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Research group "Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South'" based @Utrecht University
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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
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The Limits of Diversity In Science | 17 | The Case of Human Microbiome
In this chapter we analyze downsides and trade-offs of the aim of diversity and inclusion in science. In biomedical research, diversity is often linked to the
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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-...
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The Limits of Diversity In Science | 17 | The Case of Human Microbiome
In this chapter we analyze downsides and trade-offs of the aim of diversity and inclusion in science. In biomedical research, diversity is often linked to the
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
21 days ago
New from the BJPS Review of Books The Units of Life – Ellen Clarke Reviewed by John Dupré
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
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Ellen Clarke, The Units of Life | BJPS Review of Books
John Dupré reviews The Units of Life, by Ellen Clarke
https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/dupre-on-clarke/
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Humanities & Social Sciences
20 days ago
To celebrate
#InternationalEarthDay
, discover some of our book series on our environment and sustainability list
#OurPowerOurPlanet
: 'Palgrave Studies in Environmental Transformation, Transition and Accountability'—edited by Siddharth Sareen and Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg.
bit.ly/3Qka6Pf
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¡Gran oportunidad de participar en un proyecto de investigación super interesante! Checa el link abajo 👇Great opportunity to do exciting research! Check the call below! 👇
#HistSci
#PhilSci
#HPBio
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REMINDER nominations for the Hempel Award are due April 30! Check the thread for more details 👇
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💙📚 A timely and important #OpenAccess book that transcends the simplistic boundaries between “right” and “left” science and revises the internally contradictory impact of racialist/racial thinking on knowledge about humanity.
bit.ly
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Very cool line-up!
@roto-rub.bsky.social
#HPBio
#HistSci
#PhilSci
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So exciting to see this published! Thanks to Anna-Ursula Happel and Jo-Ann Passmore
@mucosal-group.bsky.social
for the invitation. Check it out!
#hpbio
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#philbio
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Ethical design as a prerequisite for translational microbiome science - Microbiome
Human microbiome research is expanding globally, yet remains dominated by samples, institutions, and leadership from the Global North. This imbalance undermines scientific validity, as microbiomes are...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-026-02371-3
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We are starting the second day with a talk by David Ludwig on pluralism as transgression!
@roto-rub.bsky.social
#philbio
#hps
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We are starting! Diversity in Motion with
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join us also online!
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Mar Hicks
about 2 months ago
look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly (@ wildheartrescue on TT)
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Our next reading group on April 1 at 15:30 CET! We will be reading: Wylie, Alison. “Humanizing Science and Philosophy of Science: George Sarton, Contextualist Philosophies of Science, and the Indigenous/Science Project.”
doi.org/10.1017/can....
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Very exciting workshop happening this week on diversity in science! Check it out! 👇
#hpbio
#Philbio
#PhilSci
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about 2 months ago
This has just been published in “Theory & Society” (formerly) considered THE top
#sociology
/theory journal, after Springer Nature redid the board, installing Steven Pinker among them. Shame shame shame
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Ann-Christin Fischer
about 2 months ago
This semester our reading group reads selected chapters from "Everything flows", edited by
@djnicholson.bsky.social
l and John Dupré. I was in charge of the poster design, while the amazing
@yavannakemi.bsky.social
was in charge of the content decisions!
#HPBio
#PhDSky
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Oscar Silva
about 2 months ago
"We also describe why most POB* is of little use to biologists due to deficits of biological knowledge on the part of the philosophers and because most work is tied to philosophical traditions that are irrelevant to biology." 🔥🔥🔥🔥 *Philosophy of Biology
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Biology Needs Philosophy, But What Philosophy?
Abstract. Philosophy of biology has the potential to contribute to biology by improving scientific reasoning. However, this potential is largely unrealized
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
about 2 months ago
New season of BJPS Short Reads! Death in Mind – Susana Monsó and Laura Danón on what the opossum’s playing dead tells us about animal minds. Read or listen here:
www.thebsps.org/short-reads/...
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Daniel J Nicholson
about 2 months ago
It was a pleasure to talk to Phil for an hour and a half about the conceptual foundations of the life sciences as part of his New Biology project. It's an exciting time to be a philosopher of biology!
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Audiobooksoul.com
about 2 months ago
🎧 Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany by Agnes Arber ★★★½ 3.5/5 Reviewed by Sarah Chen
https://audiobooksoul.com/reviews/herbals-their-origin-and-evolution-a-chapter-in-the-history-of-botany
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🎧 Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany - Audiobook Review
By Agnes Arber • 3.5/5 stars
https://audiobooksoul.com/reviews/herbals-their-origin-and-evolution-a-chapter-in-the-history-of-botany
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
about 2 months ago
Big Biology strains common accounts of pursuitworthiness.
@parvathi.bsky.social
& Arrabito argue that these projects blend inquiry, infrastructure development & community platforms and propose a new framework to capture how scientists assess their value👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Our History and Philosophy of Biology
@utrechthps.bsky.social
course was awarded as the best evaluated in Biology year 3 🎉@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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We had a great day at Micropia in Amsterdam. We are convinced, microbes are the best!
#hpbio
#histbio
#philbio
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Please join us for our next reading group meeting on April first (no joke!) at 15:30 CET. Reading TBA, if you have any suggestions, be sure to let us know!🪴🌳 Join the meeting here:
teams.microsoft.com/meet/3738493...
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PhilSci-Archive
2 months ago
New on the Archive: Meza, José (2026) Relational ontology of sex, gender, and identity: a proposal from the philosophy of biology. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28488/
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks
2 months ago
I'm looking forward to celebrating the achievements of historian of science Dan Kevles in Oxford next week. I'll be talking about the mercurial associations between the pursuit of eugenics through the 20th century and ideas about sex selection.
#histbio
#histsci
#sts
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UPF-Center for Animal Ethics
2 months ago
On 26 February 2026, the UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics hosted the talk Animal Welfare in China: Current Realities and Emerging Voices by Chinese animal activist Shao Ran, with the collaboration and translation of Eric Li.
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ROTO Research Group
2 months ago
Still time to register for our workshop on diversity across the sciences on March 26-27! Everybody is welcome, participation is free and you can also join online. All information here:
rotoworkshop2026.wixsite.com/diversity
#HPBio
#HistSci
#PhilSci
#STS
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Lydia Moland
2 months ago
Day11 of
#WomenWhoRethoughtTheWorld
: US economist and pacifist Emily Greene Balch! Balch rethought economic justice for immigrants and working women. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for rethinking international law and leading the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
#herstory
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German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB) e.V
2 months ago
⚡Flash talks⚡ Thanks to all presenters for highlighting your posters in rapid fire! We already had some great discussions with you and we are looking forward to chat with you at your posters📈!
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Daniel S. Brooks
2 months ago
I’m excited to finally announce a Festschrift SI at Acta Biotheoretica honoring the work of Bill Wimsatt with the SI’s first publication by
@consume.red
and
@philosofir.bsky.social
! The editors (
@caitlinmace.bsky.social
and I) are delighted!
#philsci
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Charley Wu
2 months ago
🚀 Postdoc Alert! Are you passionate about social learning & cultural evolution?
@dominikdeffner.bsky.social
& I have a 3-year position with freedom to develop your research and work on cutting-edge multiplayer and immersive experiments. Apply by March 30!
hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni...
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Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution
Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution posted on March 2, 2026 We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual...
https://hmc-lab.com/SocialLearningCulturalEvolution.html
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Just starting! The workshop "Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethical for the Exposome and Microbiome" with
@stefanocanali.bsky.social
and Thomas Bonnin @Politecnico di Milano. Check the program here:
www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos...
2 months ago
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Edouard Machery
2 months ago
It’s a small book but it is nice to hold it in my hands
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Celso Neto
2 months ago
Interested in how race, ethnicity, and ancestry get used and misused in genetics? This talk is for you! Register at
www.hugera.org
#philsky
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#STS
#HPbio
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
3 months ago
It has been argued that what sets model organisms apart from other experimental 🐋🌱 is their high representational power. In our latest 📃, we argue otherwise: the hallmark of MOs lies in the dimensions of modeling versatility they afford to scientists 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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PhilSci-Archive
2 months ago
New on the Archive: Prieto, Guido I. and Fábregas-Tejeda, Alejandro (2026) Modeling versatility as the hallmark of model organisms. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 48. p. 12. ISSN 0391-9714
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28339/
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The symposium "Imagining the Good Life under Uncertainty with Biology & Technology" organized by Zoë Robaey
@w-u-r.bsky.social
created a beautiful zine as output of the event. Check the event and the zine here!
www.ethicsandbiotechnology.com/symposium
2 months ago
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Robin Pranter
2 months ago
How does development affect the evolutionary process? Join our symposium at
www.evodevoconference26.com
in Glasgow this June. We have a strong lineup of invited speakers, chaired by me and
@milocco.bsky.social
Submit your abstract before Thursday! ⏰
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PIK_climate
2 months ago
Recommended reading: The Ocean as System – Overcoming policy fragmentation in the fight against ocean acidification. An essay from the Back to Blue Initiative on ocean policy and why ocean and planetary stewardship matters:
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The ocean as system
Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere and absorbed by water lowers its pH level, making the ocean more acidic and less able to sustain life. In 2009 a group of scientists included this ocean aci...
https://backtoblueinitiative.com/the-ocean-as-system/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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Andrew Beale
2 months ago
Since I moved to
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I’ve been trying to answer this: Why are some mammals active at night and others in the day? Today our answer is out
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
. If you’re interested in circadian biology, evolution or how timing shapes physiology, take a look
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A cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch
Early mammals were nocturnal while dinosaurs dominated the daytime. Mammalian transition to daytime activity accelerated after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, but the underlying mechanisms remain...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady2822
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Karoliina Pulkkinen
3 months ago
Heading to ENPOSS this summer? Consider submitting an abstract to the pre-conf workshop organised by Inkeri Koskinen and Katherine Furman 👇 Keynotes by David Ludwig and yours truly.
blogs.helsinki.fi/valuesinscie...
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CFP – Pre-conference workshop: Values in science in the rest of the world
24–25 August 2026, Helsinki – just before ENPOSS 2026 Keynote speakers: David Ludwig (Wageningen University) Karoliina Pulkkinen (University of Helsinki) The idea that social, political and ethical ...
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/valuesinscienceintherestoftheworld/2026/02/19/cfp-pre-conference-workshop-values-in-science-in-the-rest-of-the-world/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQLk59leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe9ycGtKnck8qTW0RYdo0aQSswF4C-9qXCBphjg82M55vsPLlYvl9NsJ51hIA_aem_0Kw-G1XCv8sQ2z7keraNTQ
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Our next reading group is on March 4th at 3:30 PM CET! We will read Honda, Eiko. “Minakata Kumagusu and the Microbial Turn in Theories of Evolution and Civilisation, 1887–1892." Join us here:
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Very much looking forward to this event! 🦠👇
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Ioanna Chatzigiannidou
3 months ago
👩🔬On this
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
, we celebrate the women who opened doors and recommit to work together to ensure every girl in STEM can rise without barriers!
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience
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EADI
3 months ago
Decolonising Development Studies must necessarily be an anti-imperialist endeavour, argues
@devikadutt.bsky.social
(
@kings-sga.bsky.social
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www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2509
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Decolonising Development Studies: Why It Matters
By Devika Dutt Calls to decolonise Development Studies have gained increasing visibility across universities, research institutes, and policy spaces. Yet despite its growing popularity, decolonisat…
https://www.developmentresearch.eu/?p=2509
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You can join us tomorrow at 15:30 CET for our reading group! We will be reading “The Allure of Microbiome Research: Promises of Holism and the Potential for Cruel Optimism,” by Tine Fiis, Louise Whiteley, and Adam Bencard. Join the meeting here:
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Universität Wien / University of Vienna
3 months ago
#univie
Historiker Oliver Rathkolb gewinnt die Wahl zum besten Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres in der Kategorie: "Geistes-/Sozial-/Kulturwissenschaften"! 📖 🎉 Sein Buch „Ökonomie der Angst. Die Rückkehr des nervösen Zeitalters“ zeigt Parallelen zwischen der Zeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg und heute auf. ⤵️
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Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres
Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres
https://www.wissenschaftsbuch.at/wissenschaftsbuch/oekonomie-der-angst-die-rueckkehr-des-nervoesen-zeitalters/
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Michela Massimi
3 months ago
In beautiful Strasbourg today where this afternoon I will give a seminar at the Institut de science et d'ingénierie supramoléculaires on Bohr’s legacy for the debate on the nature of physical reality (and my Perspectival realism).
qtts.ipcms.fr/qtts4/
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Julia M. Rohrer
3 months ago
iDiv Leipzig is organizing a symposium for early career researchers from all fields interested in scientific integrity & reproducibility. Some good stuff, e.g.:
@haesleinhuepf.bsky.social
on generative AI for science,
@rmcelreath.bsky.social
on a guerilla approach to scientific workflow.>
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