Is the scientific literature a database or a library? - LSE Impact How do two conflicting visions of the scientific literature as either a library or a database shape attitudes shape key issues in scholarly communication?

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#history of ISiS

For tomorrow’s ISiS Colloquium, we will have Dr. Hub Zwart to talk about the history of Institute for Science in Society (ISiS), titled “From Philosophy and Ethics of Science to ELSA-genomics: a lecture on the origins, the position, opportunities and threats, and the early years of ISiS (part 1)”.

First session - 20th May 2026 This session of the seminar will feature: 15:00 - 16:00 (CET) Valeriya Chasova (Utrecht University), Deborinians and mechanists per se and as precursors to Western philosophers of science PRESENTATION ABSTRACT From mid-20th century on up to the recent times Western philosophers of science have been concentrating in particular on two questions: the choice between ordinary or scientific sources for metaphysics, and the emergence or reduction among branches of science (and their objects). It turns out that on either question they were preceded by the two groups of Soviet philosophers of science, dialectics or deborinians and mechanists. Their discussions date back already to the early 20th century, when the Western research was dominated by the anti-metaphysical Vienna Circle. Moreover, the Soviet debate also has its own originality which might be inspiring for philosophers of today. In the talk will be presented the context in which these now less-known groups of philosophers were existing, their own debate, and its comparison with modern ones.

📣 *Epistemic Diversity in European Philosophy of Science (2nd edition)*

20th May 2026, with Valeriya Chasova (Utrecht University):

Deborinians and mechanists per se and as precursors to Western philosophers of science

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#philsci #diversity #HOPOS #HPS

The 2026 Conference is jointly organized by @isis-radboud.bsky.social (RU), Liberal Arts and Sciences (Utrecht University), Radboud Teaching and Learning Centre, and the Instituut voor Interdisciplinaire Studies - UvA (IIS) (University of Amsterdam).

Attendance is free and we encourage you to submit your own proposals for contributions or register as a visitor! You can find all the information about the conference and the full call and registration at nie-conference.nl/nie-2026/

⏰You can submit abstracts for paper presentations, posters and various other formats like workshops or discussions. The call is open and the deadline has now been extended: Make sure to submit your proposal before the end of *Friday the 1st of May*

The theme of the conference is Disciplinarity and #Interdisciplinarity in #HigherEducation: Challenges, Practices, and Institutional aspects. The conference welcomes contributions from educators, educational developers, and scholars across disciplines and career stages.

This year ISiS is hosting the National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference on the 29th of October 2026 at Radboud University Nijmegen campus!

nie-conference.nl/nie-2026/

Cursus | De maatschappelijke impact van AI | Radboud Universiteit Leer in zes colleges van Radboudwetenschappers over de maatschappelijke impact van AI | 17 april 2026 | Campus, Radboud Universiteit

Onze collega Luca Consoli is betrokken bij de zesdelige cursus De Maatschappelijke impact van AI, die op 17 april 2026 van start gaat.

Wat betekent AI voor onze samenleving, nu en toekomst?Deze cursus biedt verdieping vanuit verschillende perspectieven en vraagstukken.

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Reproducibility, questionable research practices and ethico-epistemic trade-offs in animal-based biomedicine - European Journal for Philosophy of Science European Journal for Philosophy of Science - I discuss reproducibility issues in animal-based research in biomedicine and scrutinise the notion that the causes of non-reproducible results are, by...

🤓 New OA publication in EJPS

*Reproducibility, questionable research practices and ethico-epistemic trade-offs in animal-based biomedicine*

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#philsci #animalexperimentation #metascience

Sorting out and navigating uncertainty in precision medicine - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences - Uncertainty has been highlighted as a paradoxical consequence of precision medicine (PM). In the life sciences and medicine, uncertainty is often...

🐣 Happy to announce another OA publication, co-written with Cornelius Borck (Lübeck) and published in HPLS:

*Sorting Out and Navigating Uncertainty in Precision Medicine*

doi.org/10.1007/s406...

#HPS #PhilMed #philsci

Science in Society | Radboud University Science in Society is a 2-year English-taught specialisation of all Master's programmes at the Faculty of Science of the Radboud University.

A great example of our students combining their natural science background with knowledge about social processes and policy to address societal issues.

Want to know more about our SiS programme? Visit: www.ru.nl/en/education...

Thesis Tales (8): Jelte interviewde studenten over het gebruik van designerdrugs - Vox magazine Weken, maanden, soms jaren zijn studenten bezig met hun scriptie. In de rubriek Thesis Tales zetten we het onderzoek van studenten in de spotlights. Aflevering 8: Jelte Schermer (27) deed voor zijn ma...

In @voxweb.bsky.social, our former Science in Society (SiS) student Jelte Schermer, talks about his SiS master thesis on designer drug use among students.

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Lauren Wilson Welcome!

For tomorrow’s ISiS Colloquium, we will have Lauren Wilson from University of Exeter to give a talk titled “Diversity within Genetic Studies of Complex Traits”. If you wish to join, please send us a message!

www.lhwilson.com

The Lancet-WCRIF Foundation Commission on Research Integrity The World Conferences on Research Integrity were organized to promote exchange of information and to further discussion of ways to promote research integrity

The commission recently met for their kick-off meeting. Stay tuned for updates on their progress. 📻

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World Conferences on Research Integrity (@wcrifoundation.bsky.social) Official account of the World Conference on #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 Vancouver, Canada 3-6 May 2026 https://wcri2026.org/ ✒️ @gengyantang.bsky.social‬

Our colleague Serge Horbach is part of the newly formed @thelancet.com & @wcrifoundation.bsky.social commission on #ResearchIntegrity. The commission is tasked to describe current threats to RI and propose evidence-based solutions.

Thank-you @willemhalffman.bsky.social @deadneanderthals.bsky.social @wytskehepkema.bsky.social @isis-radboud.bsky.social ... great discussions yesterday about cell lines, #researchintegrity and staying positive.
No cheese was eaten during the visit... well, not too much
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For ISiS Colloquium tomorrow, we will have Shelly Yiran Shi (UCSD/Oxford) to give a talk titled “Chien-Shiung Wu: Breaking Parity Against Disparity”. If you’d like to join, dm us!

www.shellyshi.com

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03 March Chien-Shiung Wu: Breaking Parity Against Disparity (Shelly Yiran Shi | UCSD / U Oxford) 10 March Diversity within Genetic Studies of Complex Traits (Lauren Wilson | U Exeter)

Upcoming talks in our colloquium series in March:

TPI Nijmegen | Radboud University On 25 February, a symposium will mark the launch of TPI Nijmegen: the partnership for the Transition to Animal-Free Innovation.

📣 TPI Event @Nijmegen, 25 February

"Joining Forces to Accelerate Animal-Free Innovation"

#NAM #animalstudies

Programme: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

2. @korneliswalma.bsky.social along with Riyan van den Born with a talk on “Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss Through Collective Action”

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If you would like to join, please send us a message!

W.M. Hepkema (Wytske) MSc | Radboud University

For tommorow’s ISiS colloquium, we will have a split session:

1. @wytskehepkema.bsky.social will give a talk titled “Pubpeer Perceptions: How Authors View Their Own Papers and Those They Cite in the Light of PubPeer Comments”

www.ru.nl/en/people/he...

K.J. Weingarten (Karla) | Radboud University

For tomorrow’s ISiS colloquium, we have Karla Weingarten to give a talk titled “Productive Idealizations and the Scale-Independence of Scientific Understanding”. If you’d like to join, dm us! www.ru.nl/en/people/we...

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#ethics #philsci #STS #interdisciplinarity

A.M. Pierik (Maaike) | Radboud University

For tomorrow’s ISiS colloquium we will have Maaike Pierik to give a talk titled “Including local communities in telescope projects: Namibian perspectives on the African Millimetre Telescope”. If you’d like to join, drop us a message!

www.ru.nl/en/people/pi...

Dear EPSA members, In our first newsletter of 2026, we want to announce some good news and update you on some recent developments pertaining to EPSA. The good news is that we have now secured locations not only for EPSA27 but also for EPSA29! We were very lucky this year to receive nothing less than four bids to host EPSA27; all bids were very strong and carefully prepared, and the Steering Committee found it very difficult to decide. Eventually, we settled on Warsaw, Poland, for 2027 (with Marcin Milkowski and Hajo Greif as co-chairs) and Ljubljana, Slovenia, for 2029 (with Borut Trpin as chair). More details will follow in due course, but for now, we can all be happy that the next two EPSAs are in good hands and will take place in splendid locations! This is also a good moment to thank the Steering Committee members who have concluded their term (Lilia Gurova, Federica Russo, Marcel Weber, Catherine Herfeld, Edouard Machery and Caterina Marchionni) and in particular my predecessor Stéphanie Ruphy as EPSA President. Thanks to their good work, the current Steering Committee has found EPSA to be in excellent shape, which will allow us to continue to serve the philosophy of science community in Europe in constructive ways. We also want to thank Dunja Šešelja and Mathias Frisch, who have completed their terms as Editors-in-Chief of the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, and to welcome Samuel Fletcher and Catherine Herfeld as the new Editors-in-Chief of EJPS. Speaking of EJPS, we will soon be announcing the Call for Papers for the Proceedings of EPSA25, with Julie Jebeile as guest editor for the Proceedings (plus a team of co-editors to be announced shortly). Finally, the EPSA BlueSky account is now managed by Simon Lohse; if you are on BlueSky, please follow us there at https://bsky.app/profile/epsaphilsci.bsky.social Warm Regards, Catarina Dutilh Novaes and the EPSA Steering Committee

📣 Letter with the latest updates on EPSA2027 *and* EPSA2029, changes in the steering committee, the proceedings for EPSA25, and more... #philsci

Speakers:
- Kristian González Barman (Ghent University)
- Florian Boge (TU Dortmund)
- Nina Poth (Radboud University)
- Frauke Stoll (TU Dortmund/ ISiS).

If you would like to attend, please send a short e-mail to frauke.stoll@ru.nl

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