📢 Happening later today (13th March 2026 at 15.30 CET)! Wedinar to present the latest Special Issue of Mefisto (doi.org/10.4454/mefi...) that I co-edited with Claudio Davini on the "pragmatic turn" in philosophical debates on health and disease.

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...

Starting in a bit: our workshop “Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethics for the Exposome and Microbiome”, today March 2nd and tomorrow March 3rd at Politecnico di Milano, co-organised by Thomas Bonnin and me. www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos... #philsci #philsky #postgenomics

We conceived this series to put into words the experience of #philsci researchers from Eastern n Central Europe. There are 2 entries from @boruttrpin.bsky.social and @danielkostic.bsky.social Thanks to both! These are stories of success and resilience, but read about the darker sides too and learn.

📣 TPI Event @Nijmegen, 25 February "Joining Forces to Accelerate Animal-Free Innovation" #NAM #animalstudies Programme: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

New #philsci #philsky paper on #ML and #scientificmodelling! link.springer.com/article/10.1... “Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account” We revisit a widespread assumption in #philsci that modelling practices are inevitably shaped by domain-theoretical knowledge 1/4

Forget the winter Olympics, we’ve got @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social in Milano (not in Cortina)! #philsci #philsky

🎺 EPSA27 Venue - Call for Bids *Deadline: December 10* The European Philosophy of Science Association calls for proposals for the venue of EPSA27, its 11th Biennial Conference, to be held in 2027. For details, see philsci.eu/news/13550199

New paper, the first of 2026, and it's a big one! 📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsky #philsci #histsci

📢Job ad! Join us at Politecnico di Milano in an interdisciplinary collaboration between philosophy of science and biomedical engineering on transitions from animal research, with a 3-years postdoc (submission deadline: 12 January 2026) www.meta.polimi.it/3-years-post.... #philsci #philsky #sts

Come find me in Ivrea! Full day of activities about data and #bigdata and their present and futures, including activities with high-schools students in the morning and a public lecture in the evening. forumdemocraticodelcanavese.it/eventi.html #philsci #philsky

On my way to Statale University to talk about health personalisation and tailored medicine: dipafilo.unimi.it/it/eventi/fi...

I filosofi di PhilHeaD non lavorano da soli: parlano, discutono e progettano con medici e professionisti della salute Seminari, convegni e percorsi di mentorato creano uno spazio dove teoria e pratica si incontrano #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 #philmed #philhead #philsky

At the Science Festival in Genova (www.festivalscienza.it/programma-20...) to discuss the intertwining of science and values in medicine, with a @philhead.bsky.social roundtable with me, Cristina Amoretti, Paolo Vineis, Maria Frega. Pretty nice to bring philosophy of science to a science festival!

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If around Padova on Nov 3, join the Italian launch of film Data Shadows, in conversation with outstanding colleagues & National Centre for Biodiversity. Dialogues on data rights and nature, extractive epistemologies, public science and constructive ways forward ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/data-...

A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci

In Wageningen this week for Rachel Ankeny’s inaugural lecture @w-u-r.bsky.social and celebrate her seminal work for philosophy of science in practice and beyond. #philsky #philsci

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

It was amazing to hear from scholars I’ve long admired, all of whom engaged deeply with the project’s themes and with each other’s presentations 💙 Extremely grateful for the many insightful contributions and for the personal exchanges that made these days so valuable #NormativeKinds #Unimi

Philosophical treats in Milan this week, thanks to the conference organised by @davideserpico.bsky.social and Francesco Guala for the end of their Normative kinds project. #philsci #philsky

Soon... Registration still open! #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci Link: pmpos.flu.cas.cz/host-microbe...

Great session on precision medicine with @simonlohse.bsky.social and great conference @ishpssb2025.bsky.social – so many notes and papers to go through, enough for the rest of the summer and more. #HPS #philmed #philsci #STS

We had a fantastic session at #ishpssb2025 , including this talk by Alessandro Demichelis and @stefanocanali.bsky.social I hope the airport strikes in Portugal don't make the return journey of ISH folks too difficult!

Out now (print and open access!): Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at @cambridgeup.bsky.social . It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept. www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci

At STS Italia and immensely excited to hear the first keynote from Ruha Benjamin!

Almost all ready to go (almost…) for the 10th STS Italia conference, from tomorrow to Friday at Politecnico. stsitalia.org/conference-2...

Look at that! You can find me together with other wonderful colleagues on the for the Council of ISHPSSB, my favourite philosophy society. drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #philsky @ishpssb2025.bsky.social

What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667 #philsci #philsky

A minority of researchers - under 30% - have used AI to edit or write their papers, according to a Nature survey published today. Those that have used AI, more often than not didn't disclose it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com

Ending the week with a treat, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social in Milano, giving a talk at Bocconi University! And look, from the room you could see Torre Velasca (the best building in Milan) and the Duomo (if you squint).

Registrations for #ISHPSSB2025 are open! Check here ➡️ ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration... #hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

Nice crowd at my talk today at the Centre for gender studies @unisr.bsky.social, where I presented my and Chris Hesselbein’s work on digital health tech for women’s health (#femtech) and its epistemic and political limitations – more here: doi.org/10.1007/978-... #philsci #philsky

I’ve spent part of the afternoon attending Phyllis Illari's inaugural lecture ad professor at @stsucl.bsky.social. Phyllis is one of my first mentors, supervised my masters' dissertation – someone to look up to, an example of the philosophers/philosophy we need. www.eventbrite.com/e/live-strea...

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... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #philsci, #philosophy, #psychology, #HPS, #HOPOS, #metascience

Hey BlueSky, it’s been a while, sorry, but today I am back at the University of Milan Statale to present at the Normative Kinds Seminar (sites.unimi.it/guala/normat...), kindly invited by Francesco Guala and @davideserpico.bsky.social.

Our special issue co-edited with @chrish6699.bsky.social and @stefanocanali.bsky.social is finally out! "Metaverse Datafication: Technologies, Definitions, and Futures" www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/2...

Really scary and troubling, see more details and great reporting by @nature.com here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📩 Submissions for ENPOSS 2025 (Venice, 10-12 Sept) are now open! Submit your abstract by March 15 at the following link: easychair.org/conferences/... Help spread the word—share this post widely!

Last day to submit an abstract for the next STS Italia conference! #sts #histtech #histsci #philsci

I am beyond excited to announce the imminent arrival of my book. Operationism in Psychology. An Epistemology of Exploration: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Brief chapter summaries below (1/10)

One more month to submit an abstract at the STS Italia Conference. Check out our panel on artefacts and practices in the science and technology museum! 📺🔧🔭 #histsci #histtech #sts #philsky #philsci

Back to the office today at Politecnico, and I had a nice parcel waiting for me – the new Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods, with my and @emratti.bsky.social chapter on big data for causal inference and competing views on quantity and quality of data. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...

CfA: "Simondon and AI: A Collective Individuation in the Year of His Birth Centenary". Join @susanaaires.bsky.social, @ludovico-rella.bsky.social and me at #STSItalia2025 in Milan next June! Abstracts due 3 February 2025. For submission guidelines and panel details (Panel No. 3): bit.ly/49xJP5m

On Jan 16 join us for the Munich launch of the art film Data Shadows - born of a collaboration with Jacob van der Beugel & Oliver Page, it explores the lives of data in ways that I find magical ✨ info & trailers: opensciencestudies.eu/datashadowsf... To register: tumthinktank.de/event/data-s...

📢 We’re hiring! We are currently looking for a Lecturer in Medicine, Health and Society to join our Department from Sept 25. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/41CTiXk Closing Date: 2nd March 2025 #medicine #health #society #science #technology #WeAreSTS

New paper out with @pbory.bsky.social and Chris Hesselbein! We discuss new forms of data and datafication in the metaverse and, echoing seminal work by @zephoria.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social, we present six provocations for metaverse datafication. doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Today at Politecnico: guest talk by Roberto Fumagalli @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on his work on precautionary arguments in cases of severe uncertainty in science and policy www.meta.polimi.it/roberto-fuma...

Whence the heuristic power of physical guiding principles such as correspondence and naturalness? In this article I argue that it arises from the way guiding principles integrate principles of nature and action principles. #philsci #philsky #Physics link.springer.com/article/10.1...