Caterina Marchionni
Philosopher of science in Helsinki
- A fre days left to apply to the Lake Como Summer School in philosophy of economics phileco4.lakecomoschool.org?fbclid=IwZnR...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniCheck out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniSave the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026. Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics. Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy. Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan. More information forthcoming. @catemar.bsky.social @rseri.me
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniVery glad that Caterina Marchionni (Milan U., @catemar.bsky.social) has joined Francesco Guala (Milan U.), Raffaello Seri (Insubria U., @rseri.me), and me as a local organizer of the Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics. Welcome aboard, Caterina!
- Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026. Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics. Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy. Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan. More information forthcoming. @catemar.bsky.social @rseri.me
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS) is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Mentorship Scheme for Early Career Scholars! 🥳🔥 More info👇 eenps.weebly.com/mentorship.h... #philsci
- Call for applications: 3 PhD Scholarships in social ontology / social cognition. Deadline: 9.06. 2025. The scholarships are funded by the University of Milan on the project The Normative Roots of Social Kinds”. More details can be found here: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniEarly career philosophers of science may be interested in this online series providing career advice organized by EPSA. I will also be speaking at the session discussing postdocs and tenure-track opportunities: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThis is excellent and admirable and praiseworthy.
- More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniPrinceton with a new site to help make the case for academic freedom standup.princeton.edu
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniMankiw pledges 10% of salary toward Harvard's defense against the Trump administration. He was chairman of George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisors.
- More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniWould you like to teach philosophy of science and technology in Vienna? #philosophy #STS jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
- On my way to give my last talk as a University of Helsinki employee — and at the University of Milan, no less.”
- Based on joint work with the great @mariongodman.bsky.social
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniWhat a great initiative. It's so important to hear the stories of silenced scientists. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniNEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe Naval Academy has been ordered to remove 381 books from its library. Is yours among them?
- Reposted by Caterina Marchionni"Authoritarian governments around the world know that universities are spaces of independent thought and thus potential threats. From Hungary to Turkey to Russia, breaking their independence is an early step in the consolidation of control."
- Michigan's decision to roll back DEI has to be understood as part of a larger effort to force universities into ideological submission. From @scottlgreer.bsky.social and I in the Detroit Free Press.
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe anti-DEI crusade didn't take long to get from "You shouldn't force professors to submit DEI statements" to "We're purging Deirdre McCloskey's memoir from a college library."
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniHappy and proud to announce that the 17th History of Recent Economics Conference will happen at Radboud University, 23-24 October 2025! hisreco.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/c...
- Now that it’s as official as it can get (my superior just confirmed my resignation 😅), I am very happy to share that I’ll be taking up the post of Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan, starting May 1st.
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe next PSA Office Hour features an entire panel! Mark your calendars for the April Panel Discussion on Philosophers of Science in Industry: Biotechnology, Medical Affairs, and AI! 📅 Thursday, April 4th, 2025 🕛 12:00 PM EST 🔗 docs.google.com/form...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe current team includes Mary Leng, @catemar.bsky.social, @kerrymckenzie.bsky.social, @laurennross.bsky.social, Emily Sullivan, @jackiesullivan.bsky.social & Dana Tulodziecki, who give up their time, patience, and enormous expertise in exchange for a very full inbox. Heroic isn’t the half of it.
- Reposted by Caterina Marchionni📄 Call for Papers: the deadline for our upcoming Topical Collection "Philosophical Perspectives on Climate Economics" has been extended to 31 March 2025. ➡️ philsci.eu/Phil-Climate...
- EPSA is on Bluesky!
- 🔵 For our first post on Bluesky, we are delighted to announce that the call for applications for our 2025/2026 Fellowship Scheme is now open: 👥 15 spots are available! ⏳Deadline: Monday 31 March 2025 Find out how to apply 👇 philsci.eu/fellowships/...
- Reposted by Caterina Marchionni🔥 2025 call for EPSA fellows: 15 spots are available for Central & Eastern European junior scholars, and scholars of all levels affected by the war in Ukraine, to visit a Western European University for 1m, deadline March 31: philsci.eu/fellowships/...
- Reposted by Caterina Marchionni🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
- Call for papers for the closing workshop of our ESSK (economics as serviceable social knowledge) is now out. Submission deadline: March 7, 2025. See below for further info. Please spread widely!
- Call for Papers: Workshop "Assessing economics as a serviceable social science" Helsinki, 22-23 Aug 2025 Possible themes range from policy-relevance, evidence & models to institutional structure of economics Submission DL: 7 March Details: blogs.helsinki.fi/essk-project... #philsci #econsky
- Jaakko Kuorikoski and I wrote a commentary on Gilboa et al.’s recent reflections on economic models - part of an excellent special issue in the Journal of Economic Methodology
- Comment by Jaakko Kuorikoski & Caterina Marchionni (@catemar.bsky.social): "Economic models and their flexible interpretations: a philosophy of science perspective" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniIt's been a while since we added any new titles to this pack. Surely there are more philosophy journals in these bluer skies?! #philsky go.bsky.app/KDmWwngat://did:plc:5h5x3ll5jdthro5pnkpjbfto/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbk4ndt54a22
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniAfter the great news that the University of Helsinki is leaving TwitterX at the end of January, here is a Starter Pack of colleagues from UH who are already on bluesky go.bsky.app/Skj3WF8 If you want to be added or know folks who should be - Let me knowat://did:plc:ynybdjdjqw7easwamhg4w3sr/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lgpka554qn2e
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniDon't forget to submit your abstract for the European Philosophy of Science Association Conference #EPSA25. The CfP is closing this Friday, 31st Jan. philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniPlease mark your calendars for the next ReSES online seminar: 3 February 2025, 14:00 (EET). More info later. #philsci #EconSky
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniFrom the latest issue: 'The Counterpossibles of Science versus the Science of Counterpossibles' — Daniel Dohrn Read it here: buff.ly/3VbGm6I #philsci #philsky
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniFrom the latest issue: Halpern and Pearl’s Definition of Explanation Amended – Jan Borner Read it here: buff.ly/4hnxHqw #philsci #philsci
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniMichiru Nagatsu's (@ustagan10.bsky.social) inaugural lecture, "Practical Philosophy in Practice: Thinking, Feeling, Imagining and Acting at the End of the World" is now on the TINT Blog: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/01/23/i... #PhilSci
- Institutional Epistemology workshop in Helsinki with outstanding keynote speakers. Deadline for abstract submission: 10 March 2025.
- Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . Find the call for abstracts here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniInstitutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . Find the call for abstracts here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe new Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) is welcoming membership applications! Learn more from the association’s website, and see the list of forthcoming events already planned for this year. buff.ly/4hkOhqQ #philsci
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniJob-opening at LMU Munich: Assistant Professor in Metaphysics (fixed-term). Please help us spread the word. Further details at: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...
- I am putting together a special issue for the Journal of Economic Methodology on Responsible Economics: Models, Evidence, and Expertise. Deadline for full papers submission: June 13, 2025. #philsci
- So the Research Council of Finland set the deadline of its main round of applications on Jan 8, right after Xmas holidays. Has anyone thought about how it affects those with childcare responsibilities? Not to mention that it promotes the idea that it’s okay to work over the holidays. End of rant.
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniPSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe. Call for Abstracts is now open! 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available). More info: www.philsci.org/psa_... 📄 Submit abstracts: psaatw25.sciencescon...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniUpcoming PSA office hours 12pm EST 1. Wed 22 Jan: Engaged Philosophy of Science w/Kevin Elliott & Katie Plaisance 2. Wed 12 Feb: Philosophy of Psychiatry w/ Şerife Tekin & Jonathan Y. Tsou 3. Wed 5 Mar: Epistemology of Scientific Communities / Social Epistemology @cailinmeister.bsky.social
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If you missed it, EPSA 2025 (Groningen, 27-30 August) has opened its call for abstracts (deadline January 31)! I'm curious to read the submissions 🤓 #philsci philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP - Reposted by Caterina MarchionniCheck out our website. You can learn more about our project, meet our scientific board, read our latest publications, and more. Thank you in advance for visiting. maps-project.com
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniMeet advisory board member @catemar.bsky.social. She is a researcher in practical philosophy at the University of Helsinki and a founding member of the Centre for Philosophy of Social Science at the same university. 1/2
- Looking forward to attend this on Wednesday
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniMaking a start on a starter pack of philosophy journals. Who have we missed?at://did:plc:5h5x3ll5jdthro5pnkpjbfto/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbk4ndt54a22
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniEuropean Philosophy of Science Association invites submissions for #EPSA25 in Groningen (the Netherlands) from 27 to 30 August 2025. Deadline for all submissions is by 31 January 2025, 11:55pm GMT. #philsci philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP
- On the way back from #PSA24
- #psa24 tint team heading back home. Helsinki darkness here we come!
- I am chairing the objectivity session tomorrow morning at 9am organized by the almighty @inkerikoskinen.bsky.social
- In NOLA for the #PSA24. In addition to looking forward to great talks, I’ll also do the following: - Symposium on behavioral public policy and mechanisms Thu at 9 - Representation versus emancipation in modeling interactive human kinds on Fri at 3.45
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe fantastic @michelamassimi.bsky.social beginning her PSA Presidential Address on "Local Knowledges & the Right to Participate in Science" #PSA24
- In NOLA for the #PSA24. In addition to looking forward to great talks, I’ll also do the following: - Symposium on behavioral public policy and mechanisms Thu at 9 - Representation versus emancipation in modeling interactive human kinds on Fri at 3.45
- Finishing touches on presentation on representational and emancipatory approaches to modeling human kinds (with Marion Godman) en route to New Orleans for #PSA24
- Reposted by Caterina Marchionni📣 The call for abstracts for Social Ontology 2025 is now open!! The conference will be held in-person at Trinity College Dublin, 5-8 August, 2025. We hope to see you there! Details of how to submit here: isosonline.org/Social-Ontol...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniReally glad that the hashtag #PSA24 was available for the philosophy of science meeting this year. I don't know why the poultry science association didn't use it for their meeting in Louisville. Anyway, follow the feed bsky.app/profile/did:...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThank you @catemar.bsky.social & Greg Lusk for keeping BJPS humming!
- BJPS Towers welcomes three new additions... www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/new-a... #philsci #philsky @catemar.bsky.social
- Theoretical Foundations for Interdisciplinarity at Helsinki Collegium. Great program: blogs.helsinki.fi/interdiscipl...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniTHE DEADLINE FOR THIS HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NOV. 30 Please consider submitting a paper and/or pass along. Revitalizing Science and Values Conference Dates: April 6-7, 2024 Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh Further details: www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/revita...
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniSo I am currently looking at the some of the critiques of the concept of meritocracy and I wonder if there is anyone else I should read, apart from Sandel and Littler? I particularly wonder if there is work on the topic outside of political philosophy and sociology. Suggestions highly welcome.
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniHello! We are a journal publishing research at the intersection of #philosophy & #psychology. We have just published a double special issue on Philosophies of Madness, first part here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cphp20/3... Check it out. Eight open-access papers and two free-view book reviews! #philsky
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniI wrote a review of The Tangle of Science (Cartwright,Hardie,Montuschi, Soleiman, Thresher, OUP 2022). I strongly recommend the central idea in the book - the tangle - though I find their view overly optimistic n I am puzzled by omission of the replication issues. It's for Mind, hence long! #philsci
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniCfa: Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) 16–18 May 2024, U. South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA Abstract submission deadline: 26 January 2024 On-line submission site for paper or session proposals: submissions2024.philosophy-science-practice.org #philsci #metasci
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniPlease follow the @center4philsci.bsky.social. We will be posting about the events at the Center for Philosophy of Science at Pitt! Share widely. #PhilSky
- On my way to work
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- Philosophy of Medicine people! Please add the 2024 Roundtable to your calendar (9-10 May 2024) AND Send us a 250 word abstract to philosmedroundtable24@gmail.com by January 15 2024 philosmed.wordpress.com/category/cal...
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- Workshop on responsible modelling and policy making in economics. This Thursday and Friday at University of Helsinki. Full program here: blogs.helsinki.fi/essk-project... with @aydinonat.bsky.social #philsky #philsci
- Opening of the Wienin piiri (Vienna circle) exhibition at the Finnish National Library. Complemented by historical anectodes delivered by Korhonen, Niiniluoto and von Plato among others.
- I am updating the syllabus for my advanced seminar in philosophy of social science. I would like to add so me new work, preferably not from the usual suspects and not necessarily on traditional topics. Suggestions including self-promotion is very welcome! #philsky
- Reposted by Caterina MarchionniThe Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies is organizing a symposium "Theoretical Foundations for Interdisciplinarity." November 30th and December 1st. More information here: blogs.helsinki.fi/interdiscipl... featuring @catemar.bsky.social #interdisciplinarity #philsci
