how LLMs change incentives for research - a great talk by @carlbergstrom.com , had to watch in parts, a lot to digest. #institutional_epistemology at its best! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mj3... #philsci

A snapshot from last week’s doctoral seminar in Erfurt, where our team member Murat Bakeev gave a presentation

Meet the new editors-in-chief of *EJPS*: Catherine Herfeld & Samuel C. Fletcher Here you can find more information about the associate editors and the editorial board of our journal: link.springer.com/journal/1319... #philsci

I will be one of the speakers at next year's meeting of the European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences. Consider sbmitting something (by March 1). #ENPOSS, #philsci

We're excited to announce the Spring 2026 PSA office hours! Come learn, ask questions, and connect with leading voices in philosophy of science! Details in the 🧵 Registration at this link: www.philsci.org/psa_...

Kareem Khalifa is assembling a list of journals that either specialise or regularly publish work in philosophy of social science. A great service but I need this list to be longer! Please add to it #philsci #philsky

🎉 Yesterday was the official publication date of my book Conversations on Rational Choice, CUP. So, it really exists and you can order your copy (pic by @maltedold.bsky.social because I still dont own one).

Our team member, PhD candidate Murat Bakeev, spoke today at an online session of the Phil-Econ-Model-Lab (PEM-L). This workshop, funded by INEM, aims to promote collaboration among early-career scholars, with a particular focus on analyzing the role of value judgments in economic modeling.

Amazing!

Check out the presentation by Edoardo Peruzzi, postdoc in my ERC project MODEL TRANSFER, at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, talking about Formal Template Accumulation, Unification, and Scientific Progress. Here is the video: lnkd.in/dYTXH-dD

Erwin Dekker (GMU) has a new post on the conversation format and oral history in the history of economics. Check it out to see why thats an exciting approach: seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/studs-terk...

Another writing group Friday morning with coffee and pastries!

📣 Letter with the latest updates on EPSA2027 *and* EPSA2029, changes in the steering committee, the proceedings for EPSA25, and more... #philsci

There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026). Submission deadline: 15 February! Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️ eenps2026.sciencesconf.org #philsci

If you are looking for some philosophy of social science with a historical perspective, look no further, check out this new volume edited by Yafeng Shan: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsci #philsky

This was a lot of fun; thanks for the wonderful questions!

In their great podcast, I try to answer a set of challenging questions asked by Jennifer Jhun and François Allison about my book Conversations on Rational Choice and about how I would classify my work in the disciplinary landscape, among other things: hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-nine...

After some time, I could finally visit the PPE program at George Mason U again; such a good discussion (& catching up with my fellow JHET editor & former classmate Erwin Dekker). Plus: another day at the Rockefeller Archives and the New York Public Library for preparing my talk and the workshop.

📢 Call for Papers ENPOSS. 🔷 The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences invites submissions to its 15th Conference (Helsinki 26-28 August) Deadline for submission: 1 March, 2026. Notification of acceptance: 1 May, 2026. More details: 🔹 enposs.eu 🔹 blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/

🔥 My book Conversations on Rational Choice is finally out: Conversation partners include Kenneth Arrow, Gary Becker, C. Bicchieri, D. Kahneman, P. Suppes, Christian List, Vernon Smith, Tom Schelling, L.A.Paul, C. Camerer, Martin Shubik, R. Kranton, and many others. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

📣 CFP for a topical collection in EJPS: *Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry* link.springer.com/collections/... Submission deadline: 01 March 2026 #philsci #climatechange

Between 1 and 4 September 2026, the #SOCRATESgroup at Leibniz University Hannover will host an interdisciplinary summer school on "Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis." We would be very grateful if you could share the call: www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...

Of all the pitiful gestures we have witnessed to please the president, this is the most pathetic one. It shows that responsibility does not lie with him alone, but with all of us who are preparing and cleaning in different ways the playground for his toys. He said he will keep it!

Article: Why do we argue about the specialness of the social sciences?, by Anna Alexandrova & Martin Kusch doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...

First talk in 2026: at TU Dresden. impressive city and a really helpful discussion with @ennofischer.bsky.social, Rico Hauswald, Tamara Jugov and Pedro Schmechtling about what is interesting about model transfers and the concept of epistemic harms to think about challenges to them. #erc_research

First talk in 2026: at TU Dresden. impressive city and a really helpful discussion with @ennofischer.bsky.social, Rico Hauswald, Tamara Jugov and Pedro Schmechtling about what is interesting about model transfers and the concept of epistemic harms to think about challenges to them. #erc_research

Newly published: "Interview with Christian List", in Catherine Herfeld (@cherfeld.bsky.social), Conversations on Rational Choice, @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025, philpapers.org/archive/LISI...

🎄Season greetings from almost all members of the @modeltransfer.bsky.social team! Have a relaxed break! 🔆

Back at the @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social after a long time for the last talk in 2025. Very exciting as it brings back a lot of memories. In the paper, we use network analysis to study whether model transfer might play a role in waking up sleeping beauty papers in science.

The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Visiting Scholars program. For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website: hope.econ.duke.edu Come join us!

Back from an intense and rewarding experience to teach a Master Class at the University of Zurich on Modeling and Model Transfer! In two days, I have learned so much that I immediately had to get a Glühwein afterwards 🥃🎄#modeltransfer @erc.europa.eu

Call for proposals for articles for a special issue of this well edited journal #econsky #histsci #climate

Call for Applications — DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2026 Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics Como, Italy, 8–12 June 2026 Sponsored by INEM, U. of Insubria, and U. of Milan Full information at: phileco4.lakecomoschool.org phileco4.lakecomoschool.org/application/

New PSA postdoc working group. "The PSA is in the process of implementing a formal subdivision devoted to postdocs. A working group meets intermittently online. PSA members are invited to take short survey (buff.ly/IfZuE7k). Em Alan Love ([email protected]) to receive email updates/Zoom links."

Such a great initiative by my postdoc Bele Wollesen @belewollesen.bsky.social to bring our team together and support each other in the hard process of writing on #modeltransfer

For decades the Philosophy of Science Association has supported under-represented groups through grants from the National Science Foundation. Any guesses on how much support we'll get this year? Please help us continue our important mission, especially when the government is hostile to it.

Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)

🔥 Congrats again to @phieveigl.bsky.social and @adrian-currie.bsky.social for a great volume on methods in philosophy of science. it also contains our hands-on chapter about using Network Analysis in #philsci.

💥 The new issue of the Royal Economic Society Newsletter (@resmedia.bsky.social) is out. It contains a short summary of my forthcoming book Conversations on Rational Choice (starting on page 4).

I had a great conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about all things game theory. Check it out here

Don‘t miss the opportunity.

Looking forward to be back at the University of Zurich tomorrow to discuss some results of our exploratory study of women in academic philosophy in Switzerland together with former colleague Jörg Rössel from @sociology-uzh.bsky.social

🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!

Enjoyed reading 'Debating rational choice' in the new RES newsletter from @cherfeld.bsky.social. 'Conversations on Rational Choice' looks like a really interesting book. Our limited contribution to this conversation has been our play 'Rational'! #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the new Forum #Wissenschaftsreflexion in June 2026! Early-Career Researchers can still apply for a dedicated workshop that covers travel & accomodation costs. #PhilSci #PhilSky #HPS #STS #SocSky @mapsproject.bsky.social @modeltransfer.bsky.social

🔥 Excited to welcome Alberto Bartoccini as a visiting scholar to our #ModelTransfer team! Alberto is a PhD student in the joint Economics programme of the Tuscan Universities. As a historian of economic thought, he studies how scientific knowledge is codified, standardized, and transmitted. 👇

"Quiet, piggy!"

What a treat to spend time at the Rockefeller Archives and in NYC after a great workshop on internal conflicts in economics and biology at the University of Kansas! #erc_research #modeltransfer

Long read but excellent paper: Don Ross - Scientific metaphysics and social science link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our PI, @cherfeld.bsky.social, is giving a talk today on model transfer and its challenges in science at the University of Kansas, as part of the workshop “From Biology to Economics and Back: Internal Conflicts and Collective Agency Across Disciplines." collectiveagents.weebly.com/schedule.html