the intro & most articles for the J Energy History special issue that @moneschleper.bsky.social @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & I edited have been out for ages, but I've delaying skeeting a summary of the whole issue until all the articles were up. which they now are! 1/x stm.cairn.info/journal-of-e...

The oil and uranium industries always have been intertwined. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte published my new article on the shared history of uranium and oil geophysics in German, French and Canadian seemingly depleted boreholes. You can read the article (Open Access) here:

How does the collective agency of multiple individual actors shape energy transitions? Jelena Stankovic and I explore the use of Cohort Theory within the framework of an energy transition. The article is out now (Open Access) in the journal Energy Research & Social Science

Why is the #fossil fuel industry focusing on the development of #alternative energy? As the impact of #climate change becomes more visible, @michielbron.bsky.social reflects on lessons from the past and how we can guide the industry toward a more #sustainable future🌱 🎥👇

many thanks to @patrickmccray.bsky.social & Michael Gordin for editing, & @mxmcadam.bsky.social @ JHUP for publishing Greedy Science, an edited volume on science in the go-go '80s 1/x www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

The researchers at @maastrichtu.bsky.social conduct important research on themes such as sustainability, quality of life, education and innovation, and Europe and globalization. In a new video series, some of our researchers talk about their diverse work www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/onderzoek...

if you know of any promising undergraduates interested in getting a master's degree in an STS-related field, please point them toward the ESST (1-year) and CAST (2-year) programs. outstanding instructors, curriculum, fellow students & training for a PhD or many other careers.

Collega's gezocht! @dewindvogel.bsky.social groeit hard en is opzoek naar vier nieuwe teamleden. De functies variëren van voorzitter tot directeur of projectmedewerker. Wil jij een bijdrage leveren aan een coöperatieve en duurzame energietransitie, solliciteer dan snel: windvogel.nl/vacatures/

Afgelopen week hielden we een extra ALV, om onze bestuursstructuur aan te passen. Zo kunnen we beter toezicht houden op al onze projecten en kunnen we beter contact houden met al onze leden. Lees het hele verslag terug op onze site! windvogel.nl/alv-stemt-in...

We're putting on a conference! "We" being me, @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & @michielbron.bsky.social as part of the Managing Scarcity project. Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories Dates: October 20-21, 2025 Location: Maastricht University Abstracts due: April 4, 2025 managingscarcity.com/waeh/

Very happy to see this #specialissue on #oilhist and #envhist out in the world: stm.cairn.info/journal-of-e.... With great articles by @renaudbecot.bsky.social, Reynaldo de los Reyes Patiño, @mattinbiglari.bsky.social, Randal L. Hall, Jelena Stanković, @michielbron.bsky.social, and Robert Lifset.

Tomorrow, I will defend my PhD dissertation "The Petro-Atom: A century of ubiquitous oil involvement in nuclear energy, 1895-1993" at Maastricht University (16.00 CET) @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

for those who would like to take their minds off of ... other things today, here's a thread on the oil spillovers special issue that I guest-edited at History+Technology: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ghat20/4... 1/x

Mine and Maria Rentetzi’s new article „Radium Boxes“ on the early history of the transport of radioactive materials has just been published in the Medical Research Archives journal! This one was very fun to write and I am really happy with how it turned out! #histtech #histsci #histstm #nukesky

The call for papers deadline for the next AIP Early-Career Conference has been extended to Dec. 1. This global conference is for students and early-career #histsci scholars in the history of the physical sciences. Aug. 4-9, 2025 in Salvador, Brazil. Travel assistance available! linktr.ee/aipecc

The 'Conference on the History of Philosophy of Technology' Program @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social is available! Keyotes by Xavier Guchet and Federica Buongiorno More than 50 speakers, impressive range of topics. Registration open! #Philtech #philsci #HOPOT #HOPOS fasos-research.nl/history-of-p...

Come work with me! I have a #PhD #vacancy for a cultural historian/historian of science/knowledge in my ERC CoG project PRESERVARE: vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...

interested in the history of the oil industry's involvement w/ various forms of alternative energy (esp. nuclear & geothermal) as well as with environmental governance? spend an hour w/ @odinnmelsted.bsky.social @moneschleper.bsky.social & me on kpft.org at noon today US Central Time/19:00 NL time

www.academictransfer.com/nl/345235/ph... A vacancy for a PhD position at Maastricht University, to work with @moneschleper.bsky.social, @blenormand.bsky.social and me. Spread the news!

For historians of science, medecine and/or universities: Gewina organises their binannual conference this june. This year's exiting theme will be "ecology and economy". To register and find more information on the program see www.gewina.nl/register-wou...

New 4y PhD position on 20C French philosophy of science and technology at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social ! Supervised by Darian Meacham myself. #philsci #hopos #philtech vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

New review of Elizabeth Roehrlich's excellent "Inspectors for Peace: a History of the International Atomic Energy Agency" for H-Net

On Thursday the 14th of March (15.30), I will defend my PhD-dissertation: "The Politics of Big Science in a Small Country - The Moral Economy of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (1980 - 2020)." 1/2

inspiring special issue in HSR, with a contribution by @michielbron.bsky.social that will be of interest to energy historians (both those working on nuclear and oil), mining and commodity historians, and business historians (esp. those working on cartels, e.g., @pablo1981.bsky.social)

This week the Historical Social Research published a new wonderful special issue (OA) on the geographies of nuclear energy (edited by Alicia Gutting, Teva Meyer, Melanie Bah and Per Hogselius): www.gesis.org/en/hsr/curre...

The new applications for the Helleman Memorial Fellowships @aip.bsky.social are open now through April 1. A very nice way for Dutch postdocs and graduate students in physics to expand their research to the U.S. Feel free to ask for tips and experiences! www.aip.org/aip/awards/h...

big week for first books here in the Maastricht STS program - in addition to @matthewarcher.bsky.social 's Unsustainable from NYU Press we have Jacob Ward's Visions of a Digital Nation from @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026254629...

On 2 February, @naturalis.bsky.social organises the Moving Animals science festival together with FASoS historians Vincent Bijman, @rafdebont.bsky.social & @monicavasile.bsky.social. About lemmings running off cliffs, the history of taxidermy & genetic engineering mammoths. Tickets👉shorturl.at/jltw9

pleased to see this chapter in Erik Conway & Bernie Carlson's edited volume on "new approaches to the history of electrification" out. in it, I argue that the Multi-Level Perspective is a decent-enough heuristic for understanding the 1970s energy crises... 1/3 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

... And if you're a philosopher specializing in environmental and climate change issues, with a global, N/S or S/S lens, the Globalisation, Transnationalism, and Development research group at Maastricht University is also looking for you! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Come work in my research group (Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development) at Maastricht University! Associate Professor Globalisation and Transnationalism: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – I'm teaming up with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt to edit a special issue of Minerva on the history of peer review in the humanities (and its connection to the sciences). Submit your abstracts by March 15, 2024, and help us spread the word! link.springer.com/collections/...

Nu ook online te lezen op de site van de Windvogel windvogel.nl/ledenblad/

Met een leuk interview voor 3voor12 van de VPRO door het brein achter Het Laatste Woord 3voor12.vpro.nl/update~2f1d7...

"Speels, diepzinnig, en soms melancholisch. Dat is de muziek van Het Laatste Woord." Gisteren kwam een nieuwe single uit. Nu te beluisteren op Spotify open.spotify.com/track/1Etxwf...

Jaarlijkse traditie, dus weer gestemd op de #top2000 Natuurlijk ook op Korenwolf van het Laatste Woord stem.nporadio2.nl/top2000-2023...

Nice, full day of history and philosophy of physics at the HPP-NL meeting in Utrecht. Many fascinating and inspiring projects going on at the various Dutch Universities www.uu.nl/en/research/...

Hoe weerspiegelen diagnoses de tijdgeest? En hoe kwamen ouders in verzet tegen de vooroordelen van psychiaters? De nieuwe Wonderkamer van Gewina is uit! Een dubbeldik nummer over de geschiedenis van de psychiatrie. Nu te bestellen via wonderkamermagazine.nl

De nieuwe windvaan (het ledenblad van energiecoöperatie de windvogel) is uit! Wederom een mooi nummer bomvol uitgebreide artikelen, waaronder interviews over ons nieuwe zonnepark in Delfzijl en meer over het nieuwe batterijproject met Emmett Green

Today the International Energy Agency launches their report on "The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions". See this link for the live stream: www.iea.org/events/the-o...

Inmiddels is het indieningsformulier voor bijdragen en panels voor de Historicidagen 2024 in Maastricht geopend. Stuur voor 1 februari een (on)gedisciplineerde inzending in! historicidagen.nl/2023/11/07/d...

Not exactly the first thing you expect to find when going through sources on the production of Boron-10 during the Manhattan Project, but I guess everyone needs an "oil-fired" meat patty sometimes (Photo courtesy of Odinn Melsted)

Afgelopen weken hebben energiecoöperatie De Windvogel en Emmett Green grote stappen gezet in de ontwikkeling van de gezamenlijke 2MW batterij in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel: zo hebben wij inmiddels de vergunning binnen en is de gezamenlijke Amstel BatterEi B.V. opgericht windvogel.nl/amstelbatter...

On 21-22 Juni 2024 Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and Universities, will organize its biannual conference. The theme is "Ecology & Economy: History of Knowledge during the Unequal Anthropocene". The call for papers is open until January 15 www.gewina.nl/woudschoten2...

22 tot 24 augustus zijn alle historici en iedereen geïnteresseerd in geschiedenis welkom bij de Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Maastricht voor de Historicidagen 2024! Met het thema "ongedisciplineerde geschiedenis" belooft het een geweldig evenement te worden historicidagen.nl

Deze bijeenkomst vond plaats op de groene markt in de gemeente Ouder Amstel. Vanuit energiecoöperatie de Windvogel stonden wij achter een stand op op het Dorpsplein in Duivendrecht bij de afsluiter van de Klimaatweek windvogel.nl/markt-duiven...

Now also available via the site of the Belgian-Dutch Society for History of Science and Universities Gewina www.gewina.nl/leading-wome...

Afgelopen zaterdag namens energiecoöperatie De Windvogel het concept beleidsplan Duurzaamheid mogen ontvangen uit handen van wethouder Dirk de Jager van gemeente Ouder Amstel. Mooie plannen en wij kijken ernaar uit onze feedback te geven: www.weekbladvoorouderamstel.nl/lokaal/duurz...