Carmelina Contarino
@cjcontarino.bsky.social
Investigating how we create scientific knowledge | Metascience | STS | Digital Ethics | HPSpodcast | Business owner | Photographer | Storyteller
My two worlds are colliding and I am shook 😳
“This LLM writes at a PhD Level” sounds a lot like, “This machine produces barista-grade coffee at the touch of a button”.
August 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
My two worlds are colliding and I am shook 😳
Calling all Metascientists, Historians, Philosophers & Sociologists of Science & Technology.
There's still time to get your submissions in and join us in sunny* Brisbane in December.
Submissions close Friday 8th August.
*Weather & sun are out of the control of AAHPSSS & not guaranteed.
There's still time to get your submissions in and join us in sunny* Brisbane in December.
Submissions close Friday 8th August.
*Weather & sun are out of the control of AAHPSSS & not guaranteed.
Submissions for the AAHPSSS 2025 conference close on August 8th!
The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December.
Further details can be found on our website: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December.
Further details can be found on our website: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
2025 Conference
Submissions are now open and are due by August 8th. Abstracts can be submitted here. We are pleased to announce that the 2025 conference of the Australasian Association for the History, Phil…
aahpsss.net.au
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Calling all Metascientists, Historians, Philosophers & Sociologists of Science & Technology.
There's still time to get your submissions in and join us in sunny* Brisbane in December.
Submissions close Friday 8th August.
*Weather & sun are out of the control of AAHPSSS & not guaranteed.
There's still time to get your submissions in and join us in sunny* Brisbane in December.
Submissions close Friday 8th August.
*Weather & sun are out of the control of AAHPSSS & not guaranteed.
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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🚨CfA: Joseph Needham Foundation Awards - History of Science Society @historyscience.bsky.social
hssonline.org/news/705910/...
hssonline.org/news/705910/...
Joseph Needham Foundation Awards - History of Science Society
History of Science Society 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
hssonline.org
July 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🚨CfA: Joseph Needham Foundation Awards - History of Science Society @historyscience.bsky.social
hssonline.org/news/705910/...
hssonline.org/news/705910/...
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Two permanent Lecturer posts at Birkbeck (equivalent of Assistant Professor). Area of specialisation is open but with teaching needs in ethics & phil of AI, ethics and poli phil, ancient, gender, continental, engaged. Closing date August 28th, start in Jan 2026 'a significant advantage' #philsky
Lecturer in Philosophy (2216) - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Two permanent Lecturer posts at Birkbeck (equivalent of Assistant Professor). Area of specialisation is open but with teaching needs in ethics & phil of AI, ethics and poli phil, ancient, gender, continental, engaged. Closing date August 28th, start in Jan 2026 'a significant advantage' #philsky
Thanks @catdavies.bsky.social, it was great to see critical #metascience at #metascience2025, it would have been better to see this integrated into all other sessions as part of the ongoing general discussion rather than an isolated and contained session.
Thanks for amplifying this tension, apparently realised starkly on day 2 (I'd left just before). Along these lines, the session on critical metascience on day 1 was great but inadvertently set out a simplistic dichotomy of pro/anti MS (as called out by @cjcontarino.bsky.social). 1/2
July 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thanks @catdavies.bsky.social, it was great to see critical #metascience at #metascience2025, it would have been better to see this integrated into all other sessions as part of the ongoing general discussion rather than an isolated and contained session.
Being placed in exalted company like this gives me a lot to live up to. Thanks for the compliment @jamessteeleii.bsky.social it was great to catch up with you again. Let’s make the next one less than 2 years
It's why I like the direction of work from folks like @cjcontarino.bsky.social, @fidlerfm.bsky.social, @brianhaig.bsky.social and others...
July 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Being placed in exalted company like this gives me a lot to live up to. Thanks for the compliment @jamessteeleii.bsky.social it was great to catch up with you again. Let’s make the next one less than 2 years
Final Keynote of #metascience2025 by @marialep.bsky.social (President, @erc.europa.eu).
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Final Keynote of #metascience2025 by @marialep.bsky.social (President, @erc.europa.eu).
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
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AIMOS on the big stage! Fiona Fidler places AIMOS at the centre of metascience developments in Australia. @fidlerfm.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #metascience2025
July 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
AIMOS on the big stage! Fiona Fidler places AIMOS at the centre of metascience developments in Australia. @fidlerfm.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #metascience2025
Kicking off day 2 of #metascience2025 wth a Plenary on Taking stock of the Science of Science with Chonnettia Jones, Cassidy Sugimoto, @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Andy Stirling and Lin Zhang
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Kicking off day 2 of #metascience2025 wth a Plenary on Taking stock of the Science of Science with Chonnettia Jones, Cassidy Sugimoto, @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Andy Stirling and Lin Zhang
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
Monday closing Plenary @ #metascience2025 Frontiers of funding: evidence, experiments & reforming assessment foundation with Ted Hodapp, Claire Forsyth, Ilan Gur, Hanna Denecke, Matt Clancy, John-Arne Røttingen (keynote) & Katrin Millie
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Monday closing Plenary @ #metascience2025 Frontiers of funding: evidence, experiments & reforming assessment foundation with Ted Hodapp, Claire Forsyth, Ilan Gur, Hanna Denecke, Matt Clancy, John-Arne Røttingen (keynote) & Katrin Millie
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
T1.6 Constructive Confrontation @ #metascience2025 with @nicolecnelson.bsky.social @penders.bsky.social, Sheena Bartscherer, Sven Ulpts & Ismael Rafols
June 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
T1.6 Constructive Confrontation @ #metascience2025 with @nicolecnelson.bsky.social @penders.bsky.social, Sheena Bartscherer, Sven Ulpts & Ismael Rafols
First morning of #Metascience2025 was full of interesting topics. Thanks to @rorinstitute.bsky.social and the Volkswagen Foundation for making my presence here possible.
June 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
First morning of #Metascience2025 was full of interesting topics. Thanks to @rorinstitute.bsky.social and the Volkswagen Foundation for making my presence here possible.
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I do like this idea of open #peerreview
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science
https://go.nature.com/4kIRR01
https://go.nature.com/4kIRR01
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
go.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I do like this idea of open #peerreview
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We are beyond excited to announce that we have won the prestigious 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement!
From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much
#hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪
From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much
#hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪
🎉 We’re excited to share that The HPS Podcast has won the 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize! The podcast wowed us with its accessible, wide-ranging content and outstanding engagement. Congrats to the team! 🧠🎙️
👉 More info + links: www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-ayrton-...
👉 More info + links: www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-ayrton-...
June 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
We are beyond excited to announce that we have won the prestigious 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement!
From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much
#hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪
From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much
#hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪
I cannot scream loudly enough at this. Time to call for separation of science and state. If churches are funded by the state through not paying taxes, there is justification for the state to remove itself from state funded science.
Of course the whole point of "metascience" was to do super basic sociology of science, but remove any attention to politics or ideology. This is an unfortunate but not unpredictable outcome of that. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I cannot scream loudly enough at this. Time to call for separation of science and state. If churches are funded by the state through not paying taxes, there is justification for the state to remove itself from state funded science.
Dear @utah.edu History and Philosophy of Science majors, don’t despair - the University of Melbourne HPS department would love to have you come join us.
History and Philosophy of Science under attack
University of Utah Cans History and Philosophy of Science Major Amidst Political and Administrative Chaos - Daily Nous
One way public universities in Utah can earn back part of the $60 million in funding that the state legislature took from their budgets is by "showing that [the funds] will be reallocated for high-dem...
dailynous.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Dear @utah.edu History and Philosophy of Science majors, don’t despair - the University of Melbourne HPS department would love to have you come join us.
It’s marking season folks. Strap yourself in as the we board a rollercoaster that takes us from the wierd and wacky, to angst, to joy.
What a ride!
#academicsky #phdlife
What a ride!
#academicsky #phdlife
April 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It’s marking season folks. Strap yourself in as the we board a rollercoaster that takes us from the wierd and wacky, to angst, to joy.
What a ride!
#academicsky #phdlife
What a ride!
#academicsky #phdlife
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What is the future of Open Science?
Join @annemscheel.bsky.social
@nicholascoles.bsky.social @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social for an exciting discussion during the Keynote Panel at the #SIPS2025 Online.
Join @annemscheel.bsky.social
@nicholascoles.bsky.social @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social for an exciting discussion during the Keynote Panel at the #SIPS2025 Online.
April 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
What is the future of Open Science?
Join @annemscheel.bsky.social
@nicholascoles.bsky.social @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social for an exciting discussion during the Keynote Panel at the #SIPS2025 Online.
Join @annemscheel.bsky.social
@nicholascoles.bsky.social @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social for an exciting discussion during the Keynote Panel at the #SIPS2025 Online.
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A new journal record: Sage title retracts 678 more papers, tally over 1,500
A new journal record: Sage title retracts 678 more papers, tally over 1,500
The retraction of “a final batch” of 678 articles concludes Sage’s investigation into questionable peer review, citation manipulation, and other signs of paper mill activity at one of its journals,…
retractionwatch.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A new journal record: Sage title retracts 678 more papers, tally over 1,500
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Do you have a research interest in how AI can harm or benefit non-human animals? I'm recruiting a Research Officer to drive forward the "Animals and AI" priority area of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE. Please apply by 6 May! 🐖🐔🐟 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
April 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Do you have a research interest in how AI can harm or benefit non-human animals? I'm recruiting a Research Officer to drive forward the "Animals and AI" priority area of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE. Please apply by 6 May! 🐖🐔🐟 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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SPREADING RUBBISH: once something is in a LLM it's pretty hard to get it out so retracted articles will be a big problem.
"Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions
www.sciencedirect.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
SPREADING RUBBISH: once something is in a LLM it's pretty hard to get it out so retracted articles will be a big problem.
"Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The political problem with parasitic AI is that its most compelling use case is starving its own hosts — “fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The political problem with parasitic AI is that its most compelling use case is starving its own hosts — “fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
This weeks night time reading by @doctorvive.bsky.social
and looking at how this relates to science more generally.
and looking at how this relates to science more generally.
March 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This weeks night time reading by @doctorvive.bsky.social
and looking at how this relates to science more generally.
and looking at how this relates to science more generally.
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In this post, I argue against university rankings (@aidybarnett.bsky.social) and assessment regimes that reward quantity over quality. Let's slow down, correct existing errors (@jabyrnesci.bsky.social), and engage in better peer review (eg, @metaror.bsky.social): theconversation.com/reliable-sci...
Reliable science takes time. But the current system rewards speed
‘Fast science’ can damage research integrity – just as fast food can damage your health. ‘Slow science’ offers an alternative path forward.
theconversation.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In this post, I argue against university rankings (@aidybarnett.bsky.social) and assessment regimes that reward quantity over quality. Let's slow down, correct existing errors (@jabyrnesci.bsky.social), and engage in better peer review (eg, @metaror.bsky.social): theconversation.com/reliable-sci...