Rawad's recent work focuses on different tools used in #ClimateChangeResearch, in particular on #SocioeconomicScenarios and their use in shaping mitigation policies and on climate analogues for adaptation purposes. 2/2
Portrait foto of Rawad El Skaf
🎉Former #SOCRATESgroup fellow Dr. Rawad El Skaf (Politecnico di Milano) has won a @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellowship, hosted by @mathias07.bsky.social. We're excited to have Rawad back @unihannover.bsky.social 😊 1/2
🚀Out now! New book on #CulturalEvolution and #SocialOntology, edited by Martina Valković and @thomasreydon.bsky.social #PhilBio #PhilSci #PhilSky
„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – oder auch: Desinformation durch Informationsüberflutung. Die #Wisskomm braucht neue Strategien, schreibt Romy Jaster in ihrem Gastbeitrag. Welche sie vorschlägt? 👉 www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/fuenf-hebel-...
💡New paper on Science-Based Policymaking by former #SOCRATESgroup fellow @faikkurtulmus.bsky.social
#PhilSci #PhilSky #Science #Democracy
Public Philosophy is so important, yet there are - so far - rather few opportunities to learn how to communicate philosophical thoughts in an accessible way. Great news that @aeon.co introduced a prize which will change this for the winners. Applications are possible until April 15th:
#philsky
Yesterday, the #SOCRATESgroup hosted the Hannover–Bern Workshop on the Philosophy of Climate Science, titled “Evidence, Values, and Communication.” I had such a great time: excellent talks and lively discussions about climate science the whole day.
Info: www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...
#CfP for “Building Knowledge Together: #CitizenScience, #Communication & #Trust” (5–6 Oct 2026). Research, practice insights, and innovative formats (workshops, demos) welcome, submit until 17 Apr! Shared by former #SOCRATESgroup fellow @hendriks.bsky.social More Info: tinyurl.com/3hbjat5s
Reminder: the deadline for contributed papers is coming up fast on 15 March!
We're excited to announce the Spring 2026 PSA office hours! Come learn, ask questions, and connect with leading voices in philosophy of science!
Details in the 🧵
Registration at this link: www.philsci.org/psa_...
Submit your nominations for the best monograph in #PhilSci for the Lakatos Award 2027! 👇
We're excited to welcome you back, @philosofir.bsky.social !
Kareem Khalifa is assembling a list of journals that either specialise or regularly publish work in philosophy of social science. A great service but I need this list to be longer! Please add to it #philsci #philsky
Team member Matthias Ackermann gave a talk entitled "Predictable Uncertainty’ and Locally Reliable Climate
Change Information" at CELLS Colloquium.
@iphilluh.bsky.social
"Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis": three-day summer school in 2026 for PhD candidates in philosophy, sociology, psychology, communication and media studies
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even... @mathias07.bsky.social #SOCRATESgroup @iphilluh.bsky.social
SOCRATES Fellow Doohyun (Richard) Sung gave a talk titled "Persistence is Futile: On Pursuit and Futility Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research" at the CELLS colloquium @iphilluh.bsky.social
1/2 Team member @becklukas.bsky.social is sharing his forthcoming chapter (Desire in Economics) in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire.
I will be one of the speakers at next year's meeting of the European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences. Consider sbmitting something (by March 1).
#ENPOSS, #philsci
"Dan Hausman on #macroeconomic models" - new paper by Nadia Ruiz @mapsproject.bsky.social ! #PhilEcon #PhilSci
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨
**Women In Logic 2026, Lisbon, Portugal**
24-25 July 2026
The annual Women in Logic Workshop is returning in 2026 as a TWO-DAY workshop!
Get your abstracts in by May 5, 2026!
For more info: sites.google.com/view/wil2026...
Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the new Forum #Wissenschaftsreflexion in June 2026! Early-Career Researchers can still apply for a dedicated workshop that covers travel & accomodation costs. #PhilSci #PhilSky #HPS #STS #SocSky @mapsproject.bsky.social @modeltransfer.bsky.social
Working on #TrustInScience #AcademicFreedom #ValuesInScience #Expertise #IntegrativeResearch #ScienceForPolicy or related topics?
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
The Call for Papers for the 2026 Formal Epistemology Workshop is up now! Come join us in June in beautiful Boulder! Deadline for submission: January 15. Please spread far and wide!
Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the #ForumWissenschaftsreflexion, June 17-19, 2026 @unihannover.bsky.social! As part of the conference, we invite early-career researchers to present their research within a dedicated workshop on June 18. Call: tinyurl.com/5n99dask #PhDSky #AcademicSky
🚀 #CfA: Early-Career Researchers Workshop "Wissenschaftsreflexion: What is it? Why do we need it?”
👉 Develop a 10-page paper related to #Wissenschaftsreflexion
👉 Propose a preferred commentator
👉 Receive feedback from two commentators!
📝Deadline: Nov. 30!
#PhilSci #HPS #SocSky #STS More info 👇
See you next year at #DieNachtDieWissenSchafft?
Dr. George Kwasi Barimah and Dr. Donal Khosrowi @dkhosrowi.bsky.social led "Philosophie-Club” where questions about #ArtificialIntelligence were the hot topic.
Discussion between Dietmar Hübner (left) and Rainer Baake (right), moderated by Tanja Rechnitzer (middle)
@tanjarechnitzer.bsky.social moderated moderated a discussion between Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner and Rainer Baake on the ethical dimension of #GreenEnergy to a concerned public
Matthias Frisch talking about philosophical perspective on the climate crisis
Prof. Torsten Wilholt presented "Science in Times of Fake News and Populism" to a full room, while Prof. Mathias Frisch @mathias07.bsky.social tackled difficult questions about "Philosophical Perspectives on the Climate Crisis" (pictured).