All the best for a restful holiday season!

Recording of Professor Alice Crary’s UCD School of Philosophy/Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Public Lecture: ‘If you’re not outraged about AI, you’re not paying attention: Philosophy in the time of techno-fascism’. #PhilSky #PhilAI #AIEthics youtu.be/Z3s7yRJ_CEo?...

Congratulations to former MCPS postdoc Max Dresow for two recent publications. With Alan Love @thebjps.bsky.social - The Interdisciplinary Entanglement of Characterization and Explanation. And in @universitypress.cambridge.org -

About a month to go to submit a symposium to PSA26! Deadline 15 Jan 2026.

New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research. Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

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."

My new Gould paper is out today in Paleobiology (OA)! It is, in effect, a synthesis of some of my historical work on Stephen Jay Gould’s early career, which explores the curious position of punctuated equilibria in his early vision for evolutionary paleontology www.extinctblog.org/palaeonews/2...

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our student presentations by Tomiris Mulikova, Quentin Hahn, and Gracie Clark at the second session of our scientific communication course on December 3rd.

You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social

Thanks to the generosity of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social alumni Dominic Christian we are pleased to offer in 2026 The Dominic Christian #MaritimeHistory Scholarship to study for an MA in @ueahistory.bsky.social - further details & t&c here: www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓ Deadline to apply: 8/6/26

"Philosophy students are often told that their work must be 'original' to be of high quality. Similarly, the importance of 'interdisciplinarity' is increasingly emphasized. But what do these terms actually mean in academic philosophy?"

It's the last day to enter! Join the holiday fun by suggesting a gift, and you could win it (or any one of the other gifts listed that you like).

🔔 Join us for a discussion with immigration journalists about reporting truth and protecting communities, ft. @maritzafelix.bsky.social, @arelisrhdz.bsky.social, @lamthuyvo.bsky.social, @joseiswriting.bsky.social, and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social. 🗓️ Dec. 5, 2 pm ET RSVP: freedom.press/immigration-...

The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!

TT #PhilJobs in Philosophy Dept joint w/ Bouvé College of Health in Ethics & Health @ Northeastern University, Boston. Ph.D. in #Philosophy, #HPS #STS, #Bioethics To apply northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... Review of applications begins December 15 til position is filled.

PhD call alert! Interested in #Complexity #Cognition #AlgorithmicBias or #PublicHealth? Want to join our ERC-funded @erc.europa.eu, SPAC Lisbon team @spac.bsky.social? We only need: CV + short motivation letter + contact of 2 refs EOE Apply by Dec 20, more info: lip.pt/files/rhuman... Please Share!

Do check out our @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social -embedded PG7044 course for postgrad research students at @ucc.ie. If you are currently a PG student at UCC & have any questions, then do be in touch! #UCC #womensstudies #PGeducation #criticalpedagogies #interdisciplinarity #intersectionality

The members of Philadelphia's Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peered through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters. (via @whyy.org)

"No one should be made to feel inferior or that they do not belong in science because of their origins." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/48JF6Pg

Today I am at OSU’s Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics giving a free public lecture tonight, and tomorrow a quick science chat plus a scicomm lecture tomorrow. I have brought books to sell, and am excited to get to tell people silly space stories. 🔭📚

Very important work supporting the view that women’s expertise remains invisible in academic philosophy.

Thank you @luciacneco.bsky.social for your time and expertise in discussing “Multispecies social relationships, kinship, and environmental care” at our most recent International Postdoc Forum event earlier this month. Recording available:

Thanks to @lmesseri.bsky.social / @cameronbuckner.bsky.social / @carlbergstrom.com / Claudia Scarlata / Thomas Byrd for a fantastic discussion at the “AI and the Nature of Science: Concepts and Controversies” symposium. Recording of the event now available on our YouTube channel. buff.ly/a5qsWxt

Great idea from our friends @livunihss.bsky.social! Excited to see who will be included in their "ever popular & traditional (& never done before!)" #AcademicAdvent ... but what we really want to know is: will there be 24 or 25 doors/highlights?

📢*FACULTY HIRING* There are just 2 weeks left to apply for the position here as Asst/Assoc Prof in Algorithms & Complexity. Exceptional applicants from all areas of Computer Science considered. ℹ️ See more details about the role & how to apply at shorturl.at/aN1ra 📅 Apply by 15 December 2025

1 Jan 2026 deadline to submit a paper for the Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy conference hosted by Northeastern University London. Event 28-29 May 2026.

A little bit of seasonal beauty; feels much needed in many ways.

The submission deadline for the Bronislaw #Malinowski Award is Dec 15. The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods. More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards... #SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026

And, because it’s our 15th birthday, we’ve set an ambitious goal: raise $60,000 to support the future of science journalism. We’ve already raised nearly $15,000 this year; giving today can help us get there.

It's TOMORROW. Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork, "Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn" Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST Online, Free

Reminder! Starts in one hour - “How science is changing” livestream event from 6pm EST tonight! Join MCPS director Alan Love, Lydia Patton, Jacqueline Sullivan, and Craig Callender. @profess.bsky.social @westernu.ca buff.ly/uMkmXd8

On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025, read this article by EPIC principal investigator Havi Carel (free after registration) : A taste of your own medicine: the experience of a transplant www.thelancet.com/jo...#WorldPhilosophyDay2025,

UNESCO’s World Philosophy Day 2025 will initiate a dialogue on the ethics of inequality and the values shaping future societies with a talk by Prof. Ingrid Robeyns on “The Values of Societies of the Future.” @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social #WorldPhilosophyDay2025

Reminder: webinar tomorrow. International postdoc forum. "Interspecific Social Relationships, Kinship and Environmental Care" by Lucia C. Neco, University of Murcia, Spain. @luciacneco.bsky.social Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 12:15pm CST (UTC-6) Zoom webinar link: z.umn.edu/IPDF25-2

“How science is changing” Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist! @ucpews.bsky.social #philsci buff.ly/uMkmXd8

Yes I know it's only the middle of November but it's never too early for mince pies, especially when I am so fucking good at making them (no false modesty when it comes to mince pies). Aristotle is absolutely fuming that she's not allowed any though.

A new paper co-authored by one of our resident fellows, Ruth Shaw! Ruth is a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. buff.ly/WuJxdsC buff.ly/xKY2yuy

I am honoured to have been invited to give a lecture at the UNESCO headquarters to celebrate World Philosophy Day, on November 20th. More info here: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? We have a project on cereal leaf genetics and evolution available through The EastBio competitive fellowship. Find out more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Apply by 15th December #plantsci #cereals #crops #genetics #development #evolution #PhD

We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor. Apps reviewed 12/15. Please spread the word! 💚⛏️ #PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬 jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141

Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the #ForumWissenschaftsreflexion, June 17-19, 2026 @unihannover.bsky.social! As part of the conference, we invite early-career researchers to present their research within a dedicated workshop on June 18. Call: tinyurl.com/5n99dask #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Huge congratulations to Dr Veli Ilieva on a successful defence of her PhD thesis titled: The microbial communities of sulfate-rich hypersaline Mars-analogue environments. We are all very proud of you. Enjoy the celebrations! 🎉

Yes! We handed them out in WSP this weekend with @handsoffnycfams.bsky.social / @handsoffnyc.bsky.social

If you’re going to be at #ABRCMS, there are a few opportunities to hear from my lab. Nicole is currently applying to graduate school and Lesley is applying to medical school, and both have been EXCELLENT additions to my lab. Come hear about their work! 👇🏾

The new Public Science Lab from the Technical University of Munich has an impressive list of projects already on the go!

A little over three weeks to go to apply for MCPS' next two-year postdoctoral fellowship! Philosophy of science broadly construed. Open to applicants within five years of receiving their doctorate. #philsci

If you've ever rolled your eyes about research claiming that complex traits (from chocolate preference to socioeconomic status) have simple genetic explanations, check out this great paper from @jbenning.bsky.social @jedidiahcarlson.com @oliviarxiv.bsky.social Ruth Shaw @arbelharpak.bsky.social 🧪🧬

We're excited to share the final version of our paper, where we demonstrate how confounding remains a thorny problem for claims about causal genetic influences on human behavioral and socioeconomic outcomes. (w/ @jedidiahcarlson.com @oliviarxiv.bsky.social Ruth Shaw @arbelharpak.bsky.social) 🧵👇

Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy

The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here: philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph... and a précis of the book here: philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD