I'm glad to share that my position as Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics has been renewed for another five years. Here’s a short interview I gave on what I'm up to these days. #philsci #philsky www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...

If you or your undergrad students are interested in philosophy of mind, this excellent MSc program at U Edinburgh is open for applications until April 30. An exceptional opportunity to study with the best in the field. Please share widely! #philsci #philsky #philai study.ed.ac.uk/programmes/p...

Now out: How did earthquakes come to have a (quantitative) size? How can we quantify without experimental control? @cristianlarph.bsky.social and I answer both questions and show their implications for human science measurement. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsci #histsci #seismology

The deadline for the Society for Study of Measurement conference has been extended to January 31st! 👇 #philsci #histsci

Deadline today!! Society for the Study of Measurement, June 22-25, 2026, University of Edinburgh. 500-word abstract. #histsci #philsci #PhilSky #MLSky #psycsci #PsychSciSky #dataethics 🧪https://measurementsociety.org/2026-second-biennial-conference/

Co-created mental health services aren't new. But there is little evidence that youth are engaged in co-creating the principles that govern their mental health data. New paper with Sebastian Rodriguez Duque and @skyebarbic.bsky.social #philsci #psycsci journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402

It was fun discussing AI and its effects on science in Edinburgh. Thank you to @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social for hosting, to Emily Sullivan for chairing, and to @arfon.bsky.social and Anna Scaife for the stimulating conversation. Recording is now available.

We need a new vision for mental health measurement where responsible social interactions are the goal and not a lucky byproduct. This is what Femke Truijens and I argue in this new preprint. Feedback welcome, please share! #ClinPsy #MentalHealth #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #PhilSci osf.io/preprints/ps...

This is a link to a hybrid book launch for the megavolume Methods in Philosophy of Science edited by the amazing @phieveigl.bsky.social and @adrian-currie.bsky.social Chapter 5 is mine with @inkerikoskinen.bsky.social The book will become open access in July 2026: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...

An exciting conference in Montreal on values and mental health, organized by Zoey Lavallee and @annemariegj.bsky.social . Nov 6-7. Spread the word! #ClinPsy #MentalHealth #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #PhilSci #PhilSky www.lecre.umontreal.ca/en/event/per...

Now out as preprint in Philosophy of Science. l argue that two central desiderata for measures often conflict: quantitativeness and responsiveness to stakeholder values, forcing a choice between them. The conflict poses a challenge for recent work on "legitimate" measurement. doi.org/10.1017/psa....

University teachers, we may very well be next. No one will pay us for sabbaticals and prep time if our right to strike lasts 12 hours. If your flight is delayed, please remember it's because someone else is doing your civil disobedience for you. #cdnpoli #canadasky www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Job alert: tenure-track opening at the School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in the area of Applied Measurement on psychology. Apply by September 21. #PsycSci #quantpsych tinyurl.com/4k73jyku

My student, Sebastian Rodriguez Duque, has just successfully defended his dissertation on the role of ethical and social values in measurement. Next stop: two-year postdoc at Cambridge U supervised by @annaalexandrova.bsky.social . Congratulations, Dr. Rodriguez Duque! #philsky #philsci

A wonderful postdoc opportunity in #bioethics in Canada and a chance to make a real difference #philsky #philsci

Onilne workshop on quantification! The Society for the Study of Measurement is delighted to host an event on the philosophy, sociology, and history of quantification across the sciences on August 9. Free with registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #histtech #sts #sociology 🧪 tinyurl.com/5rn7p7sk

I have a new paper out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 🥳 it is my 1st attempt to understand how "ancestry" is used in scientific practice, borrowing insights from science & values @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #philsci #philbio #hps www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out this call for abstracts for a mid august workshop in Cambridge. The questions Harriet and Juliette are posing are so interesting and unusual #philsky #climate #mentalhealth #emotion

Job alert in Montreal! The McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with background in philosophy, decision sciences, or epidemiology. #philsky #philsci #ethics bioethicstoday.org/jobs/postdoc...

Thrilled for this upcoming title from @oupphilosophy.bsky.social. I recommend it to you all in my capacity as a philosopher, though I am also partial to the author for personal reasons #philsci #philsky

The brilliant @silviamil.bsky.social is joining us in Munich 🥳 - and this means there’s a faculty post open in #egenis at the University of Exeter, which includes collaboration with our TUM group.. if you do philosophy of data and AI, consider apply! #philsci #UKEUbridges

Postdoc opportunity in #AI ethics! Join a new project on Algorithmic Bias based out of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Ethics. #philsky #philsci ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...

Just in time for @edinitiative.bsky.social Town Hall on Monday (you can still register to join online! ethicaldatainitiative.org/event/shapin...): a piece explaining EDI & why we need responsible data practices more than ever, now out in Computer 10.0.4.85/MC.2024.3522... #philsci in practice!

AI models miss disease in Black and female patients: Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Interesting read by @dylanmatt.bsky.social on AI and the future of work that tries to avoid the hype

For our meeting on March 19 at 5pm UK time, we are lucky to be joined by author Leah M. McClimans for a Q and A! Sign up using the link in the post below.

Great lineup for this upcoming #Pragmatism & #Measurement conference (including 2 former PhD students of mine Aja Watkins & Federica Bocchi) #philsci

Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief, European Journal for Philosophy of Science. Editorship begins 1 September 2025 (negotiable) & renewable term of 4 years. Submit applications to the secretary of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social M. Amine Mansour at [email protected]. Deadline is 15 May 2025. #philsci

And not one of the polite ones. We’ve written a response to @nytimes.com’s Peter Baker and every other American who is taking the annexation of Canada as a fun thought experiment. Here in @foreignpolicy.com with my daughter @alicesouthey.com. Gift link.

This looks really interesting and a promising way to think about #AIEthics in healthcare. #Medsky #philsci 🧪

Great tenure track opportunity in Montreal (UQAM) for an ancient philosopher who is fluent in French. Deadline February 7. Spread the word! #philsky philjobs.org/job/show/28402

My family just played the first two boards of Dungeons & Dragons: Bedlam in Neverwinter and are loving it. Great start to 2025! 🐲 #dnd

For those of us who are not professional biologists, it can be daunting to hear about transcription factors, signaling pathways and non-coding RNA. But this poignant piece from @philipcball.bsky.social opened my eyes to how deep and essential these ideas truly are. nautil.us/how-life-rea...

What unexpected skills help you with academic writing? I think my years of writing computer code have helped me write better (or at least clearer) philosophy papers. Editing often feels like I'm trying to make the argument 'compile' in the mind of an imaginary reader. #philsky #philsci

New paper by @federicabocchi.bsky.social, that "addresses the distrust around the utility of the biodiversity concept in relation to the plurality and heterogeneity of measurement practices, which often leads to eliminativist, deflationist, or revisionist positions" and finds a way out! #philsci

I hadn't seen a starter pack yet for ethics (sorry if I missed it!), so I decided to throw one together. Let me know if I've missed anyone (including yourself!)--I cobbled this together quickly, so it's likely I've missed some folks! (And let me know if you want to be removed!) go.bsky.app/6woXBGa

Mark your calendars for the main conference on philosophy and methodology of economics! Sept 17-19 2025 in Bayreuth w great keynotes by @richardpettigrew.bsky.social @furmank.bsky.social, Wendy Carlin. The organisers and the Program Com are meticulous and inclusive #econsky #philsci #philsky

Syllabus help needed! Which readings should I include in an upper year / grad course on Ethics of Measurement? Looking for relevant #philsci but also #sts and #histsci or discipline-specific papers in e.g. psychology, economics or medicine. 🧪

Coming up Thursday! Highlighting super interesting work by two scientists that connects to a lot of topics in Phil of Sci. Check out their bios. Modelling, simulations, values, local knowledge, in a deeply historically situated place; connects to a lot of work. Discussion will be lively #PSA24

Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.

The Philosophy of Geosciences Research Group at BU, Φ-Geo, is dedicated to exploring topics in the philosophy of the geosciences (historical & current Earth sciences), broadly understood. We have a big group heading to #PSA24 ⚒️ next week--check out our upcoming talks bokulich.org/%cf%86-geo-g... 🧵 ⬇️

A great looking summer school on History and Epistemology of Econometrics at the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle! All stages of career are welcome but postgraduate students especially #econsky #philsci

It's a crap day to be sharing good news? But for anyone looking to permanently join Edinburgh's lovely philosophy department and EFI's Centre for Technomoral Futures (@technomoralfutures.bsky.social) we are hiring a new Lecturer in Ethics of AI - closing date is 6 December. Please RT/share widely!

If you know students interested in applying for a PhD in Cambridge HPS, they can catch an online session with guidance on how to do it next week. It’s on Tuesday 5 November at 4pm (UK time). A recording will be available afterwards. Use this link to register

Looking forward to the PSA @philsci.bsky.social conference in New Orleans in 2 weeks! @celsoneto.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the symposium "Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: The Uses and Misuses of Population Descriptors in Genomics". Hope to see many of you there! 🤝 #philsci #philbio #hps

"All person-named SI units are after men. Momentum, kg*m/s is awk. Emmy Noether made key contribution to understanding of symmetry & conservation. We urge the Nat'l Instit of Standards & Techno (NIST) & General Conf on Weights & Measures (GCWM) to adopt "noether" as SI unit for momentum Signed! #HPS

I'll be speaking at a workshop at HPS Pittsburgh on pragmatism and measurement alongside Nancy Cartwright and Hasok Chang. Consider sending an abstract so we can hang out! Thanks to @sandradmitchell.bsky.social, Holly Andersen and Dana Matthiessen for organizing. #philsci 🧪

What makes a particular scientific experiment 'pursuitworthy? @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are very excited to edit a topical collection on this issue for the EJPS! Get in touch with us if you are interested & please help us spread the word! CfP 📢👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky