Surprisingly many smart people have recently told me that they think that climate change is not a threat to humanity in the way that AI apparently is. I am not sure where this trend to discount climate risks is coming from, but it is sadly only wishful thinking. The risks are real.

An excellent first day at the Complicity and Collective Responsibility workshop at JNU in Delhi! Great work by Bhaskarjit Neog and his team in putting it all together: isos.wildapricot.org/Complicity

A lot has been written about the Epstein files lately, but I think this is the best piece. Marina Hyde asks what has anyone in power done to attack the structures and attitudes that allowed the abuse to happen? The answer: pretty much nothing at all. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

The International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) has awarded six small grants this year to support member-led workshops that promote innovative research and collaboration in social ontology: isos.wildapricot.org/2026-workshops

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/

Very happy to be part of the fourth volume of the Washington University Review of Philosophy, a philosophy journal that is run by undergraduate students www.pdcnet.org/collection-a...

Professor Kevin Durrheim’s public lecture on polarization starts at 4:15 pm! Join us at Metsätalo Lecture Hall 1 or online via Unitube: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...

🌟 Call for Applications: Small Grants for Workshops in Social Ontology 🌟 The International Social Ontology Society is excited to announce the opening of our Small Grants program for 2026! We fund innovative workshops that advance research in social ontology: isos.wildapricot.org/page-18190

My paper on Newsmax and Fox News is very topical again. Epistemic institutions like them present a special case for the responsibility of collective agents: www.fqpjournal.com/Article/Arch... Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...

First keynote of Social Ontology 2025, delivered by Bill Wringe, speaking on Non-Agential Groups in Political Philosophy. #SocialOntology2025

Second day of Institutional Epistemology 2025 workshop ahead, keynotes are streamed live, link at the workshop website: www.institutionalepistemology.net

Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19 at the University of Helsinki. Our keynotes are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown and Kevin Zollman. Keynotes will be streamed online. Program and IE resources here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsky #philsci

When the world is crazy, this is the only song that makes sense www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9G1...

@sadehormio.bsky.social n ja minun mielipide: #perintövero a koskevasta keskustelusta puuttuu oikeudenmukaisuusnäkökulma www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 10. More information here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky

Institutional Epistemology 2025 CFA is out now, join us in June in Helsinki! Keynotes from Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown and Kevin Zollman: blogs.helsinki.fi/institutiona...

International Social Ontology Society has extended its small grants for workshops deadline to 12 January 2025. So please get thinking about how you could use the grants to hold an event! All relevant information, including details of how to apply, can be found at isos.wildapricot.org/page-18190

Really happy about how this book turned out, great contributions on collective responsibility from leading and upcoming names in social ontology: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Symposium on Henry Shue’s "The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now" (Princeton University Press, 2021) is out now in Philosophy and Public Issues. Here is a link to my contribution: tuhat.helsinki.fi/ws/portalfil...

@inkerikoskinen.bsky.social and Päivi Seppälä argue that the competency assessment tests in University of Helsinki's renewed PhD application process do not promote fairness, objectivity or transparency and violate principles of responsible researcher evaluation. tint-helsinki.fi/2024/10/21/c...

The call for abstracts is now open for Social Ontology 2025, an interdisciplinary conference, this time in Dublin. isosonline.org/Social-Ontol...

"It’s not that scientists aren’t capable of creative, exciting, ambitious work — they’ve just been forced to bend to a grant system that favors short, risk-averse projects. And if the grant system changes, odds are science will too." www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Very happy to host the second international workshop of the Ethics of Coordination project in Helsinki later this week: www.ethics-of-coordination.net/events/secon...

The Moral and Political Philosophy seminar will kick off its Autumn season on Wednesday 4 September with Garrett Cullity (Australian National University) talking about discriminatory attitudes. The full seminar schedule can be found at: blogs.helsinki.fi/mpp-seminar/events

(2/2) Sivistys tarvitsee sinua! -paneelissa oli Niiniluodon lisäksi akatemiatutkija @timomiettinen.bsky.social ja @sadehormio.bsky.social sekä @jaljillapodcast.bsky.social'in väitöskirjatutkija #LottaVuorio. Filosofoiva toimittaja #JakkeHolvas juonsi. Koko komeus nähtävissä: areena.yle.fi/1-71292055

Different studies attempting to answer the same question don't always reach the same conclusion. Sometimes it's error, sometimes noise, but on some occasion, the discordance between the findings persists. How can that be? www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #metasci

The ISOS Election results are in! Let's welcome our wonderful new team: President: Åsa Burman Vice-president: Glenda Satne Steering Committee: Ásta, Thomas Brouwer, Peter Fioncchiaro, Säde Hormio, Kirk Ludwig, Asya Passinsky, Kenneth Silver, Leonie Smith. Congratulations, all! 👏👏👏

#Sivistys2024 -teema XIV #Puistofilosofia -viikolla huipentuu pe 19.7. #SuomenAkatemia 'n kanssa järjestettävään ohjelmaan. Mukana #IlkkaNiiniluoto, @timomiettinen.bsky.social, @sadehormio.bsky.social ja #LottaVuorio. #JakkeHolvas juontaa. 😊🙏❤ Katso #YleAreena 'ssa. 😍 areena.yle.fi/1-71292055

Akatemiatutkija @sadehormio.bsky.social 'n haastattelu #SuomenAkatemia 'n #TietystiFI -sivustolla #sivistys 'stä. Säde on mukana XIV #Puistofilosofia -viikolla alustajana ja Sivistys tarvitsee sinua! -paneelissa, joka näytetään livenä #YleAreena 'ssa. 😍 #Sivistys2024 www.aka.fi/tietysti/tee...

"If we are to have any hope for a better, more peaceful, more equitable future, we need world leaders who unite us, rather than continue to seek ways to divide us." www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/o...

Some think that democracy cannot cope with the challenges posed by climate change. I argued otherwise in my talk at the International Philosophy Olympiad, an annual philosophy competition for high school students from around the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xocb...

Säde Hormio and Samuli Reijula. 2024. “Ideal Institutional Epistemology.” SERRC 13 (5): 51–58. wp.me/p1Bfg0-8Q.

Are universities inefficient? Me and @samulireijula.bsky.social argue that this perception often stems from misunderstanding their nature as institutions focused on the advancement of knowledge. Ideal Institutional Epistemology available at @serrc.bsky.social social-epistemology.com/2024/05/27/i...

The video of my book launch in Helsinki as part of the ReSES seminar series is now on YouTube, with comments by David Schlosberg (University of Sydney) and Matti Liski (Aalto University). Thank you to @aydinonat.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NZ6...

Talked about democracy and climate change to high school students from around the world at the International Philosophy Olympiad in Helsinki today. Their questions were among the smartest I have been asked on the topic. Young people really are the future. ipo2024.org/lectures.html