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- 🚨TALK 🚨 How is Racialization leveraged and reproduced in genomics labs? Register to Duana Fullwiley’s online talk (Tuesday Feb 3, 18:00 GMT) to figure it out. #philsci #philsky #STS #HPbio
- How is current genomics impacted by social, political, and ethical assumptions? @yashaddad.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of presenting this issue in our newest work (link below) #popgen #STS #STEM #philsky #HPbio
- @celsoneto.bsky.social and I have a new chapter coming out in the Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, titled "Values in Human Genomics". It was such a pleasure writing this together #PhilBio #PhilSci @hugeraproject.bsky.social philpapers.org/rec/HADVIG
- #hpbio, #histbio, #philbio, 🐋🌱, 🌱🐋 friends, anyone know of an artistic/historical study of the changing placements of the Owen/Darwin/Huxley statues in the @nhm-london.bsky.social @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social? 1/2
- We are very excited! Jan Baedke received an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant for his project “Botanical Legacies: Towards a New History and Philosophy of Virtual Herbaria”, linking the history of local plant knowers with current digitation trends & biodiversity issues. #ERCCoG #HPS #PhilSci #HPBio
- Next week, we welcome @rebeccasear.bsky.social in our Lecture Series. Rebecca will talk about 21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio
- Are you interested in messy, imprecise concepts in science with huge social implications? Join us online on Tuesday, Dec 2nd, for Yasmin’s talk. Register here: hugera.org/lecture-seri... #philsci #STS #popgen #HPbio
- Dr. Yasmin Haddad (Postdoctoral Fellow at UQAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "When imprecision is a bad thing: the case of ancestry" on December 2nd. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
- 🚨TALK 🚨 Should Genomics change our personal conceptions of race? Join us online for this talk by Sarah Abel on Nov 4th. Registration link below. #humangenomics #philsky #philsci #STS #HPBio #STEM
- Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
- Still time to sign up for the talk tomorrow! #philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
- Prof. Katharina Schramm (Universität Bayreuth) kicks off our speaker series with the talk “We are all Africans! Antiracist projects and racializing practices in South Africa post-apartheid genomics” on October 21st. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
- 🚨TALK🚨Interesting in Antiracism and Genomics in South Africa? Katharina Schramm gives an online talk on the topic, on Oct 21st 17:00 (UK). Follow the link below for registration. #philsky #STS #HPBio #STEM #popgen #philsci #HPS #race
- Prof. Katharina Schramm (Universität Bayreuth) kicks off our speaker series with the talk “We are all Africans! Antiracist projects and racializing practices in South Africa post-apartheid genomics” on October 21st. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
- Interested in the social implications of genomics and its philosophical aspects? Our project has numerous activities coming up! Follow the blusky account to stay up-to-date. #philsky #STS #popgen #metascience #philsci #HPbio
- Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience
- New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... We look forward to seeing you there 🤗 #PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
- Interested in questions about the use and misuse of race in science? Come to our symposium at #EPSA25, this Thursday 9:00 (A2). @epsaphilsci.bsky.social #philsky #philsci #HPbio #STS hugera.org/blog/
- Why was Newton so sure that if you just did his optical experiments you’d *have* to believe him about light? Kirsten Walsh, Tom Roberts and I use 4E cognition to suggest an answer. Anachronism? You be the judge… (also i’m real proud of this paper) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #philsci
- 🚨Paper🚨 scientists often (should) rethink their work to mitigate potential harmful consequences. Should the same apply in philosophy? Yes, but I show philosophical defences of biological race don’t do a great job with that. #philsky #HPbio #evolution #popgen link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- #ISHPSSB2025 has been an absolute blast! Here we celebrate the work and mentorship of Marc Ereshefsky, a truly positive model for philosophy of biology! Thank you all for coming along! Cheers to Marc! #philsky #HPbio #philsci
- If you're going to #ISHPSSB2025 next week & don't know where to start, consider joining the session on scientific responsibility in the paleosciences that @andrameneganzin.bsky.social put together on Mon. morning! M Bedetti, @adrian-currie.bsky.social & EE Spinapolice will be there! #paleosky #HPbio
- 🚨Project 🚨My project “Human Genomics without Racism” kicks off during #ISHPSSB25. Join us for the Symposium “Values, Bias, and Controversies” on Monday 21, 14:30. #philsky #popgen #evosky #STS #biological #HPbio hugera.org
- 3-year Postdoc in philosophy of biology w/ @lucielaplane.bsky.social in Paris on cell lineages; interdisciplinary project w/ mathematicians & biologists. Conceptually-minded historians & social scientists also welcome to apply. Project start in early 2026. Application opens soon #HPS #hpbio #STS
- Looking forward to the "Cognizing Life Conference 2025", 16.-19. July! With talks by @djnicholson.bsky.social, @dalianassar.bsky.social, @gregoryrupik.bsky.social, @philippehune.bsky.social and many more! You can participate online, all info here: www.clc2025.de #HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
- What can slime moulds teach us about biological memory? Quite a bit, it turns out. Matthew Sims (@philosobio.bsky.social) dives into this question in a wonderfully engaging piece for @aeon.co. Give it a read—before it slips your mind! 👇 aeon.co/essays/what-... #HPS #philsky #HPbio #evobio #neurosky
- What theoretical and methodological challenges emerge when investigating #behavior across the tree of life? 📢 Final reminder: CfA for an interdisciplinary workshop (September 26-27) at KU Leuven! Come join us, and please help us share! hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ecology
- What challenges emerge when investigating #behavior across the tree of life? We have an open CfA for a workshop on comparative behavioral biology (Sept. 26-27). Scientists & philosophers are welcome! Please help us spread the word! 📢👇 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/... #philsci #evosky #HPbio #Paleosky
- Out now (print and open access!): Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at @cambridgeup.bsky.social . It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept. www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci
- What theoretical & methodological challenges emerge when investigating #behavior across the tree of life? We are organizing an interdisciplinary workshop on 'comparative behavioral biology' (Sept. 26-27). Please help us share the open CfA! 📢👇 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/... #philsci #HPbio #evobio
- 🚨Evento🚨 Quer conversar sobre os rumos da filosofia da biologia? Nesta sexta-feira, 30/05, faremos uma mesa redonda sobre o tema! O evento é remoto e começa às 15h (GMT -3). Siga pelo YouTube. #philsky #philsci #HPbio
- Today @alejandrofabregastejeda.com will present work-in-progress from our lab at the workshop on philosophy of biological lineages, organized by @javiersuarez.bsky.social and @albap93.bsky.social. If you're in Oviedo, come around! There will be many great speakers! #philsci #HPBio #evobio
- 📣2nd call for #ISHPSSB2025 travel grants open until May 15, 2025! Information here: ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration... #philsci #hpbio #histSTM #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts
- 🚨TALK 🚨 What values do scientists (should) use when choosing between competing methods?! Joyce Havstad (Utah) will address this question on Tuesday, May 6, at 15:30 GMT +1. Join us online by registering at www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... #Philsky #philsci #HpBio #STS #metascience
