Elena Popa
Philosopher working on causality and causal reasoning, science and values, philosophy of medicine. Ramón y Cajal fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville. philpeople.org/profiles/elena-popa
- Reposted by Elena PopaEpstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
- Deadline in about 2 weeks. Send your abstracts!
- The EENPS 2026 call for papers & symposia is now open! 🔥🔥🔥 🗓 Submission deadline: 15 Feb 2026 Conference: 18–19 Sept 2026, Bucharest 😉 See the conference website for full details! eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
- Presenting here this afternoon. I will look at how mechanisms can be used to explain instances of causation across social, psychological and biological variables zooming in on ontological questions: biap.ub.edu/calendar/bia...
- Reposted by Elena Popa🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀 #Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
- Reposted by Elena PopaHappy new year! If you are early career or graduate in Phil of Bio, consider European summer school below: fantastic venue, brilliant mix of junior & senior scholars, a wealth of debates, PPTs & skills training organised by @thomasreydon.bsky.social and myself. Deadline EXTENDED to 31 Jan! #philsci
- The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci
- Reposted by Elena Popa📢Job ad! Join us at Politecnico di Milano in an interdisciplinary collaboration between philosophy of science and biomedical engineering on transitions from animal research, with a 3-years postdoc (submission deadline: 12 January 2026) www.meta.polimi.it/3-years-post.... #philsci #philsky #sts
- Abstract submission is now open for the next EENPS conference taking place in Bucharest in September. #philsci
- The EENPS 2026 call for papers & symposia is now open! 🔥🔥🔥 🗓 Submission deadline: 15 Feb 2026 Conference: 18–19 Sept 2026, Bucharest 😉 See the conference website for full details! eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
- My new co-authored paper with Jay Zameska is out. We bring together causal pluralism with discussions about justice in public health ethics, arguing that different concepts of causation are better fits for desiderata of distributive and relational justice dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3... #philsky #philsci
- Reposted by Elena PopaMy Element on science denial is free to download until December 1st! Get it for free while you can! doi.org/10.1017/9781...
- I am happy to be part of the organization of the next Causality in the Sciences conference in Sevilla, focusing on cases from medicine. Mark your calendars for October 8-9th 2026. Deadline for abstract submission: March 8th. More details here: eventos.us.es/142286/secti...
- Happy to be part of this workshop as part of a research visit and develop previous work on trust in public health thanks to support from FCT grant. In my talk I will explore the epistemic harms of (often warranted) distrust in science and ways of ameliorating them. ifilnova.pt/en/events/di...
- A public-facing version of the gist of my argument can be found here: epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/07/epis...
- In previous work I have discussed how trust in public health can be approached through the perspective of value choices highlighting the role of justice: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- And I have also discussed institutional trust in connection to vaccine research: diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/ar...
- Looking forward to the upcoming PSA around the world, where I will be presenting joint work on trust in science and scientific understanding applied to the Ai context.
- Check 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!
- The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine is out. My contributed chapter is on medical cosmopolitanism as a way of moving past the shortcomings of evidence-based medicine and defend it against charges of relativism and insufficiently specifying evidence standards academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
- Looking forward to reading many insightful contributions in the volume.
- Reposted by Elena PopaVery pleased to have this piece out with the fab @notesfrompoland.bsky.social, on the remarkable rise of participatory budgeting in contemporary Poland.
- Reposted by Elena PopaA quick reminder to all those who care about open research to consider joining us for the FOR2026 Conference in the Future of Open Research at the Technical University of Munich in May 4-6, 2026! Deadline for paper and poster proposals: 30 September opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
- Another post by Richard David-Rus in the series on the beginnings of EENPS and doing philosophy of science in Central and Eastern Europe. @eenphilsci.bsky.social eenps.weebly.com/history-and-...
- And off to ESPP in Warsaw today. I will be presenting on Wednesday exploring questions of culture, context and pluralism in psychiatry I have been working on but this time in connection to psychotherapy and the role of lay health workers. espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl/programme
- Off to EPSA tomorrow. Looking forward to the talks and to presenting on Friday. I will be exploring a mechanistic ontology (particularly activities) for the purposes of specifying causal links between psychological or social variables and health outcomes. philsci.eu/EPSA25/Progr...
- Reposted by Elena PopaOnline Seminar Series on Feminist Philosophy of Climate Change, organized by @juliejebeile.bsky.social & others ⤵️ femphiloclimate.ch/events/ #philsci ⚒️
- Reposted by Elena PopaPlanning ahead for summer 2026? Don’t miss the EPIC Summer School in Bertinoro (Italy)! Details and a link to apply here: epistemicinjusticein... #EpistemicInjustice #philsky #MedHum
- Looking forward to attending this workshop tomorrow. Will be presenting on the question of objectivity and variable choice in causal models, bringing forward a notion of objectivity drawing on pragmatism and feminist philosophy of science sites.google.com/view/feminis...
- And the latest update.
- Reposted by Elena PopaThanks to @elenapopaphi.bsky.social and @saulperez for giving another inspiring talk at the @epsaphilsci.bsky.social junior scholar series about opportunities for post-doc careers!🎓
- Reposted by Elena PopaSave the dates of 18-19th of September 2026 for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference at the University of Bucharest!!! Please expect a call for abstracts in autumn 2025 with submissions due likely in winter 2026! eenps.weebly.com/eenps-2026.h...
- Reposted by Elena PopaNew on the #projectEPIC blog today is a post from @elenapopaphi.bsky.social about her talk as part of the “Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare” pre-conference in Lisbon. Check it out! epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/07/epis... #epistemicinjustice #healthcare
- Stay tuned for more accounts on doing philosophy in Eastern Europe and on the activities of the network.
- I am currently chairing a network very close to my heart, namely the Eastern European Network for Philosophy of Science. It finally has an account here @eenphilsci.bsky.social. To start here's a moving piece by a Bulgarian philosopher and a founding member Lilia Gurova on how it all began.
- Reposted by Elena PopaThe 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
- Reposted by Elena PopaCall-for-papers: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026 Details and links to submit on the website:
- Looking forward to attending my first STS conference here and to giving a commentary in one of the panels: stsitalia.org/news/10th-st...
- Reposted by Elena PopaIt was such a great conference, thank you, @mapsproject.bsky.social team!
- Reposted by Elena PopaIt just started!! Thanks for the Welcoming Remarks to Philippe van Basshuysen and @elenapopaphi.bsky.social talk on "Performativity and Population Health Science" #MAPS2025
- Looking forward to presenting here tomorrow. I will explore performativity in the context of population health, focusing on how individual vs population-based framing are suited for the purpose of improving overall health.
- Will be presenting co-authored work with Jay Zameska at this year's International Roundtable for Philosophy of Medicine. We try to link work on causality, social determinants of health, and public health ethics with particular attention to distributive and relational justice requirements:
- Reposted by Elena Popa⏳Deadline approaching! Know any early-career scholars working on philosophy of econ or values in science? Please consider forwarding them our call for proposals at phil-econ-model-lab.org. We are assembling a group of young scholars to collaborate at the cutting-edge of these topics #philsi #econ
- Looking forward to attending this workshop later this week. I will be presenting work looking at the interplay between transparency and opacity in the context of avatars and AI systems: avataresponsibility.ccea.ro/2025-edition/
- Briefly put, while I think transparency about the purposes and the different social aspects involved in the system is necessary, I argue that opacity can be both a challenge (to understanding what the avatar is doing) and a useful feature for avoiding harm owing to its resemblance to humans
- Early 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...
- @kaameshsingam.bsky.social May be of interest
- Of interest to those working in ethical and legal aspects of the use of animals in biomedical research. Katarzyna Żebrowska's paper shows that different ethical considerations apply to human vs. animal participants explaining why this is a problem and sketching out ways forward: rdcu.be/elhvJ
- Postdoc opportunity in a Krakow that may be of interest to those working on social epistemology and related areas:
- This online seminar organized at BBU Cluj-Napoca may be of interest to those working in philosophy of science, social epistemology and related areas. (Note that the scheduling is at Bucharest time): philevents.org/event/show/1...
- Here is a podcast recorded by a colleague in Krakow discussing the concept of epistemic injustice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPgF...
- I found the applied parts especially interesting, such as finding examples of testimonial and hermeneutical injustice in connection to animals - stemming from classic philosophical approaches not considering animals as knowers but moving beyond that: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW6J...
- Also this episode on hermeneutical injustice and psychiatric diagnosis drawing on qualitative interviews, particularly how diagnosis could play not only an interpretative role, but also connect to one's identity, which raises further questions about epistemic justice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsk1...
- Reposted by Elena Popa🚨 Final Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍 Submit your abstract until tomorrow (April 13, 11:59 PM PST)! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
- Reposted by Elena PopaIn March, Sandra Harding died. With colleagues from (then) Women's Studies at Utrecht University, where Harding's work was pivotal in PhD training & where I had the pleasure to organize a PhD workshop, together with María Puig de Bellacasa, with Sandra, we wrote this piece. Honoring the pioneers.
- I have been presenting co-authored work drawing on deliberative systems to approach questions about the political legitimacy of value laden science here. Article soon forthcoming hopefully. gwp2025.sciencesconf.org
- Reposted by Elena Popa"It’s a shame that you can’t afford rent, but we can offer epistemic compensation." - my paper on relating epistemic and social justice is out. Mostly written as self-therapy, struggling with my own scholarship. But we also need a broader discussion on ways forward in "epistemic injustice" debates.
- Reposted by Elena PopaDon't forget to submit your abstract: PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available). More info: philsci.org/psa_arou... 📄 Submit abstracts: http://psaatw25.scie...
- Reposted by Elena PopaHello bsky! Hire me to edit for you! I provide fast, professional, and personalised proofreading, copy editing, and developmental editing services. wellreadherring.com/editing Reposts appreciated!
- One year anniversary. Yay?
- Reposted by Elena PopaSandra Harding (1935–2025) understood the need to question whose perspectives have shaped Western science, philosophy, and social studies of science. She also recognized the urgency of amplifying STS scholars from the Global South.
- Reposted by Elena Popa#ESPP deadline is tomorrow! Remember to submit your abstract to ESPP 2025 (Warsaw, Sep 2-5). espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl
- In my new paper I argue that transparency about scientific disagreements in vaccine research is not sufficient to foster public trust and that a fair resolution is needed. The conditions for fairness are institutional rather than interpersonal. diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/ar...
- The entire special issue deals with related topics and I am looking forward to reading the other contributions: diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/ar...
- Also happy to publish in an open access journal hosted on a university website. This should be the future of academic publishing.
- Those working on topics connected to loneliness may be interested in this CFP for the volume below: philevents.org/event/show/1...
- CFP for the 10th STS Italia conference. Scholarships available for scholars in Central Europe (including Poland) and early career scholars: stsitalia.org/scholarship-...
- Reposted by Elena PopaBack to the office today at Politecnico, and I had a nice parcel waiting for me – the new Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods, with my and @emratti.bsky.social chapter on big data for causal inference and competing views on quantity and quality of data. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
- Reposted by Elena Popawhy are these evaluations used in hiring, promotion or tenure files? They have no statistical value as assessments and they are actively discriminatory against anyone not a cis able-bodied white man. How many more papers like this do we need to stop using them?
- My chapter 'Decision Making, Values and Trust in Science: Two Cases from Public Health' is now out in the volume below. It is the first piece where I explored the ideas that developed into my recently finished project (hope to share more publications on that soon). books.google.ro/books?hl=en&...
- The chapter looks at two cases where injustice in public health decisions led to distrust in science. Taking distrust to be legitimate in these cases, I go on to argue that trust is more than an epistemic notion, requiring justice and equity as part of the decision-making process.
- Link to the chapter here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
- Reposted by Elena PopaHealth Insurance Trolley existentialcomics.com/comic/582
- PSA around the world is coming to Eastern and Central Europe. In collaboration with EENPS.
- PSA 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...
