🎉Former #SOCRATESgroup fellow Dr. Rawad El Skaf (Politecnico di Milano) has won a @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellowship, hosted by @mathias07.bsky.social. We're excited to have Rawad back @unihannover.bsky.social 😊 1/2

🚀Out now! New book on #CulturalEvolution and #SocialOntology, edited by Martina Valković and @thomasreydon.bsky.social #PhilBio #PhilSci #PhilSky

„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – oder auch: Desinformation durch Informationsüberflutung. Die #Wisskomm braucht neue Strategien, schreibt Romy Jaster in ihrem Gastbeitrag. Welche sie vorschlägt? 👉 www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/fuenf-hebel-...

💡New paper on Science-Based Policymaking by former #SOCRATESgroup fellow @faikkurtulmus.bsky.social #PhilSci #PhilSky #Science #Democracy

Public Philosophy is so important, yet there are - so far - rather few opportunities to learn how to communicate philosophical thoughts in an accessible way. Great news that @aeon.co introduced a prize which will change this for the winners. Applications are possible until April 15th: #philsky

Yesterday, the #SOCRATESgroup hosted the Hannover–Bern Workshop on the Philosophy of Climate Science, titled “Evidence, Values, and Communication.” I had such a great time: excellent talks and lively discussions about climate science the whole day. Info: www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...

#CfP for “Building Knowledge Together: #CitizenScience, #Communication & #Trust” (5–6 Oct 2026). Research, practice insights, and innovative formats (workshops, demos) welcome, submit until 17 Apr! Shared by former #SOCRATESgroup fellow @hendriks.bsky.social More Info: tinyurl.com/3hbjat5s

Reminder: the deadline for contributed papers is coming up fast on 15 March!

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_...

Submit your nominations for the best monograph in #PhilSci for the Lakatos Award 2027! 👇

We're excited to welcome you back, @philosofir.bsky.social !

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

Team member Matthias Ackermann gave a talk entitled "Predictable Uncertainty’ and Locally Reliable Climate Change Information" at CELLS Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

"Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis": three-day summer school in 2026 for PhD candidates in philosophy, sociology, psychology, communication and media studies www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even... @mathias07.bsky.social #SOCRATESgroup @iphilluh.bsky.social

SOCRATES Fellow Doohyun (Richard) Sung gave a talk titled "Persistence is Futile: On Pursuit and Futility Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research" at the CELLS colloquium @iphilluh.bsky.social

1/2 Team member @becklukas.bsky.social is sharing his forthcoming chapter (Desire in Economics) in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire.

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

"Dan Hausman on #macroeconomic models" - new paper by Nadia Ruiz @mapsproject.bsky.social ! #PhilEcon #PhilSci

#PhilSci #Philsky

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 **Women In Logic 2026, Lisbon, Portugal** 24-25 July 2026 The annual Women in Logic Workshop is returning in 2026 as a TWO-DAY workshop! Get your abstracts in by May 5, 2026! For more info: sites.google.com/view/wil2026...

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

Working on #TrustInScience #AcademicFreedom #ValuesInScience #Expertise #IntegrativeResearch #ScienceForPolicy or related topics? 👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)

The Call for Papers for the 2026 Formal Epistemology Workshop is up now! Come join us in June in beautiful Boulder! Deadline for submission: January 15. Please spread far and wide!

🚀 #CfA: Early-Career Researchers Workshop "Wissenschaftsreflexion: What is it? Why do we need it?” 👉 Develop a 10-page paper related to #Wissenschaftsreflexion 👉 Propose a preferred commentator 👉 Receive feedback from two commentators! 📝Deadline: Nov. 30! #PhilSci #HPS #SocSky #STS More info 👇

Philosophy goes public: Last saturday, led by members of the #SOCRATESgroup, we participated at the Hannover-wide event #NachtDieWissenSchafft.

Team member @becklukas.bsky.social gave a talk entitled "Policy Optimization IAMs as Normative Models" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

Wie lässt sich unter Bedingungen großer Unsicherheit gerecht handeln? Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch @mathias07.bsky.social beleuchtet bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover, welche ethischen Verpflichtungen die #Klimakrise für gegenwärtige und zukünftige Generationen aufwirft. Diskutieren Sie mit!

Team member Philippe van Basshuysen gave a talk entitled "Performative Power in Science" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

🌍„Grüne Energie“ ist nicht automatisch gerecht. Was bedeutet #Nachhaltigkeit, wenn Rohstoffe & #Menschenrechte auf dem Spiel stehen? Diskutieren Sie mit bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover mit Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner & Rainer Baake, Gründungsdirektor der Stiftung Klima!

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Roderik Rekker (Radboud Univ.) studies the stability of #PoliticalAttitudes & political polarization, explores the #politicisation of trust in experts & the role of politicians and scientists in this process. #PolSci #PhilSci #TrustInScience t1p.de/vfitl

❓Warum braucht Demokratie unabhängige Wissenschaft? Was können Universitäten tun, um: 👉Politisierung entgegenzuwirken? 👉 grundlegende institutionelle Regeln zu schützen? Diskutieren Sie mit - in #Hannover an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft beim Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt!

Photo highlights from yesterday’s talk by Edoardo Peruzzi in Pittsburgh (credit: @center4philsci.bsky.social)! #FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer #LTT #CenterPhilSci Watch the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/A73Ifkf...

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Kevin Elliott, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor at Michigan State Univ., returns to SOCRATES for his 2nd stay. He'll focus on how philosophical discussions on values in science can inform #ScienceEducation. #Philsci #EpistemicInjustice t1p.de/bfjf8

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Julie Zahle is a philosopher of the social sciences studying social practices & qualitative research. At SOCRATES, she examines how qualitative data can support causal claims & strategies to secure trustworthiness in research. #TrustInScience #philsci t1p.de/ohs05

Any recommendations for #ArgumentMapping tools, #philsky ?

Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci

Our new team photo! #ModelTransfer #ERCStG

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Gabriel Târziu studies #publicunderstanding of science & the impact of values on layperson's epistemic stances. He develops a framework for how people interpret scientific info, with a focus on #climatescience: t1p.de/rs3k2 #TrustInScience #philsci #philsky

Two upcoming talks on #ModelTransfer 👇 #philsky

The PSA Around the World 2025 is coming soon: Nov 6, 14 & 22 (online)! Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe. Great lineup, still time to register! www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Alice Wheatley is an epistemologist studying the nature and value of #scientificunderstanding. At SOCRATES, she investigates whether this is the aim of #sciencecommunication: t1p.de/xx9cy #Philsci #Philsky #epistemology #trustinscience

New paper on performativity by three former members of our institute! @iphilluh.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Francesco Nappo (Politecnico di Milano) studies #scientificmodelling and its role in #publicpolicy. He investigates the strengths and limits of economic models for #climatemitigation and approaches guiding rapid energy transitions: t1p.de/k3nt1 #PhilSci #Philsky

CfP for a Workshop on "Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution", April 2026 in Hannover 👇 #philsci #philsky

🎉Congratulations to George Barimah on receiving the Victor Rizkallah-Siftung award for outstanding scientific achievements!

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Ezgi Sertler examines how institutions shape knowledge & ignorance. At SOCRATES, she will develop an institutional epistemology to study neutrality, diversity & social credibility: t1p.de/1o4vi #Epistemology #TrustInScience #FeministPhilosophy #philsky #philsci

✊ "Forschend statt frustriert: Geisteswissenschaftliches Schreiben trotz & mit KI – Teil 2" 📝 von Inga Gostmann & Lea Hildermeier (Bielefeld) 🤖 Beitrag zum Themenschwerpunkt: Künstliche Intelligenz in der philosophischen Hochschullehre #KI #LLMs 👉 jetzt auf lehrgut.org

#Job #PhilSci #HPS Fully funded PhD-position at Bielefeld University, Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences), deadline Oct 30, 2025 Job ad: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/451... On the program: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/isosnew...

✨Don't forget✨ PSA Office Hours are back! Join us this Thursday, October 9 at 12 PM EST with S. Andrew Schroeder. Sign up at the link below to save your spot! www.philsci.org/psa_...

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Jon Leefmann studies public #TrustInScience as a collective practice of managing doubt. He develops new models for how societies can cultivate and maintain trust in #ScientificKnowledge: t1p.de/bs3p9 #SocialEpistemology #ScienceEthics #philsci #philsky