Historians of Science in Australia, this one’s for you. The Moran Award offers $10,000 to support your research. Applications close 1st June #academicsky #histsci #hps

𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭. It is not enculturated into a discipline (which requires more than just reading literature), has no tacit knowledge, & cannot form a consensus with disciplinary experts. AI cannot peer review work unless that work was written by AI.

Teaching is an honour and a privilege. I’m incredibly lucky to be entering my 5th year of teaching at the University of Melbourne and 2026 sees me teaching across 3 faculties in undergrad and postgrad subjects. Acknowledgment like this is the icing on the cake. bit.ly/4r9LF3w

Calling #STS Postgrads & ECRs Issue 02 of CONTRASTS explores 'Fortunes' that prompt us to critically examine how science & technology shape the ways we sense, influence, predict, & contend with the future. Submit here bit.ly/3Nhz8gq by 23 Feb #phdlife #academicsky #postgrad #philsky #hps

I don't use the AI tools on publisher sites, so it's not surprising that this message is disquieting, but surely as academics we SHOULD be reviewing the material directly so we don't miss any important information regardless of an AI summary. #academicsky #phdlife #aislop #darkacademia

Look out 2026, here I come!

🤦🏻‍♀️ so many levels of NO! And on a side note to the developers, just because you can doesn’t mean you should. #ai #atechtoofar #aiethics #badai #aigonewrong

“…their purpose is to generate content, they cannot indicate that no information exists; instead, they will invent details that appear plausible but have no basis in the archival record.” www.icrc.org/en/article/i...

Ready to fly home after #aahpsss2025 at the University of Queensland. With thanks to the @aahpsss.bsky.social board. Special thanks to @martinjbush.bsky.social and Ian Hesketh. Fabulous campus that afforded this mid afternoon break vista with @carljoseph.bsky.social, 2025 Langham Prize Winner.

@maryunis.bsky.social presenting on Margaret Cavendish at the @aahpsss.bsky.social 2025 conference #aahpsss2025 #hps

This one’s for friends in the medical humanities @hpscasebooks.bsky.social. Enjoy!

The 2025 AAHPSSS conference starts Wednesday, December 3rd. That's just over a week away! There's still time to register for both in-person and remote attendance! For details and to register, see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...

A HUGE congratulations to @simine.com! Everyone in the MetaMelb team @unimelb.bsky.social are so proud.

My two worlds are colliding and I am shook 😳

Calling all Metascientists, Historians, Philosophers & Sociologists of Science & Technology. There's still time to get your submissions in and join us in sunny* Brisbane in December. Submissions close Friday 8th August. *Weather & sun are out of the control of AAHPSSS & not guaranteed.

We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

🚨CfA: Joseph Needham Foundation Awards - History of Science Society @historyscience.bsky.social hssonline.org/news/705910/...

Two permanent Lecturer posts at Birkbeck (equivalent of Assistant Professor). Area of specialisation is open but with teaching needs in ethics & phil of AI, ethics and poli phil, ancient, gender, continental, engaged. Closing date August 28th, start in Jan 2026 'a significant advantage' #philsky

Thanks @catdavies.bsky.social, it was great to see critical #metascience at #metascience2025, it would have been better to see this integrated into all other sessions as part of the ongoing general discussion rather than an isolated and contained session.

Being placed in exalted company like this gives me a lot to live up to. Thanks for the compliment @jamessteeleii.bsky.social it was great to catch up with you again. Let’s make the next one less than 2 years

Final Keynote of #metascience2025 by @marialep.bsky.social (President, @erc.europa.eu). @rorinstitute.bsky.social

AIMOS on the big stage! Fiona Fidler places AIMOS at the centre of metascience developments in Australia. @fidlerfm.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #metascience2025

Kicking off day 2 of #metascience2025 wth a Plenary on Taking stock of the Science of Science with Chonnettia Jones, Cassidy Sugimoto, @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Andy Stirling and Lin Zhang @rorinstitute.bsky.social

Monday closing Plenary @ #metascience2025 Frontiers of funding: evidence, experiments & reforming assessment foundation with Ted Hodapp, Claire Forsyth, Ilan Gur, Hanna Denecke, Matt Clancy, John-Arne Røttingen (keynote) & Katrin Millie @rorinstitute.bsky.social

T1.6 Constructive Confrontation @ #metascience2025 with @nicolecnelson.bsky.social @penders.bsky.social, Sheena Bartscherer, Sven Ulpts & Ismael Rafols

First morning of #Metascience2025 was full of interesting topics. Thanks to @rorinstitute.bsky.social and the Volkswagen Foundation for making my presence here possible.

I do like this idea of open #peerreview

We are beyond excited to announce that we have won the prestigious 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement! From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much #hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪

I cannot scream loudly enough at this. Time to call for separation of science and state. If churches are funded by the state through not paying taxes, there is justification for the state to remove itself from state funded science.

Dear @utah.edu History and Philosophy of Science majors, don’t despair - the University of Melbourne HPS department would love to have you come join us.

It’s marking season folks. Strap yourself in as the we board a rollercoaster that takes us from the wierd and wacky, to angst, to joy. What a ride! #academicsky #phdlife

What is the future of Open Science? Join @annemscheel.bsky.social @nicholascoles.bsky.social @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and @stephaniemlee.bsky.social for an exciting discussion during the Keynote Panel at the #SIPS2025 Online.

A new journal record: Sage title retracts 678 more papers, tally over 1,500

Do you have a research interest in how AI can harm or benefit non-human animals? I'm recruiting a Research Officer to drive forward the "Animals and AI" priority area of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE. Please apply by 6 May! 🐖🐔🐟 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

SPREADING RUBBISH: once something is in a LLM it's pretty hard to get it out so retracted articles will be a big problem. "Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The political problem with parasitic AI is that its most compelling use case is starving its own hosts — “fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

This weeks night time reading by @doctorvive.bsky.social and looking at how this relates to science more generally.

In this post, I argue against university rankings (@aidybarnett.bsky.social) and assessment regimes that reward quantity over quality. Let's slow down, correct existing errors (@jabyrnesci.bsky.social), and engage in better peer review (eg, @metaror.bsky.social): theconversation.com/reliable-sci...

Some days the papers/books you are reading seem so much larger than life. One month in and the words loom large. #academicsky #phdlife #phdjourney

AI is hallucinating when using real data. Using synthetic data to train AI systems will lead to outputs tha humans will find less accurate and more hallucinogenic, but tech companies will swear are “more accurate”.

There's one week left to apply for our #metascience position to study the implementation of Electronic Lab Notebooks - #ELN Join us @uniofmanchester.bsky.social and @cruk-mi.bsky.social as we study how to support users with #FAIRdata practices, #OpenResearch and #ResearchIntegrity Please share!

I run a business in a parallel universe, and our new website has just dropped. Amazing work by Deanna and John, who put together such an amazing new site, from videos to functionality whilst I'm focussing on my research. #smallbusiness #familybusiness #coffeeaddict

Even the tyranny of distance won’t protect us from the tyrrany of the current US (lack of) government.

A belated welcome to Bluesky to Dr Darrin Durant @darrinadurant.bsky.social, who talked to @cjcontarino.bsky.social about Expertise.

Metascience is shaping research worldwide, and #Metascience2025 will be our most ambitious gathering yet. Registrations are now OPEN! metascience.info/registration/ Join 650+ experts for three days of debate, discovery & new ideas. Speakers include ⬇️

Sometimes you have to get to the source. Reading Cochrane’s Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services. Courtesy of @unilibrary.bsky.social super fast 1 day retrieval from their stores. #academicsky #metascience

Come join me as I conduct a hackathon on what constitutes good exploratory research @ SIPS 2025.

2 days until I start my PhD! Am I excited? Hell yes! And a tad nervous tbh. I had my first supervisor meeting yesterday ✅ Admin underway, 1 training module to go. Currently planning out timelines & schedules. Still waiting for a desk, and my Chair. Exciting times #academicsky #phdjourney #phdlife

When people say, “…but I’m just one person, what can I do to change things?” There is always a way 👇🏻

Officially starting my PhD in 10 days. All advice greatfully received. #academicsky