Jeroen Van Bouwel

@jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social

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Dabbling in #Philosophy of Social Science, Social Epistemology, and Science & Democracy. Recent #PhilSci publication, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science, here: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/45635 .. more

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · Dec 6

Those interested in Political Science as well as Philosophy of Science, have a look at this volume in the Philosophy of Political Science
#philsci #polsci #philosophy
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science

Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science contains twenty-seven freshly written chapters to give the reader a panoramic introduction

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 23h

Republicans have attacked federal workers as instruments of the “deep state,” exercising power beyond anything authorized by the law. Now the administration is doing the same thing, several tax experts said, undermining laws that hit the ultrawealthy and big companies www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

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Gordon Darroch @gordondarroch.bsky.social · 2d

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

NRC @nrc.nl · 3d

Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’

Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 5d

Gennez @vooruit-nu.bsky.social schrapt “leenrecht voor bibliotheken 1,8 miljoen”. Na ronduit bestolen te zijn geweest door AI bedrijven, worden auteurs nu ook gepluimd door de overheid. www.standaard.be/media-en-cul...

Gennez halveert budget virtueel museum van Vlaanderen Faam

Van het 1 miljoen euro per jaar voor digitaal museum Faam, wordt 508.000 euro geschrapt. Het geesteskind van Jan Jambon (N-VA) wordt geïntegreerd in de Erfgoedapp, om meer op het tastbare erfgoed te velde in te spelen.

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 6d

Aflevering 4389 van de ontmanteling van onze democratie door de N-VA (ooit schijnbaar verdedigers van de Vlaamse emancipatie, nu frontstrijders van de verknechting). Met dank aan de ATV journaliste en mevrouw Verstrepen voor de duidelijke uiteenzetting! www.gva.be/atv/liga-voo...

Liga voor Mensenrechten: "Politie die geweld gebruikt bij vreedzaam protest, zeer verontrustend"

Stoffel Vandoorne heeft zijn contract bij Peugeot in het uithoudingskampioenschap (WEC) verlengd, zo maakte Peugeot Sport dinsdag bekend met een ludieke mededeling op X, het vroegere Twitter.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 6d

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies

As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 9d

“Welcome to the playbook for killing civil society.”

From: “How NGOs die — Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy.”

BY ALBERTO ALEMANNO

Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 9d

“the centre-right EPP —backed by the far-right, pro-Trumpian Patriots for Europe, succeeded in weaponising a parliamentary tool otherwise reserved for genuine scandals like Dieselgate against organisations traditionally playing an accountability and expert role in policy formation and enforcement”

Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 9d

“Under the cover of strengthening democracy through transparency, governments are dismantling the architecture of accountability that makes democracy possible.“

Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 9d

How NGOs die — Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy. “fabricate a scandal, delegitimise and defund organisations into dependency on philanthropic support, then criminalise their new funding as foreign influence, all while continuing to demand NGOs services …” euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...

EUobserver

Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 10d

*Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha*

Reposted by Steven French, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 11d

Call for papers open for the European Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) network’s 2026 conference. Theme: Governing the Future. Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More information:

2026 European PPE Network Conference

Universität Bayreuth

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Reposted by Huw Price, Lesley A. Hall, Michela Massimi , and 4 more Huw Price, Lesley A. Hall, Michela Massimi, Marta Mìrazón Lahr, Richard Pettigrew, Elisa Freschi, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 11d

A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci

Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400

Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note

www.cam.ac.uk

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tiago @tiagocharters.nexp.pt · 12d

If you can, support and contribute to @wikipedia.org, do it.
donate.wikimedia.org

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Guus Valk @guusvalk.bsky.social · 12d

Het transcript van het gesprek met Herman Tjeenk Willink is ook te lezen.

Betaalmuurvrij, in NRC:

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 13d

Wat zijn die van @vooruit-nu.bsky.social toch aan het doen? In plaats van de afbraak van ons onderwijs en onze cultuursector, zou je niet eens wat gaan snoeien in de 6,5 miljard euro aan Vlaamse bedrijfssubsidies, waarvan zelfs de Nationale Bank zegt dat ze niet efficiënt besteed worden?

Reposted by Steven French, Michela Massimi, Alan Richardson , and 1 more Steven French, Michela Massimi, Alan Richardson, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 13d

And now the call is out! The local organising committee is working very hard to make it a success, so please come #philsci

Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 13d

Any plans for playing Scandinavia next summer? Gothenburg's Way out West festival 🤞?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

Forget diplomatic niceties: it's beyond time Europe denounced Trump's trashing of democracy in the US | Paul Taylor

The convention to stay out of allies’ internal affairs does not apply. What happens in America does not stay in America, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen, David Murakami Wood, Finis Dunaway , and 1 more Dolly Jørgensen, David Murakami Wood, Finis Dunaway, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 17d

I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

@apache.be you rule 🖤

Reposted by Paul Lehmann, Halley E. Froehlich, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 17d

If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 18d

We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions.
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 19d

Straffe “anatomie van bestuurlijke traagheid“ in het klimaatbeleid, door Ruben Baetens: rubenbaetens.substack.com/p/12-maniere...

12 manieren om niet te handelen

Een veldgids voor de zelfverdediging van het klimaatbestuur

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 19d

Ik zou toch ook naar de afbraak van politieke en economische rechten kijken, hetgeen hand in hand gaat met een enorme concentratie van geld en macht bij een zeer kleine groep.

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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 19d

Folks, I'm not going to sugarcoat it. This was perhaps the worst week of broken norms since I started this project in 2016. I made this week's list free with the hope that you will read it in its entirety to gain a full understanding of what is happening. PLS SHARE!
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...

Week 50 - The Return

Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you'll remember.

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Reposted by Éric Verdeil, Xavier Molénat, Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche , and 3 more Éric Verdeil, Xavier Molénat, Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche, Césari Laurent, Caroline Robion‐Brunner, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Christian Chavagneux @chrisaltereco.bsky.social · 20d

L'IPP a mesuré l'impact des 10 Mds de baisse des impôts de production dont ont bénéficié les entreprises. Impact sur chiffre d'affaires ? Nul. Sur l'investissement ? Nul. Sur la création d'emploi ? Nul. Sur les exports ? Nul. Budget : 10 Mds de perdus.
www.alternatives-economiques.fr/baisser-impo...

Baisser les impôts de production de 10 milliards d'euros pour les entreprises n'a servi à rien

Une récente étude consacrée à la baisse des impôts de production conclut que les entreprises bénéficiaires n’ont rien fait de ce gain. Malgré ce résultat, le gouvernement veut poursuivre dans cette vo...

www.alternatives-economiques.fr

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Glen P. Peters, Juan Cole , and 5 more Rebecca Solnit, Glen P. Peters, Juan Cole, John Hogan, Richard Larouche, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Ben Kaden, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 20d

Here's something that's not talked about enough

The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year

1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 20d

We explicated different formats of questions in some earlier work, which captures this idea of a lens quite well, I think. Have a look at chapter 3 in this book, hopefully helpful. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Scientific Explanation

When scientist investigate why things happen, they aim at giving an explanation. But what does a scientific explanation look like? In the first chapter (Theories of Scientific Explanation) of this bo...

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 22d

Well, look at the "ceasefire" in Lebanon. The idea is that the IDF can continue doing whatever it wants to do and the other party has to respect the ceasefire.

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The Defenders of Democracy @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social · 24d

Let October 18th, our #NoKingsDay, stand as the unyielding moment the People's Defiance drowns out the whisper of the Crown Wannabe.

We must send a clear message by rejecting Felon47’s attempt to make this a dictatorship & protect democracy!

#TheDefendersOfDemocracy
@thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social

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