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Matilde Carrera
@matildecarrera.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Science, Boston University. From Italy 🌒🌊
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Happy to welcome Dr. Mason Majszak as visiting researcher to our Phi-Geo Research Group this term! He's currently working on a Swiss National Science Foundation/NYU project "Understanding risk perception & decision-making for climate change adaptation under uncertainty"
www.masonmajszak.com
#philsci
January 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Writing is a big part of being a researcher, but grad students are rarely trained to do it well. Three researchers who double as writing instructors share their strategies for making the process more productive than painful: spklr.io/633238aIlD

#AcademicSky #SciWri #AcademicWriting
Three tips for scientific writing: a guide for graduate students
Do you struggle with the blank page? These strategies could help.
spklr.io
January 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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New on the Archive:

Bocchi, Federica and Currie, Adrian (2026) Ecologies of the Past. [Preprint]

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27880/
January 13, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Registration is open for this event 16-17 March @royalsociety.org with programme (titles and abstracts) available online: royalsociety.org/science-even.... In person and online.
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org
AIDE Summer
AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, metascience, epistemology, or other areas with potenti...
aidesummer.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @ccmmody.bsky.social and me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue!

In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social

Deadline July 15 - spread the word!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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In his forthcoming 📃 in @jrnlofphil.bsky.social, Grant Ramsey shows that a long-standing thesis held by philosophers of biology & evolutionary biologists—that fitness depends on population size, n—is based on conceptual & mathematical errors 👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27701/ #philsky #HPBio #evosky
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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➡️New article out⬅️

The Fate of Behavioral Modernity

by Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social

Free reading link: rdcu.be/eUOUH
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The next conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement will take place at Edinburgh on 22-25 June.

Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.

Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
Events – The Society for the Study of Measurement
measurementsociety.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Still time to sign up for the talk tomorrow!

#philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
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
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...
hugera.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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New History & Philosophy of Physics network in Boston! Join us: open to locals and visitors. Check out the inaugural colloquium program & sign up to our mailing list and register for the inaugural lecture given by Peter Galison: www.bu.edu/cphs/boston-...

#philsci #histsci #philsky
September 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My paper "Models and Analogies in the Reconstruction of Extinct Life" is also out now in this volume dedicated to Hesse ⬇️
#HPS #PaleoSky #Philsky ⚒️
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
September 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In Groningen for #EPSA25. I am extreamely happy of being part of the symposium on “Race in Genomics” organized by @celsoneto.bsky.social. Very engaging, detailed and thought provoking talks on the use and misuse of race and ancestry labels in genomics studies. #philsci
August 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Congratulations to @matildecarrera.bsky.social on her superb defense today of a fantastic dissertation prospectus! She is now officially ABD! 🎉
#philsci #phigeo
August 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Coming out of my dissertation project, I propose to distinguish population concepts according to the different stages of the modeling process and that this highlights epistemic and ethical challenges in inferring human ancestry and past demographic histories.
Great talk by our #PhiGeo member @matildecarrera.bsky.social on "Ancestry & Populations: Clarifying concepts for inferences about human demographic histories" at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social
#philsci #ISHPSSB2025
July 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Coming *very* soon #philsci
July 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Frequently, geneticists defend the objectivity of “ancestry” over the subjective and loaded notion of “race.” This framing of the opposition is very misleading, however. Below, collaborator @yashaddad.bsky.social explores how values and biases can shape ancestry.

#popgen
#evobio
#STS
#philsky
June 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In the last two days, I had the opportunity to learn about science policy and advocacy and put it into practice visiting Capitol Hill as part of the @aaas.org
Case Workshop. Working alongside the delegation of fellow PhD students from BU, UMass Amherst and MIT was truly inspiring. #MakingOurCase
April 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Starter pack for @aaas.org Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop, where #STEM students are learning tools for effective science communication and civic engagement.

Just ask @hannaherf.bsky.social or comment to be added!

#MakingOurCASE #DefendResearch

go.bsky.app/GMNpSh3
April 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Congrats to Phi-Geo grad Matilde Carrera @matildecarrera.bsky.social for being accepted to the competitive AI & Data Ethics Summer Institute at Northeastern this summer, as well as accepted to the upcoming AAAS Workshop: Catalyzing Advocacy in Science & Engineering, April 6-9 in D.C. 🙌 #philsci
April 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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New publication OA #philsci — where I discuss the epistemic nature of three possible varieties of ‘local knowledges’ and defend their importance for fulfilling human rights — from the right to participate in science to the right to food and right to clean water www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Local knowledges and the right to participate in science | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Local knowledges and the right to participate in science
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March 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Applying to grad school can be challenging, especially for first-gen and minority students. BU Minority&Philosophy chapter organized a workshop w/ faculty members and current grad students to help our junior&seniors students navigating the process! Good turnout and productive conversations!
March 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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A nice Phi-Geo group trip to @harvardmuseums.bsky.social to see exhibit Measuring Difference & hear a wonderful presentation by @chattyprofessor.bsky.social, artist Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez & #histmed Pablo Gómez, who spoke about roots of medical data about bodies in Atlantic slave trade. #philsci
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I am thrilled to share that I was selected as one of four BU PhD students to attend the 2025 #CASEWorkshop organized by @aaas.org. Looking forward to contributing a #HPS & #philsci perspective to the discussions on #SciencePolicy. #MakingOurCASE @hps-aaas.bsky.social

www.aaas.org/programs/cat...
Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop
www.aaas.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM