Lynn Chiu
@drlynnchiu.bsky.social
Recovering philosopher staying with the trouble. PhD #philbio. Worked on niche construction, holobiont, gut mind, co-immunity, EES. Now curating & communicating research @univie.ac.at as Intl Sci Comm manager + #Rudolphina editor. #Philscicomm
Pinned
Lynn Chiu
@drlynnchiu.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi all! I am a philosopher of biology & science communicator @univie.ac.at! My (re)posts mostly concern #evobio #philsci #philbio #scicomm #highered #metascience #cogsci #sciart & happenings #UniVienna (esp Rudolphina research mag) Maybe I'll allow myself to nerd over math & fabrics here as well.
Really nice to be here at a special Austro-Philippine society event, esp by the invitation of Camilo Antonio, to hear Maximilian Larena (Uppsala) talk about the pop gen of the Filipino people. I'm particularly interested in hearing more about the "out of Taiwan" hypothesis!
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Really nice to be here at a special Austro-Philippine society event, esp by the invitation of Camilo Antonio, to hear Maximilian Larena (Uppsala) talk about the pop gen of the Filipino people. I'm particularly interested in hearing more about the "out of Taiwan" hypothesis!
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
11 US #scientists will arrive at the University of Vienna in early 2026. Five #postdocs will be funded directly by the #univienna, while six will come through the APART-USA scholarship programme of the @oeaw.bsky.social.
A strong signal for scientific excellence & the promotion of young talent. ⤵️👨🔬👩🔬
A strong signal for scientific excellence & the promotion of young talent. ⤵️👨🔬👩🔬
11 US researchers join the University of Vienna
University of Vienna has recruited five US postdocs with university funds, six postdocs will join the University through the APART-USA fellowship
www.univie.ac.at
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
11 US #scientists will arrive at the University of Vienna in early 2026. Five #postdocs will be funded directly by the #univienna, while six will come through the APART-USA scholarship programme of the @oeaw.bsky.social.
A strong signal for scientific excellence & the promotion of young talent. ⤵️👨🔬👩🔬
A strong signal for scientific excellence & the promotion of young talent. ⤵️👨🔬👩🔬
quick, open the word file!
The euphoric rush of the second sip of coffee in the morning is here!
The euphoric rush of the second sip of coffee in the morning is here!
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
quick, open the word file!
The euphoric rush of the second sip of coffee in the morning is here!
The euphoric rush of the second sip of coffee in the morning is here!
Jump in now! The KLI is hosting Richard Cockett, author of Vienna: the Laboratory of Modernity.
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Jump in now! The KLI is hosting Richard Cockett, author of Vienna: the Laboratory of Modernity.
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
🎓 Happy #WorldTeachersDay! At #univie we ask this semester’s big question (#Semesterfrage):❓ What should we learn when everything is changing? Join our researchers explore how schools & lifelong learning can prepare us for the future 👉 https://rudolphina.univie.ac.at/lernen-im-wandel
October 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎓 Happy #WorldTeachersDay! At #univie we ask this semester’s big question (#Semesterfrage):❓ What should we learn when everything is changing? Join our researchers explore how schools & lifelong learning can prepare us for the future 👉 https://rudolphina.univie.ac.at/lernen-im-wandel
After the first keynote, the opening festival of #VISTA continues with a panel discussion on "How to enhance public trust in science." After a round of explanations of the principles behind the space, the discussion now dives into diff forms of science engagement. #scicomm @istaresearch.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
After the first keynote, the opening festival of #VISTA continues with a panel discussion on "How to enhance public trust in science." After a round of explanations of the principles behind the space, the discussion now dives into diff forms of science engagement. #scicomm @istaresearch.bsky.social
First keynote at the brand new #VISTA Science Experience Center @istaresearch.bsky.social:
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
First keynote at the brand new #VISTA Science Experience Center @istaresearch.bsky.social:
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
Genital coevolution 🤩
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Genital coevolution 🤩
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
Lost potential: Hurdles for skilled immigrants in Vienna
Deskilling affects many highly educated and academic migrants from Central & Eastern European countries living in Vienna. A research project shows how language barriers, bureaucratic hurdles & discrimination affect their career opportunities.
Deskilling affects many highly educated and academic migrants from Central & Eastern European countries living in Vienna. A research project shows how language barriers, bureaucratic hurdles & discrimination affect their career opportunities.
Deskilling of migrants in the labour market
Deskilling affects many highly educated and academic migrants from Central and Eastern European countries living in Vienna. A research project shows how language barriers, bureaucratic hurdles and discrimination affect their career opportunities.
rudolphina.univie.ac.at
October 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Lost potential: Hurdles for skilled immigrants in Vienna
Deskilling affects many highly educated and academic migrants from Central & Eastern European countries living in Vienna. A research project shows how language barriers, bureaucratic hurdles & discrimination affect their career opportunities.
Deskilling affects many highly educated and academic migrants from Central & Eastern European countries living in Vienna. A research project shows how language barriers, bureaucratic hurdles & discrimination affect their career opportunities.
Newcomers to @univie.ac.at, this is your PSA that on Oct 8th, there is an official "Welcome brunch for new members of staff (in English)" that serves as your entry-point & intro to the university. That's where I learned about the uni's structure & insider perks.
September 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Newcomers to @univie.ac.at, this is your PSA that on Oct 8th, there is an official "Welcome brunch for new members of staff (in English)" that serves as your entry-point & intro to the university. That's where I learned about the uni's structure & insider perks.
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
What happens when we encounter art while just going about our everyday life, walking through Vienna? 🎨 We tried to answer this question by looking at people looking at art in an observational study tracking naturally occurring interactions with art in our study area. 🕵♀️
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
September 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What happens when we encounter art while just going about our everyday life, walking through Vienna? 🎨 We tried to answer this question by looking at people looking at art in an observational study tracking naturally occurring interactions with art in our study area. 🕵♀️
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Six postdoc researchers based in the US will bring their projects to @univie.ac.at under the #APART-USA scheme of the Austrian Academy of Science @oeaw.bsky.social. 4 years funding, 25% sponsored by the uni.
Welcome to Vienna.
Welcome to UniWien.
Welcome to Vienna.
Welcome to UniWien.
Sechs Wissenschafter*innen aus den USA wechseln noch dieses Jahr an die #univie, ermöglicht durch das Stipendienprogramm APART-USA der @oeaw.bsky.social, ein starkes Signal für internationale Wissenschaft! ✨ Mehr über die Forscher*innen und deren Disziplinen: 👉 www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...
Sechs US-Forscher*innen kommen an die Universität Wien
25 Spitzenforschende wechseln mit ÖAW-Stipendien von den USA nach Österreich
www.univie.ac.at
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Six postdoc researchers based in the US will bring their projects to @univie.ac.at under the #APART-USA scheme of the Austrian Academy of Science @oeaw.bsky.social. 4 years funding, 25% sponsored by the uni.
Welcome to Vienna.
Welcome to UniWien.
Welcome to Vienna.
Welcome to UniWien.
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
I had kept my academia.edu page active for convenience, but the new Terms of Use are rapacious — they can use all your content for AI. (See below)
Sorry! NO.
Please share and consider.
Sorry! NO.
Please share and consider.
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I had kept my academia.edu page active for convenience, but the new Terms of Use are rapacious — they can use all your content for AI. (See below)
Sorry! NO.
Please share and consider.
Sorry! NO.
Please share and consider.
Hey so, next week is Austria's very first postdoc appreciation week #paw2025! A collection of events the @univie.ac.at is part of can be found here: postdocs.univie.ac.at/paw2025/
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.
September 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hey so, next week is Austria's very first postdoc appreciation week #paw2025! A collection of events the @univie.ac.at is part of can be found here: postdocs.univie.ac.at/paw2025/
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.
What great pleasure to receive a hot-off-the-digital-press copy of the HPS&ST Sept newsletter on the way back from an incredible week in Slovenia! Always love browsing the new book & article sections. Tireless work by Michael Matthews, as always. #HPS #philsky #histsky
www.hpsst.com/uploads/6/2/...
www.hpsst.com/uploads/6/2/...
www.hpsst.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What great pleasure to receive a hot-off-the-digital-press copy of the HPS&ST Sept newsletter on the way back from an incredible week in Slovenia! Always love browsing the new book & article sections. Tireless work by Michael Matthews, as always. #HPS #philsky #histsky
www.hpsst.com/uploads/6/2/...
www.hpsst.com/uploads/6/2/...
I don't usually post about my hobbies, but I spend almost all of my "free" time frolicking around the fiber arts. Joining good friend Alina Serban #co-rizom at the #MadeINdialogues closing conference. She will now talk about crafts and circularity in the Craft Heritage Reinterpreted panel.
September 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I don't usually post about my hobbies, but I spend almost all of my "free" time frolicking around the fiber arts. Joining good friend Alina Serban #co-rizom at the #MadeINdialogues closing conference. She will now talk about crafts and circularity in the Craft Heritage Reinterpreted panel.
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
Just realised that not enough of you have cited this paper. Worried about what that portends for racism.
philpapers.org/rec/HEEPBI
philpapers.org/rec/HEEPBI
Remco Heesen & Liam Kofi Bright, Publication bias is bad for science if not necessarily scientists. - PhilPapers
It might seem obvious that the scientific process should not be biased. We strive for reliable inference, and systematically skewing the results of inquiry apparently conflicts with this. Publication ...
philpapers.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Just realised that not enough of you have cited this paper. Worried about what that portends for racism.
philpapers.org/rec/HEEPBI
philpapers.org/rec/HEEPBI
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
Next stop: Vienna ➡️ Prague 🏛️💕
Arts behind the Iron Curtain: What kind of clues and real-life people is Anna-Marie Kroupová seeking in Prague's archives? 🕵️♀️ And why does the football-loving art historian sometimes wish she could cheer in the reading room as loudly as in the stadium? ⚽
Find out here: ⤵️
Arts behind the Iron Curtain: What kind of clues and real-life people is Anna-Marie Kroupová seeking in Prague's archives? 🕵️♀️ And why does the football-loving art historian sometimes wish she could cheer in the reading room as loudly as in the stadium? ⚽
Find out here: ⤵️
Arts behind the Iron Curtain
What kind of clues and real-life people is Anna-Marie Kroupová seeking in Prague's archives? And why does the football-loving art historian sometimes wish she could cheer in the reading room as loudly...
rudolphina.univie.ac.at
August 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Next stop: Vienna ➡️ Prague 🏛️💕
Arts behind the Iron Curtain: What kind of clues and real-life people is Anna-Marie Kroupová seeking in Prague's archives? 🕵️♀️ And why does the football-loving art historian sometimes wish she could cheer in the reading room as loudly as in the stadium? ⚽
Find out here: ⤵️
Arts behind the Iron Curtain: What kind of clues and real-life people is Anna-Marie Kroupová seeking in Prague's archives? 🕵️♀️ And why does the football-loving art historian sometimes wish she could cheer in the reading room as loudly as in the stadium? ⚽
Find out here: ⤵️
Happy #internationaldogday!
Was macht uns sozial? 🤔 Wir begleiten Psychologin & Neurowissenschafterin @magdalenaboch.bsky.social und Hündin Kalea ins Labor - beide sind Teil des Forschungsteams. 🐶🧑🔬
Dort wird daran gearbeitet, jene Hirnregionen zu entschlüsseln, die für unser Sozialverhalten entscheidend sind. 🗝️
Dort wird daran gearbeitet, jene Hirnregionen zu entschlüsseln, die für unser Sozialverhalten entscheidend sind. 🗝️
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Happy #internationaldogday!
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
New publication: In "Communicative AI", @coeckelbergh.bsky.social and @davidgunkel.bsky.social offer a critical introduction to #LLMs, investigating the philosophical significance of this technology and its practical ramifications.
Find out more: ⤵️ #AI
Find out more: ⤵️ #AI
Communicative AI: A Critical Introduction to Large Language Models
Communicative AI: A Critical Introduction to Large Language Models, Large Language Models (LLMs), like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s LaMDA, are some of the most disruptive and controversial technologi...
www.politybooks.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New publication: In "Communicative AI", @coeckelbergh.bsky.social and @davidgunkel.bsky.social offer a critical introduction to #LLMs, investigating the philosophical significance of this technology and its practical ramifications.
Find out more: ⤵️ #AI
Find out more: ⤵️ #AI
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
In two weeks, the Stellar Origins 2025 conference starts in Vienna! Check out the programme 👉 stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/program/ and follow @stellarorigins2025.bsky.social for the latests results on star formation and what we have learned from ALMA, JWST, and Gaia observations 🔭💫 @univie.ac.at
Program
Program
stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at
August 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In two weeks, the Stellar Origins 2025 conference starts in Vienna! Check out the programme 👉 stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/program/ and follow @stellarorigins2025.bsky.social for the latests results on star formation and what we have learned from ALMA, JWST, and Gaia observations 🔭💫 @univie.ac.at
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
🔥 Just out: We tracked how Austrians’ misbeliefs about COVID being a deliberately engineered #bioweapon shifted (or didn’t) over 2 years – and how threat perceptions & media exposure 🗞️ shaped belief updating & reinforcement. w/ N. Lebernegg, @schnizzl.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social 🧵
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🔥 Just out: We tracked how Austrians’ misbeliefs about COVID being a deliberately engineered #bioweapon shifted (or didn’t) over 2 years – and how threat perceptions & media exposure 🗞️ shaped belief updating & reinforcement. w/ N. Lebernegg, @schnizzl.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social 🧵
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
The ÖPG-SPS conference kicked off yesterday at the University of Vienna with a variety of public events. From Tuesday to Friday, renowned speakers will present the latest advancements in a range of research fields. We are looking forward to three more days full of exciting program items.⚛️ #IYQ2025 ⤵️
ÖPG-SPS Meeting Vienna 2025
ÖPG-SPS Meeting Vienna 2025
oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The ÖPG-SPS conference kicked off yesterday at the University of Vienna with a variety of public events. From Tuesday to Friday, renowned speakers will present the latest advancements in a range of research fields. We are looking forward to three more days full of exciting program items.⚛️ #IYQ2025 ⤵️
Reposted by Lynn Chiu
On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image*, rotated 90°!
In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ
In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image*, rotated 90°!
In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ
In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ