Sabina Leonelli

@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social

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Prof in Philosophy and History of Science & Technology, Technical University of Munich | scientific director Ethical Data Initiative & Public Science Lab | http://opensciencestudies.eu | President ISHPSSB | loves almost all forms of life .. more

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Sabina Leonelli is a philosopher of science and professor at the Technische Universität München, Germany. She is well known for her work on scientific practices, data-centric science, and open science policies. She was awarded the 2018 Lakatos Award for her book Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study (2016). .. more

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Mar 1

Just in case my work-related posts may be misunderstood: I am not living this moment as if it were business-as-usual. It’s everything but, and all efforts and energy go into organising resistance. What are the tools at my disposal? #philsci #savedemocracy

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 3d

A truly fantastic piece Ramon, I enjoyed the exchange enormously and argued back for the need to rescue intelligence from anti-human AI, it’s too important a notion to both human and non-human interactions with the world - see this rejoinder hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/c5hq3by1.... #philsci

Rejoinder: Let Us Rescue Intelligence from Anti-Human AI

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 6d

How to conceptualise research environments for transdisciplinary work? How do researchers negotiate such spaces, and with which implications for knowledge produced? @rosetrappes.bsky.social and I answered by proposing the idea of "multiplex research environments"! See: rdcu.be/eN8ie #philsci

Research in the multiplex: navigating tensions and opportunities in transdisciplinary environments

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 8d

Loved it of course, and so grateful you took the time to write this Shannon! You’ll see my response in my rejoinder also online now: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/c5hq3by1...

Rejoinder: Let Us Rescue Intelligence from Anti-Human AI

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 8d

So glad you sent us your wonderful proposal, and very much looking forward to hosting you in Munich Marianne!

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 8d

Me too Dmitry, thank you!

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 9d

Great thanks Manlio - and good thing i posted then! This teaching term is very intense so I lose track of advertising such things to great colleagues as I should 😅

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 9d

The location is unparalleled at the just renovated Botanical Gardens with their illustrious history.. I look forward to this and am so thankful to colleagues from the library of the University of Padova for organising all this!

Reposted by Dmitry Schigel

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 9d

If around Padova on Nov 3, join the Italian launch of film Data Shadows, in conversation with outstanding colleagues & National Centre for Biodiversity. Dialogues on data rights and nature, extractive epistemologies, public science and constructive ways forward ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/data-...

Data Shadows: i dati si svelano - Orto Botanico di Padova

Lunedì 3 novembre, a partire dalle ore 16, il Teatro botanico ospiterà in prima visione nazionale la proiezione del film Data Shadows

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PLOS @plos.org · 18d

There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice.

📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.

Promotional graphic for PLOS Webinar titled 'Open 2.0', featuring a butterfly on a monochromatic flower on the left and colorful abstract shapes on the right, discussing the progress of open science through case studies.

Reposted by Sabina Leonelli

Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 21d

How may politics help scientists and society prepare for anticipated scientific breakthroughs? In the "Science Lens," @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and I discuss the future of research.
Thanks to GESDA Global and @edinitiative.bsky.social for all their support!
radar.gesda.global/science-lens...

Science Lens: Future of research - GESDA

This report anticipates key challenges related to future developments in international science and technology research. It then outlines potential opportu...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 24d

Who shapes the future of research? 🔍

President, @marialep.bsky.social, ERC grantee @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and other insightful speakers on “Rethinking Discovery” and EU in the global competition.

#GESDASummit

Moderation: @alokjha.bsky.social.

Watch session 📺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3A...

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 27d

.. then launch the “Science Lens on the Future of Research" report I wrote with Richard Williams (link to OA version available tomorrow!). #philsci for policy!

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 27d

Today at CERN for 2025 Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit: summit.gesda.global/event/2025/ . Tomorrow I discuss "Who shapes the future of research" w Mehral Gul, Marie Leptin, Magdalena Skipper & Karthik Ramani…

2025 Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 29d

These are exciting and innovative activities that could model similar others elsewhere, but like all new things, we need a bit of support to make them happen… for those who offer 50-100 euros, we have an amazing set of T-shirts and sweaters to give away as a thank you 🙏

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 29d

What do we do with the money? In Bologna, we work with civil society & public institutions to ensure the Digital Twin is responsive to citizen needs; in Modena, we are launching a project on citizen experiences of local green spaces, involving story-telling about fireflies & cicadas (more soon!!)

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 29d

Last week left to contribute the cost of a coffee (or a meal?) to our Pianeta Association / Public Science Lab crowdfunding campaign - a *unique* effort to leverage research in science studies to spearhead concrete participative projects on urban environments! 🌍

www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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PLOS @plos.org · Oct 8

What can real-world examples teach us about tracking the progress of #OpenScience? Join us for the next webinar in our Open 2.0 series.

📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU

Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 29

Last call for #OpenScience Conference FOR2026 ⏰ ‼️ The deadline for submissions is tomorrow night - all who practice, study or govern Open Research, please send an abstract and join us in Munich in May 2026 to foster equitable open research. All details: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...

FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 22

Even just the cost of a coffee would help us enormously! And a bigger donation gets you a really lovely T-shirt or sweater 😊

Help us to build a better world from the bottom up 🌍🌳🐝 - via collaborations across #philsci, #sts, civic society, tech, public admin and all who want to contribute!

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 22

Italians and beyond: this week we launch Pianeta Lab in Modena and Bologna, an experimental space to give people a voice in developing technology & policies that affect our everyday lives. We need your help to get this off the ground! Please consider donating: www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...

Pianeta Lab: Soluzioni Concrete per le Sfide Socio-Ambientali

Pianeta Lab è il laboratorio dove nascono idee e diventano azioni. Un luogo aperto che unisce attivistə, cittadinə, imprese, artistə e istituzioni per affrontare insieme le grandi sfide sociali e ambi...

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 12

For intellectual background, you can read: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/mx9vpa0b... and journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/artic.... One of the two posts is part of the super-exciting TransforM Cluster - Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change taking off next year!

Environmental Intelligence: Redefining the Philosophical Premises of AI

Forthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version.

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Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Michela Massimi, Alan Richardson , and 3 more Lesley A. Hall, Michela Massimi, Alan Richardson, Dolly Jørgensen, Massimiliano Simons, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 12

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

Jobs

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Reposted by Richard McElreath, Ingo Rohlfing, Massimiliano Simons

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 12

A quick reminder to all those who care about open research to consider joining us for the FOR2026 Conference in the Future of Open Research at the Technical University of Munich in May 4-6, 2026! Deadline for paper and poster proposals: 30 September

opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...

FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments

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Reposted by Steven French, Lesley A. Hall, John Wilkins

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 8

The new @ishpssb.bsky.social account is live! ISH (as we affectionately call it) is my intellectual home & the most welcoming international society i ever encountered - Follow for news & dialogue on the history, philosophy and social studies of biology #philsci #histsci 🧪 🧬 🐙 🌳 🌱 🦠 🐘 🐟 🌺

ISHPSSB @ishpssb.bsky.social · Sep 7

We’re excited to launch the official BlueSky profile of ISHPSSB! Founded in 1998, we connect researchers in philosophy, history, and social studies of biology and medicine worldwide. Follow us for updates and events! #PhilosophyOfBiology, #HistoryOfScience, #STS, #Biology, #Medicine

Reposted by Sabina Leonelli, Lesley A. Hall, Rebecca Sear , and 2 more Sabina Leonelli, Lesley A. Hall, Rebecca Sear, John Wilkins, Massimiliano Simons

ISHPSSB @ishpssb.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Teams link is here! www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?pa... Great if you can connect Dmitry

FOIS 2025 All Tracks – 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FORMAL ONTOLOGY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS Catania, September 8-12, 2025

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Sep 6

Next week I keynote t international conf. Formal Ontology for Information Systems. I remain enchanted by possibilities & challenges of comp. ontologies & worry about disregard 4 crucial semantics in the wake of genAI. Note: virtual participation is FREE! www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?pa... #philsci 🧪

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 3

Political attacks, natural risks, computer obsolescence... 🙊🌊
Scientific data is under threat. We provide details of a struggle for its preservation and for #OpenScience with Jürgen Enge, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @rrrrrok.bsky.social und Frank Oliver Glöckner.

www.horizons-mag.ch

Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks so much Anna, that is so kind of you and yes I am really taken with this work… I can’t believe you and @samuelmoore.org managed to find this preprint! I cross fingers referees will like it too 😅

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