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Celso Neto
@celsoneto.bsky.social
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Philosopher of science and race. Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, University of Exeter. He/him
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🚨TALK 🚨

How is Racialization leveraged and reproduced in genomics labs?

Register to Duana Fullwiley’s online talk (Tuesday Feb 3, 18:00 GMT) to figure it out.

#philsci #philsky #STS #HPbio
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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hugeraproject.bsky.social
Reminder that Prof. Duana Fullwiley (Stanford University) kicks off our spring speaker series with the talk “Into the Lab: Racial World Building and its Discontents” on February 3rd. You can register to attend via zoom here:https://hugera.org/lecture-series/
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM
celsoneto.bsky.social
@hugeraproject.bsky.social is back with its Online Talks!

This Tuesday, Feb 3rd, Duana Fullwiley (Stanford) presents on Racial World Building.

Registration at HUGERA.org

#genomics #popgen #STS #philsky
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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How is current genomics impacted by social, political, and ethical assumptions?

@yashaddad.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of presenting this issue in our newest work (link below)

#popgen #STS #STEM #philsky #HPbio
yashaddad.bsky.social Yasmin Haddad @yashaddad.bsky.social · 14d
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I have a new chapter coming out in the Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, titled "Values in Human Genomics". It was such a pleasure writing this together #PhilBio #PhilSci @hugeraproject.bsky.social

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Yasmin Haddad & Celso Neto, Values in Human Genomics - PhilPapers
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January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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CFP: Society for the Study of Measurement will be held at the University of Edinburgh
June 22-25, 2026. Submit proposals for papers, symposia, & poster on any topics in the theory, history, philosophy, & application of measurement by January 15, 2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80364...
#HPS
Topics Please see below for a non-exhaustive list of suggested topics; we particularly welcome contributions that make contact with this year's conference theme: Ground Truth and Validity. While the notion of measurement validity is comparatively familiar, ground truth may need more of an introduction. The concept of ground truth has origins in remote sensing, where it is used to contrast the outcomes of a near or ground level measurement with outcomes of a remotely sensed measurement. From these origins, the concept has now moved to a wider use, particularly in machine learning contexts, where it denotes data assumed to be true, which can then be used to calibrate and validate machine learning data. The time seems ripe for a more careful investigation from a measurement perspective of the concept of ground truth-both in its original understanding and in its more metaphorical use. Measurement and Simulation • Connections between measuring and simulating • Can simulation substitute for measurement? Measurement and Data Science Measurement and Data Science • Measurement and data quality • Measurement and data analysis • Measurement and Al Models in Measurement • The role of models in measurement • The role of models in justifying measurement results • Models, intersubjectivity, objectivity, validation Models of Measurement • The general structure of the measurement process • The structure of measurement in social and human sciences • Transduction and calibration in measurement • History of the conception of the structure of measurement History, Philosophy and Sociology of Measurement The structure of measurement in social and human sciences • Transduction and calibration in measurement • History of the conception of the structure of measurement History, Philosophy and Sociology of Measurement • Exploration across sciences with diverse philosophical perspectives • New quantification and measurement approaches • Epistemological and metaphysical approaches to measurement Measurement Applications and their conceptual foundations in any area of science • Life & Health Sciences
December 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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What is social constructionism about race? This #OpenAccess article reframes SCR as a shared investigative practice, not just a metaphysical claim—responding directly to Adam Hochman’s critique. bit.ly/49eivup @celsoneto.bsky.social #philsky #STS
Biology & Philosophy
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Tomorrow!
hugeraproject.bsky.social HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · Nov 26
Dr. Yasmin Haddad (Postdoctoral Fellow at UQAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "When imprecision is a bad thing: the case of ancestry" on December 2nd. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
December 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
celsoneto.bsky.social
Are you interested in messy, imprecise concepts in science with huge social implications?

Join us online on Tuesday, Dec 2nd, for Yasmin’s talk. Register here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...

#philsci #STS #popgen #HPbio
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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A new issue of PTPBio has dropped with articles from Marco Casali, Francesca Merlin & Alberto Vianelli; Meghan Barrett, Thomas Raffel & Bob Fischer; and Maja Dorota Sidzinska, Jacqueline Mae Wallis & Kate Nicole Hoffman.

Always fully #OpenAccess: free for authors and readers.

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About this Journal Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology (PTPBio) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal that aims to publish work from philosophers of science and theoretically-inclined biologists, and to encourage interactions across disciplinary boundaries. Our goal is to foster a broader conception of what it means to reflect on and analyze biological theory and method, both scientifically and philosophically. Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025 Research Articles Dissecting Stochasticity in Translation: Time in Start Codon Selection as a Case-Study Marco Casali, Francesca Merlin and Alberto Vianelli 2025-11-19 Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Article 6 ‘Biologically Degenerate, Ecologically Marginal’: Parasites as a Case Study in Societal Values Impacting Ecological Research Meghan Barrett, Thomas Raffel and Bob Fischer 2025-11-19 Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Article 8 Life Spirals: A Critique of Life Cycle Diagrams Maja Dorota Sidzinska, Jacqueline Mae Wallis and Kate Nicole Hoffman 2025-11-19 Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Article 7
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci
Events | Event Calendar | Discover The KLI
The Konrad Lorenz Institute provides a stimulating and creative environment for fellows, visiting scholars, students, and external faculty.
www.kli.ac.at
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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The rumours are true: Leeds is hosting BSPS 2026! Make sure you put the date in your calendars (21-23 July) and, while you're at it, consider submitting a symposium proposal (CFS closes on 14th January 2026)! www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...
Annual Conference | 2025
The BSPS Annual Conference takes place on 15-17 July 2025 at the University of Glasgow
www.thebsps.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
celsoneto.bsky.social
This Tuesday, 17:00 GMT. Join us online!
hugeraproject.bsky.social HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · Oct 28
Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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🚨TALK 🚨 Should Genomics change our personal conceptions of race?

Join us online for this talk by Sarah Abel on Nov 4th. Registration link below.

#humangenomics #philsky #philsci #STS #HPBio #STEM
hugeraproject.bsky.social HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · Oct 28
Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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tint-philosophy.bsky.social
In the next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, October 27th, Abigail Nieves Delgado (Utrecht University) will give an online talk titled “Beyond Race: Rethinking Population Descriptors in Microbiome Research”. More here: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/10/21/2...

#philsky #philsci
27.10. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Abigail Nieves Delgado – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science
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October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
celsoneto.bsky.social
Still time to sign up for the talk tomorrow!

#philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
hugeraproject.bsky.social HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · Oct 14
Prof. Katharina Schramm (Universität Bayreuth) kicks off our speaker series with the talk “We are all Africans! Antiracist projects and racializing practices in South Africa post-apartheid genomics” on October 21st. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🚨TALK🚨Interesting in Antiracism and Genomics in South Africa?

Katharina Schramm gives an online talk on the topic, on Oct 21st 17:00 (UK).

Follow the link below for registration.

#philsky #STS #HPBio #STEM #popgen #philsci #HPS #race
hugeraproject.bsky.social HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · Oct 14
Prof. Katharina Schramm (Universität Bayreuth) kicks off our speaker series with the talk “We are all Africans! Antiracist projects and racializing practices in South Africa post-apartheid genomics” on October 21st. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Next Monday, @celsoneto.bsky.social will speak in our lecture series on race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Come around!
Register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed #race
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Next Monday, we start the new Lecture Series! We're very happy to welcome @celsoneto.bsky.social as our first speaker. 🤩 Celso will talk about race reification and population descriptors in human genomics.
Just register here to participate: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed
Poster for the talk by Celso Neto (University of Exeter), entitled "Race Reification and Population Descriptors in Human Genomics". It will take place on Monday, 13 October 2025, at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.
October 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
celsoneto.bsky.social
Interested in the social implications of genomics and its philosophical aspects?

Our project has numerous activities coming up! Follow the blusky account to stay up-to-date.

#philsky #STS #popgen #metascience #philsci #HPbio
hugeraproject.bsky.social HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · Oct 2
Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience
Contact - HUGERA
The HUGERA team welcomes new collaborators and partners, within and outside academia. Most of our activities, such as lectures and workshops, are open. To know more about our activities, join our mail...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Finally officially published! "Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social (who needs a job btw) direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 🧵

#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010
Abstract. Anthropologists and human geneticists have long rejected efforts to purportedly scientifically justify racial inequality and colonialism. But race science has persisted, at least on the marg...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Book launch for “Methods in the Philosophy of Science: a user’s guide”. Ftf in Exeter and online on the 29th of Sept feat Sophie Veigl, Kerry McKenzie, Hasok Chang, and me. It should be fun! (the book will be open access in July, contact me in the meantime) www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... #philsci
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be spending a few months as a visiting PhD at Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at the university of Exeter. I am joining prof. @celsoneto.bsky.social’s ERC-funded project HUGERA (Human Genomics Without Racism) hugera.org
Home - HUGERA
The Human Genomics without Racism (HUGERA) project brings together geneticists, philosophers, and social scientists to create tools for an ethically sound science of human variation. Latest News Homep...
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September 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Moving through the editing and production process! Volume 24 of the Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science will be published in Spring 2026 and will be available open access. Learn more: Z.UMN.EDU/21026
Perspectives on the Human Genome Project and Genomics
Interdisciplinary voices reflect on some of the most complex and consequential scientific undertakings of our timePerspectives on the Human Genome Project an...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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roto-rub.bsky.social
New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
Overview of the ROTO Lecture Series in the winter semester 2025/2026. The talks will be: - "Race Reification and Population Descriptors in Human Genomics" by Celso Neto (University of Exeter) - "Understanding plant holobionts through complexity science" by César Marín (Universidad Santo Tomás) - "What is Dialectical Biology?" by Chris Shambaugh (University of Oregon) - "Learning from Partial Overlaps Between Knowledge Systems" by Charbel El-Hani (Federal University of Bahia) - "21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology" by Rebecca Sear (Brunel University London) - "The Organism and the System: Boundary Crossings in 20th Century Science" by Libby O’Neil (Mississippi State University)
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM