Jeroen Van Bouwel
Dabbling in #Philosophy of Social Science, Social Epistemology, and Science & Democracy. Recent #PhilSci publication, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science, here: academic.oup.com/edited-volume/45635
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelRemember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelThere have been increasingly shrill accusations against the EU over its digital legislation, based on accusations of "censorship" by defenders of "free speech" -- including, so it appears, the right to peddle an AI app that seemingly produces child sexual abuse material (CSAM). 1/9
- If you are looking for some philosophy of social science with a historical perspective, look no further, check out this new volume edited by Yafeng Shan: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsci #philsky
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelCritica, the Latin American journal of philosophy, is seeking submissions to a special issue on social epistemology! For anyone interested in contributing, check out the details here:
- Reposted by Jeroen Van Bouwel📢 Call for Papers ENPOSS. 🔷 The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences invites submissions to its 15th Conference (Helsinki 26-28 August) Deadline for submission: 1 March, 2026. Notification of acceptance: 1 May, 2026. More details: 🔹 enposs.eu 🔹 blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelWowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced… economist.com/britain/2026...
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- AI, the gift that keeps in giving … www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelPlease spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelBREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
- The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate & Energy has published my 75pp submission on the history of fossil capital's systemic global disinformation war via the #AtlasNetwork thinktanks against climate science, policy & clean energy. www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
- "extremist wing of AI development, centered around the Paypal Mafia, is the most desperate. They have already demonstrated their willingness to feed the darkest fantasies of authoritarians on multiple continents in exchange for government contracts ..." theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
- The king and his courtiers, neo-royalism in IR. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelWe have a new paper in Science today on how malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy. AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelRest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelDear friends, We at the Center for European Studies @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social are opening a position of Assistant Professor in political science, with a focus on climate transition policies. Please apply if you're super good (and not afraid to work with me ;). www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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- @ict.bsky.ugent.be Inspirerend initiatief! community-edtech.npuls.nl/groups/view/...
- Wasn’t it a Dane who wrote ”The Emperor’s New Clothes”?
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelJanuary 19, 2026
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelVery excited we have five funded PhD fellowships, open to all fields of political science and economics, so please do spread the word to prospective political theory students! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
- Reposted by Jeroen Van Bouwel🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀 #Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van Bouwel2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelTexas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
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- At least better than the weak reaction of @kajakallas.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelUtterly chilling reporting from the Prospect and NY times on trumps war in the Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
- Trump has murdered at least 34 people in the Caribbean. The administration “ is selecting boats more or less at random, and intentionally killing people who could be captured.” From Ryan Cooper: trib.al/4pogGiw
- For future reference, the verbal diarrhea of Mike "We’re DOGE-ing the heck out of the UN" Waltz: usun.usmission.gov/u-s-represen...
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- The ICC will have a lot of work to do to bring all complicit genocide-enabling tech bros to justice! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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- Good piece! “One-third of all newspapers in America closed between 2004 and 2025. When newspapers close, local businesses commit more legal violations, local government borrowing costs grow because of decreased public scrutiny of spending decisions, people vote less …” thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
- POLLUTOCRATS. There is precious little carbon dioxide left humanity can emit and still avoid climate breakdown. Yet some of the richest people in the world are pumping out CO2 with abandon, and minimal regard for the global impacts of their poisonous pollution. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
- Reposted by Jeroen Van Bouwel#PhilJobs 2x 3-year #Postdoc Fellowships in Geneva Symmetry Group (part of Philosophy Dept) @ University of Geneva. Candidates must have a track record in independent research in philosophy of physics #philsci Dossier sent to Prof. Christian Wüthrich @ christian.wuthrich@unige.ch by 20 January 2026
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelIt has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelDays after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van Bouwel🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelPhilosophy group at Wageningen University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Position is in the Philosophy (PHI) group led by @rachelankeny.bsky.social Deadline is 12 January 2026 www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a... #philsci #philjobs #philsky #hpbio
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- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelI just published a Cambridge Elements that offers a critical overview of recent work in epistocracy, Confucian meritocracy, and democratic theories of meritocracy. Free to download for the next two weeks. URL: t.co/Z5BOYrCRGF.
- Reposted by Jeroen Van BouwelHoly shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
- Goede samenvatting: ‘Wat zouden financiële gevolgen zijn van Euroclear-lening? "Europa schiet in eigen voet".‘ www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...
