David during his talk about diversity in Philosophy of Science.

Dunja during the Q&A after her talk about expert judgement and epistemic trespassing.

Abraham Tobi giving his talk about medical epistemic occlusion via zoom.

Participants during Q&A after the talk by Abraham.

Day 2 of our workshop is on! 😎 @davidludwig.bsky.social made a great start with an his analysis of the current state of diversity in #PhilSci, followed by Dunja Šešelja who talked about expert judgement and epistemic trespassing. Abraham Tobi concluded the morning talking about epistemic occlusion.

Out of the Armchair: David Ludwig on science with a human face What happens when academics leave their comfortable armchairs and genuinely engage with the people they write about? According to David Ludwig, that is precisely what is needed

"Out of the Armchair: David Ludwig on science with a human face" - a nice little article on our Open Access book "Transformative Transdisciplinarity - An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy" and the wider motivations behind it. www.wur.nl/en/news/out-...

If you're in the Milan area on March 24, consider joining us for the "food epistemology" workshop!

Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods…

Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy

Fabio Gatti, David Ludwig and Phil Macnaghten

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#Xylella #PlantScience

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Reclaiming ‘responsible research and Innovation’ as a generative concept: lessons from China This perspective commentary reflects on recent frustrations with the institutionalization of ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI) in Europe and vibrant debates about the same notion in China...

In 2024, I spent three months at the Chinese Academy of Science for a project on "Scientific Collaboration in Times of Geopolitical Tension." Our dialogues on "Responsible Research & Innovation" (RRI) in China & Europe were eye-opening for me & motivated this freshly published perspective piece.

African Philosophy and the Politics of Food Systems This open access book argues food systems need to be questioned on ethical, epistemic grounds and posits African philosophy as valuable source in doing so

Proud that our book “African Philosophy and the Politics of Food Systems” is out & Open Access. It’s a collective effort of showing that African philosophy is more than an academic subfield but of central importance for shaping futures on the continent. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

David Ludwig awarded NWO Vici Grant on doing science differently Science philosopher David Ludwig has been awarded a prestigious NWO Vici grant for his project Doing Science Differently? A Philosophy of Transgressive Science.

Very excited to have received a Vici grant for the project "Doing Science Differently? A Philosophy of Transgressive Science". The project will address methodological & institutional challenges of transgressing "business as usual" in academia. www.wur.nl/en/news/davi...

Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledge, Coastal Communities, and Equitable Ocean Governance Abstract. This collection of cross-disciplinary chapters by philosophers, legal scholars, and marine scientists explore the epistemic value of varieties of

Our co-edited volume with @abbeaberdeen.bsky.social and Marcel Jaspars is out: academic.oup.com/book/62270#l... (hardback to follow). Our ch 2 is OA academic.oup.com/book/62270/c.... We discuss how to better integrate local knowledge into ocean governance esp #BBNJ implementation.

Recent publications from Clarissa Leite, @charbelelhani.bsky.social + @davidludwig.bsky.social 1.Regulation in eco systems- buff.ly/IAIF3gk; 2.Closure of Constraints&Individuation of CausalSystems in Bio; 3.Transformative transdisciplinarity: intro to community-based philos- buff.ly/WWDpmpg

Interested in diversifying philosophical debates about "science & values"? Join us at the workshop "Values in science in the rest of the world" in August in Helsinki! blogs.helsinki.fi/valuesinscie...

We're happy to announce our 12th ROTO Workshop: "Diversity in Motion". It will be held on March 26-27 in Bochum. Please register here: rotoworkshop2026.wixsite.com/diversity/co... and tell us if you'll participate in person or online. Registration and participation is free and everybody is welcome!

Dia 10.02, Pedro (@93pedrobravo.bsky.social) e eu estaremos organizando um book symposium sobre o livro Transformative Transdisciplinarity, de D. Ludwig ( @davidludwig.bsky.social) e C. El-Hani. O livro é maravilhoso. Não deixem de se inscrever pelo link: bit.ly/4jtM3rD.

Em janeiro e fevereiro de 2026, faremos um grupo de leitura do livro do Ludwig e El-Hani. Iremos nos reunir toda terça-feira, das 10h às 11h30, via GoogleMeet. O grupo é aberto para qualquer pessoa. Para participar, basta preencher o formulário: forms.gle/v8wLEPiZThen....

Transformative Transdisciplinarity

What is transdisciplinary philosophy? This week, David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani introduce their new open access book with Oxford University Press. In it they explore the development and facilitation of community-based philosophy.

#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....

Interested in our new book but more "500 words interested" than "300 pages interested"? Check out our short post on "What is Transdisciplinary Philosophy?" imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...

Announcing Thomas Reviews: A new format for impact at the intersection of plants, people and the planet Click on the article title to read more.

you can find more info on the format here. Thomas reviews are literature review articles that are still blind reviewed nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Transdisciplinary plant sciences: A review Socio-ecological crises such as biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity require academic expertise and also the inclusion of diverse actors outside of academia such as farmers, policym...

The journal Plants, People, Planet launched the "Thomas Reviews" format and invited me to contribute with an article on Transdisciplinary Plant Sciences. It's been fun to think about transformations of the plant sciences from such a broad perspective.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Yay, welcome on board! Added you :)

The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!

There are still a few days to submit an abstract to this great @tapuya.org Special Issue on "Transdisciplinary research for socio-environmental challenges" that grew out of our Global Epistemologies and Ontologies (GEOS) Project.

Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨

From epistemology to ontology to politics, community-based approaches reveal that knowledge is not singular. Partial overlaps, not binaries, guide how communities understand and act. Transformative Transdisciplinarity argues for a philosophy of science rooted in agency and diversity: bit.ly/4gswVsU

“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

It’s a Shame That You Can’t Afford Rent, But We Can Offer Epistemic Compensation. On Relating Epistemic and Social Justice Reflecting on the rapid growth of epistemic injustice scholarship, this article proposes an ‘active alignment account’ for relating epistemic and social justice. The account contains both critical ...

Cheeky title, lively examples & points.
E.g. on epistemic justice and it's relationship with 3 dimensions of social justice- distribution, recognition & representation. Epistemic extraction. Not reductionism to economic inequality!

by David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social
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Awww, thanks! I feel it's all still quite clumsy and I'm mostly confused myself - but yeah: fun times experimenting with "doing philosophy differently" :)

“The people of Techiman eat Teporo”: migrant farming and epistemic pluralism in Forikrom, Ghana - Agriculture and Human Values Local knowledges of farmers often remain marginalized in wider agricultural development interventions. Scholars, practitioners and non-profit organisations have stressed the importance of including fa...

"'The people of Techiman eat Teporo': migrant farming and epistemic pluralism in Forikrom, Ghana" - our new article explores knowledge diversity beyond the simple divide of scientific vs. local knowledge. Unfortunately not OA yet but happy to share the paper. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Exciting times for philosophy of economics

Doctoral defence, with opponent, custos and me - opponent speaking to the audience and me looking at the opponent.

Defended my doctoral dissertation on grand challenges and research policy yesterday. Such a wonderful day! Big thanks to opponent @davidludwig.bsky.social and custos @ustagan10.bsky.social & all who joined! 🌸🌷💖

This looks great - thanks for sharing! I just ordered the book for our library, and looking forward to reading it

The cited papers/books by @lastpositivist.bsky.social @kylewhyte.bsky.social @gscoulthard.bsky.social & @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social have been helpful in shaping my thoughts on this - thanks :)