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Laura Menatti
@lauramenatti.bsky.social
Philosopher
Associate Researcher IHPST @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social
https://ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr/
#health #environment #landscape #philosophy #philmed #philscihttps://lauramenatti.weebly.com/about-me.html
Happy to share I've published a new chapter on how we think about #health and #environment.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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New chapter co-authored with William Bechtel on the notion of heterarchy #philbio

"Autonomy and Heterarchy: Organizing Control in Biological Organisms"

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Autonomy and Heterarchy: Organizing Control in Biological Organisms
In order to maintain themselves as systems far from equilibrium with their environment, organisms must control the operation of numerous production mechanisms. Control involves mechanisms that make or...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Happy to share that I have obtained my #HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) at the University #Paris 1 #Sorbonne, a milestone in the French system. Grateful to #IHPST, and the the jury who made this moment truly special. Even my dog was there! #philosophy #health #environment #landscape
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Me, on Friday, after months of writing and years of doing philosophy. One of the most important qualifications of French research. Honored and a bit anxious ;) #france #research #philosophy #HDR #environment #health
ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr/actualite/so...
Soutenance HDR - IHPST
Laura MENATTI soutiendra son habilitation à diriger des recherches de l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne le vendredi 7 novembre 2025 à 14h dans la Salle de conférences de l’IHPST (13 rue du Four, ...
ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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➡️New article out⬅️

@leonardobich.bsky.social and @lauramenatti.bsky.social
argue that health is not about balance or stability, but about adapting and transforming in response to changing circumstances — the capacity for adaptive change.

link.springer.com/journal/13752
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Very pleased to present a new paired book review in Landscape Research Journal: Guido Caniglia explores “Discard Studies” (Liboiron & Lepawsky, MIT Press) and “Wasteocene” (Armiero, Cambridge UP). Have a look here 🙏 :
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#landscape #waste #research #books #review
Waste landscapes, through time and space
Published in Landscape Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Happy to announce our new paper co-authored with @lauramenatti.bsky.social on the relationship between homeostasis and health just published open access in
Biological Theory!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change - Biological Theory
All living systems need to regulate themselves and coordinate the activities of their parts to maintain themselves under changing conditions. Historically, homeostasis is one of the central ideas that...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Speaking tomorrow at the #ESEH2025 eseh2025.com panel 'Minding Nature: The Place of Cognition in Environmental History'! My online talk is on: 'Salutogenic Affordances: Situating and Promoting Health Within the Environments and Landscapes' #cognition #health #salutogenesis #affordance #environment
Climate Histories Conference Theme - ESEH Conference 2025
The ESEH 2025 Conference will be held August 18th - 22nd, 2025 with the theme Climate Histories. Join our mailing list for updates.
eseh2025.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Heading to #ishpssb2025 #ish2025 to present our paper coauthored with @lauramenatti.bsky.social “Homeostasis and Health: from balance to change” recently accepted for publication in Biological Theory
July 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Next week, thrilled to go back to #Paris #sciencespo to give a talk about 'Landscapes and medical spaces: psychological and philosophical perspectives' #health #natural and #built #environments #landscape #philosophy #psychology.

www.sciencespo.fr/institut-tra...
AIRE Annual Conference
This event will assemble the burgeoning environmental research community at Sciences Po, along with external partners. The agenda includes three panel sessions, a lunch, two keynote lectures and a clo...
www.sciencespo.fr
June 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Posting about events only after they happen feels like showing off. Let's announce before to include more people-both in person and online. Let’s move away from exclusive academic culture and make space for everyone. #InclusiveAcademia #CommunityMatters #EventAccessibility
May 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🥳Happy to share I've been appointed as an associate researcher at the Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne & CNRS. #philsci #science #philosophy #Paris ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr lauramenatti.weebly.com/about-me.html
IHPST | IHPST
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March 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
So happy: for the next 2 months I'll be visiting the Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des sciences et des Techniques (IHPST), Paris 1 Sorbonne. Thrilled to have received a fellowship to work on #environment #health #philosophy of #science in this amazing place. ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr
IHPST | IHPST
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February 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Very proud of @leonardobich.bsky.social! It is now clear what the organizational account in #PhilBio entails and the direction it is taking! #philscience #science #biology #organism
December 5, 2024 at 12:01 PM
My recent talk about #health #environment #evidence at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh is now available to watch on YouTube!
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yskb...
🌐 Or check it out on my website: lauramenatti.weebly.com/news/new-tal...
November 26, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Next November 12th, 12p.m Pittsburgh (6. p.m Paris time) I will give a talk on line at @Center4PhilSci about #health and #environment. If interested in #medicine #philosophy #climate and #wellbeing here's the abstract and the link: www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/fff-la...
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November 8, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Join our ESEH panel: "Minding Nature: The Role of Cognition in Environmental History." If you could present on something that would fit the below abstract, send me an abstract by 12 Nov. We will get back to you on the 13th.

The conference takes place in Uppsala, 18-22 August. #Envhist #envhum
November 5, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Coming soon (open access!)

www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Biological Organization
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Biological Organization
www.cambridge.org
October 28, 2024 at 9:59 AM
So proud of this collaborative chapter with
@KLIAustria fellows!We propose a framework on #adaptation to #climatechange through #interdisciplinarity. Our work is an example of #philosophy of #science in synergy with #biology and #social #sustainability #sciences. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Adapting to Heatwaves: Reframing, Understanding, and Translating Strategies from India to the EU
To achieve the recommendation stated in the title, we propose the following:...
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September 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Here at the great 7th International Conference on Salutogenesis iuhpeconferences24.umed.pl/programmes/7... #salutogenesis #health #healthpromotion #philmed #philosophy
June 19, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Almost there with a paper about #climate #adaptation I am writing with @coreybunce.bsky.social Thank you to
Derek Skilling derekjskillings.com for organising this! #philosophy #science #biology
June 8, 2024 at 12:59 PM