Ali Teymoori and I wrote up a piece for @markrubin.bsky.social's excellent Critical Metascience blog. We summarise our new paper on disciplinary crises in psychology and some of the key take-homes for psychologists.

We've all heard about the replication crisis in psychology. But psychologists have been calling "crisis" for as long as the discipline has been around. Ali Teymoori and I look at this history and what it means for today's crisis. #philsky doi.org/10.1177/1089...

PhilPapers categorisation update! The 'Feminist Philosophy of Science' leaf has been moved up from the miscellaneous sub-category into the main category of 'General Philosophy of Science' on PhilPapers. 🧡

Department “Artifacts, Action, Knowledge” seeks to appoint a #PublicationsManager with work experience in: ✍️ Editorial leadership 📚 Publication management 🌐 Multilingual experience 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 28, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/4k5DWSs #HistSci #STS #SocSci #Humanities

Inequalities in the funding landscape are actually a major barrier to OA publication. The author-pays model for OA means only those with access to resources get their research out there for all to read for free. OA should become truly open, for authors too! #OpenScience

I especially appreciate the policy to not accuse people of using AI in the comments thread, but to contact the editor instead. The same should apply in peer review.

The latest ISHPSSB newsletter is out! Read it here 👉 www.ishpssb.org/images/downl... Enjoy!

Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org

CFP for a special issue of Argumenta, guest edited by @lisabortolotti.com & @lalumera.bsky.social: THE EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE RESEARCH PROGRAMME: DEGENERATIVE OR PROGRESSIVE? Deadline 30th of September.

We got the PhilPapers feminist philosophy of science category philpapers.org/browse/femin... moved up from "miscellaneous" to "general philosophy of science" proper 🎉 Combatting disciplinary marginalisation and recognising the strength of feminist work on sciences! #philsky

@erc.europa.eu has decided to fund my research on how AI is transforming scientific problem-solving! #erc www.helsinki.fi/en/news/life...

The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/

More evidence of the benefits of lottery elements in funding.

Despite Prepublication Peer Review being a core part of science, training materials for it are sparse. This open source guide is very valuable for ECRs! ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io/guide/

Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology: 🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑‍💻🪸🦎 Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi... DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣

📢 Hello #STSers! The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South). Find out more here: 4sonline.org/news_manager... Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!

Tomorrow 6 November is the first of three meetings of the PSA Around the World! A fantastic online program with plenary panel and parallel sessions. All welcome! Note: time zone is 3pm CET.

Lots of citizen science is gamified: points, scores, leader boards, and even levels. But what does this do to citizen science and its participants? Tomorrow I'll be talking about this online, at the PSA Around the World conference www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...

How to conceptualise research environments for transdisciplinary work? How do researchers negotiate such spaces, and with which implications for knowledge produced? @rosetrappes.bsky.social and I answered by proposing the idea of "multiplex research environments"! See: rdcu.be/eN8ie #philsci

Is #citizenscience exploitative? I gave a talk on this the other week and now you can check it out online. And hopefully soon I'll get around to writing the paper :)

Up in the arctic circle for a conference on feminist philosophy. Spaces like these with institutional visibility and support are crucial for feminist research, especially today. uit.no/tavla/artikk...

If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci

In #citizenscience, members of the public are doing menial scientific labour for free. Does this make it exploitative? Find out in my online talk tomorrow evening (European time) at @mcps-philsci.bsky.social

Book launch for “Methods in the Philosophy of Science: a user’s guide”. Ftf in Exeter and online on the 29th of Sept feat Sophie Veigl, Kerry McKenzie, Hasok Chang, and me. It should be fun! (the book will be open access in July, contact me in the meantime) www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... #philsci

The new Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice Newsletter is out! #philsci sway.cloud.microsoft/JS1vkVhu2qDA...

🧵1/n 🦋✨ Welcome back to #PollinatorWeek! We explore how #PollinatorsWeaveConnections across ecosystems, economies, and our everyday lives. Spoiler: the links are deeper than you think! 🌍🐝💚 #FutureForPollinators #ProjectButterfly #pollinators

I for one welcome our cockatoo overlords.

Reminder: Submit proposals for the 2025 SORTEE Conference by June 2nd. The online event will be October 15-16. Details and submissions at https://www.sortee.org/upcoming. Join for free! #conference

Sometimes it feels like people think Douglas invented the science and values debate ex nihilo in 2009

Feminist work is often marginalised in academia - but not always. Today I'm giving a talk about how feminist philosophy of science has become mainstreamed, and what's been left behind in the process. Today I'm giving a talk about this the 25th anniversary of @uibgender.bsky.social.

Is citizen science good science? (surprise! yes it is!) I'll be walking through some of ways mistakes and biases affect #citizenscience and why it's not bad after all. All using resources from #philsci.

Today in the reading group I run with @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social, we discussed how undersea internet cables track and replicate colonialism, based on this paper: Mwema & Birhane, A. (2024). First Monday, 29(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v...

Sandra Harding's work was some of the first I read in philosophy of science. She opened up a world for me, and I'm sure she'll continue to do so for generations to come.

New #PHIL_OS paper out! From @rosetrappes.bsky.social and me, an analysis of what insights biological niche concepts (and philosophy thereof) can inspire towards understanding research environments doi.org/10.1007/s131... #philsci

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 Are you a social scientist (broadly construed) with expertise in race and science? We are offering a 3.5 years postdoctoral position at Egenis (University of Exeter). Applications due February 27! Please share widely! #STS #philsky jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Turns out a bunch of philosophers have independently used the #niche concept to think about science. @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and I looked into these and built a framework for research niches. Paper coming out in #EJPS soon, preprint up at philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24675/

Don't forget to submit your abstract for the European Philosophy of Science Association Conference #EPSA25. The CfP is closing this Friday, 31st Jan. philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP