020/epis...

🚨Abstract submission now open for the European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, 15-18 July 2025, in Leeds UK 🚨 Abstracts: due Friday 14th March, 2025 Early Registration: by Wednesday 30 April (open shortly) Please share widely! www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/confe...

Two weeks left to submit to our special issue of Topoi on Progress in radical embodiment Deadline January 31, 2025 link.springer.com/collections/...

New Preprint! 🧐 We explored the ecological idea of resonance using virtual reality and Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MOBI). It was challenging both technically and in terms of data analysis, but we are quite happy with the results. Check it out! ⬇️ doi.org/10.31234/osf... 1/

Just read "The Affordance Hypothesis" by @edbaggs.bsky.social and @diovicen.bsky.social Important paper for all students of ecological psychology - clear and concise - I loved it! Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

In which I am stabbed in the back by friends and former student and post-doc.

Ever wondered what is all this hype about affordances? New preprint! ⬇️

New preprint! The affordance hypothesis With @diovicen.bsky.social doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🚀 Just under two months left to submit to our special issue of Topoi on Progress in radical embodiment Deadline: January 31, 2025 Word limit: 6,000 words Queries: Feel free to dm/email @diovicen.bsky.social @segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social CfP: link.springer.com/collections/...

Join us in Murcia (Spain) to talk about radical embodiment ! Excited to be part of such a cool crowd ! 😎 More info about the abstract submission here : radicalembodiment.github.io

PhD vacancy! We're hiring a PhD student in Embodied cognition in language and social interaction Deadline Nov 1, 2023 Based in Odense, Denmark. The candidate will work with me and @sunevork.bsky.social I'm happy to answer queries. Details here: www.sdu.dk/da/service/l... #PsychSciSky #cogpsyc