Two new Professorships at the Zug Institute for Blockchain Research (ZIBR), Universität Luzern. Applications by 1 February 2026. - Prof of "Political Economy and Blockchain" (100%, open rank): lnkd.in/exkAMdK9 - Prof of “Political Science and Blockchain" (100%, open rank): lnkd.in/ebVhMz8m

Georgy Ishmaev and I have the pleasure of co-editing a special issue on the "Ethics and Philosophy of Decentralized Technologies", in the journal Ethics and Information Technology. Submission by 23 Apr 2026. Check out the CfP: link.springer.com/collections/...

Recently out of the oven! Book on the Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies, edited by @joel-h-anderson.bsky.social and my fantastic colleagues @lilyevafrank.bsky.social and @spahnandreas.bsky.social. Check it out! 👇👇👇 www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

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Neuberufen: Patrik Hummel ist seit hundert Tagen Professor für #Philosophie und #Blockchain. Im Interview berichtet er, wie er seinen Start in Luzern erlebt hat und was ihn in Forschung und Lehre beschäftigt. @pathumm.bsky.social

Like philosophy of linguistics and free stuff? Then boy do I have an opportunity for you! This book - by my friend @ryannefdt.bsky.social - is available for download for free for the next two weeks. Get on it! #PhilSky #Linguistics

Another day when starving people in Gaza have been shot when they went searching for food. When will our leaders finally act effectively and restore treating them as human beings with equal moral worth? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/w...

At the University of Lucerne, there is an open PhD position in Philosophy within the new Zug Institute for Blockchain Research. The application deadline is on 20 June. For full details, see: tinyurl.com/45huzpek

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My department has a new Bluesky account! Follow at @standrewsphil.bsky.social

Großartig!! 🎉 Herzliche Gratulation Dr. @tabeaott.bsky.social

First Day of Strikes at Dutch Universities! ✊ Live reporting (in Dutch) from Remco Breuker.

Thank God we can still talk about men, males, masculinity, social hierarchy, exploitation, dominance, power—oh, and evil.

Open for commentaries! Jose Luis Guerrero Quiñones' & my article "Digital Twins for Trans People in Healthcare" in the Journal of Medical Ethics is out. @esdit.bsky.social #ethics #technology #diversity #queer jme.bmj.com/content/earl... 🧵🔽

Dutch TV's take on Trump, Vance and Zelensky

In Vol. 62, Iss. 1 of American Philosophical Quarterly, the second of three special issues on the ethics of AI, @pathumm.bsky.social investigates whether algorithmic fairness is an inconsistent concept. buff.ly/4jVCTUl

The 2nd AI ethics special issue, American Philosophical Quarterly 61.2, is out! Contributors: • @emratti.bsky.social • @pathumm.bsky.social • @kraymondh.bsky.social - @univie.ac.at • @jonasblatter.bsky.social - @ruhr-uni-bochum.de • @rodrigodiazxphi.bsky.social - @csic.es + more buff.ly/3ELKpRy

Matthew Dennis, Filippo Santoni de Sio and myself are hiring a PhD student to work on Ethical AI for Health and Medicine. This is a full-time 4 year position in Eindhoven. Please spread the word and consider applying 👇😊 jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p...

New PhD opportunity embedded in the Philosophy & Ethics Group at TU/e! Great opportunity to explore moral issues with the use of generative AI in healthcare. Please share! jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p.... #philsky #philjobs #philAI #ethics

Reposting this, as there is still time to apply! Please share with anyone you think might be a great fit! #philsky #philjobs #ethics

Thank you, @dmoralesp.bsky.social!

Exciting PhD position at the intersection of animal ethics, research ethics, and AI ethics in the Philosophy & Ethics Group at @tueindhoven.bsky.social tinyurl.com/47r95m8n

Exciting PhD Opportunity at Eindhoven University of Technology! Interested in explainability and fairness of LLMs? Join us and work with leading experts Carlos Zednik and Lambèr Royakkers in the AlignAI network. For more info: jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p.... Please share! #philosophy #philtech #philAI

(First) afterthought on the cancelling of our protest #WOinActie. The reason the protest got cancelled was because of alleged threats by a pro-palestinian group that wanted to "hijack" the demonstration and was ready to use violence. >

The Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT) Conference is coming to Eindhoven! Submit your abstracts and be part of this cool event. Check dates and deadlines here: spt2025.dryfta.com/index.php. Please share! #philosophy #philtech #philAI

I wrote an op-ed in one of the main Dutch newspapers today, highlighting that the 1 billion budget cuts to Higher eduction can only be explained as a way to make our universities more submissive. The piece has now been translated into English, and can be read here: crookedtimber.org/2024/11/09/t...

Just taking this opportunity to big up this new paper by Noah Freidman-Biglin on Carnap's politics and his logical pluralism philpapers.org/rec/FRIRTU

I'm looking forward to seeing this OUP volume out next year. I have an entry in it on social epistemology and knowing-how with a preprint available here. #philsky philpapers.org/rec/CATSEA

Cover for the Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology, edited by Jennifer Lackey and myself, which should be published around Spring 2025

In "Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept," @pathumm.bsky.social investigates if algorithmic fairness is an inconsistent concept (AKA the inconsistency thesis). Read the pre-print: research.tue.nl/en/publicati...