Nicole C. Nelson
@nicolecnelson.bsky.social
Science & Technology Studies | History of Sci/Tech/Med | Qualitative Metascience | Medical Humanities.
Associate Prof at UW Madison.
🇨🇦 living in the 🇺🇸 married to a 🇩🇪.
Associate Prof at UW Madison.
🇨🇦 living in the 🇺🇸 married to a 🇩🇪.
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Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
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We are co-sponsoring this event - make sure to attend!
Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin
Friends of the Libraries 2025 Annual Schewe Lecture
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Steenbock Library
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Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin
Friends of the Libraries 2025 Annual Schewe Lecture
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Steenbock Library
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September 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are co-sponsoring this event - make sure to attend!
Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin
Friends of the Libraries 2025 Annual Schewe Lecture
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Steenbock Library
uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin
Friends of the Libraries 2025 Annual Schewe Lecture
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Steenbock Library
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Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies)
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
Jobs
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July 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies)
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
I had the pleasure of talking with @lucileveissier.bsky.social at #metascience2025 about what metascience is, how reproducibility problems rose to public attention, and more!
Suite à la conférence #metascience2025, mon interview de l'historienne des sciences @nicolecnelson.bsky.social à lire dans @themeta.news !
#VeilleESR #metascience
#VeilleESR #metascience
🟢 Aux origines de la metascience
Comment améliorer la science alors même qu'elle est attaquée ? Retour sur l'histoire du mouvement de la #metascience avec l'historienne des sciences Nicole Nelson
themeta.news/nicole-nelson/
#VeilleESR #metascience2025
Comment améliorer la science alors même qu'elle est attaquée ? Retour sur l'histoire du mouvement de la #metascience avec l'historienne des sciences Nicole Nelson
themeta.news/nicole-nelson/
#VeilleESR #metascience2025
July 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I had the pleasure of talking with @lucileveissier.bsky.social at #metascience2025 about what metascience is, how reproducibility problems rose to public attention, and more!
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#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
opensciencestudies.eu
June 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
Seeing lots in my feed today referencing the @cos.io statement and @theguardian.com op-ed on gold standard science, and IMHO most people are worrying about the wrong thing -- it's not *closing down* the flow of science into policy that worries me, it's a radical *opening up* of data for reanalysis
May 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Seeing lots in my feed today referencing the @cos.io statement and @theguardian.com op-ed on gold standard science, and IMHO most people are worrying about the wrong thing -- it's not *closing down* the flow of science into policy that worries me, it's a radical *opening up* of data for reanalysis
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4S is scoping out the level interest in creating a mutual support network for scholars of all stages w/ HSS and SHOT for “Cultivating Community Among International Scholars in Uncertain Times.”
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
Cultivating Community Among International Scholars in Uncertain Times—4S / HSS / SHOT Mutual Support Network Survey
At the recent meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies, the presidents of the Society for Social Studies of Science, History of Science Society, and Society for History of Technology began...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
4S is scoping out the level interest in creating a mutual support network for scholars of all stages w/ HSS and SHOT for “Cultivating Community Among International Scholars in Uncertain Times.”
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
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Call for collaborators!
We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science.
Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies.
Details: www.cos.io/rphb
We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science.
Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies.
Details: www.cos.io/rphb
Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB)
The Center for Open Science (COS) is launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB), which is a large-scale, multi-team effort to help support a transparent and trustworthy foundation in ...
www.cos.io
April 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Call for collaborators!
We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science.
Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies.
Details: www.cos.io/rphb
We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science.
Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies.
Details: www.cos.io/rphb
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It's that season once again 🍂 ☀️ ❄️ 🌱 so please spread the word: Science, Technology, & Human Values are pleased to announce that we are taking proposals for Special Issues of the journal 📬 ⏰ The call closes 21 June 2025 - and you can find details in the form: forms.gle/6uYdQim9J1z5...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It's that season once again 🍂 ☀️ ❄️ 🌱 so please spread the word: Science, Technology, & Human Values are pleased to announce that we are taking proposals for Special Issues of the journal 📬 ⏰ The call closes 21 June 2025 - and you can find details in the form: forms.gle/6uYdQim9J1z5...
The thing that I've always most enjoyed using social media for is posting photos of all my little projects, so in an effort to wean myself off of meta I'll start posting here. A 1:14 scale model of my sewing room, in progress!
February 16, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The thing that I've always most enjoyed using social media for is posting photos of all my little projects, so in an effort to wean myself off of meta I'll start posting here. A 1:14 scale model of my sewing room, in progress!
Don't have a team of potential editors already in mind, but would like to be part of the team that leads @estsjournal.bsky.social ? Send me an email! I am collecting up names and hold a Zoom call in a few weeks to introduce folks to each other and answer questions.
The call is now officially out for a new editorial team for
@estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS
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@estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS
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January 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Don't have a team of potential editors already in mind, but would like to be part of the team that leads @estsjournal.bsky.social ? Send me an email! I am collecting up names and hold a Zoom call in a few weeks to introduce folks to each other and answer questions.
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✨ #callforpapers ✨ - First STS India Network Conference in Delhi, 15-17 December 2025 - including tracks on histories of STS, digital STS, feminist STS and environmental STS: stsin.org/stsinc25/ #cfp #sts @ushar.bsky.social
The First STS India Network Conference
Co-shaping of Science, Technology and Society in India 15-17 December 2025 The National Capital Region of Delhi, India Call for Papers:The STS India Conference seeks to bring together scholars, edu…
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January 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
✨ #callforpapers ✨ - First STS India Network Conference in Delhi, 15-17 December 2025 - including tracks on histories of STS, digital STS, feminist STS and environmental STS: stsin.org/stsinc25/ #cfp #sts @ushar.bsky.social
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Expression of Interest:
Next editorial team for our diamond open access journal—
Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS)
More on the call here: www.4sonline.org/engaging_sci...
And for enquiries contact our Editor-in-Chief: estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
Next editorial team for our diamond open access journal—
Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS)
More on the call here: www.4sonline.org/engaging_sci...
And for enquiries contact our Editor-in-Chief: estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
Engaging Science, Technology, and SocietySearchMobile Menu
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January 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Expression of Interest:
Next editorial team for our diamond open access journal—
Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS)
More on the call here: www.4sonline.org/engaging_sci...
And for enquiries contact our Editor-in-Chief: estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
Next editorial team for our diamond open access journal—
Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS)
More on the call here: www.4sonline.org/engaging_sci...
And for enquiries contact our Editor-in-Chief: estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
The call is now officially out for a new editorial team for
@estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS
4sonline.org/news_manager...
@estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS
4sonline.org/news_manager...
Editor(s), Open-Access Journal Engaging Science, Technology, and SocietySearchMobile Menu
4sonline.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The call is now officially out for a new editorial team for
@estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS
4sonline.org/news_manager...
@estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS
4sonline.org/news_manager...
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“You can have great understandings of how people are supposed to make knowledge that do not work in practice"
S4 Ep8 @nicolecnelson.bsky.social talks to @cjcontarino.bsky.social about Ethnographies of Science
#HPS #STS 🧪
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S4 Ep8 @nicolecnelson.bsky.social talks to @cjcontarino.bsky.social about Ethnographies of Science
#HPS #STS 🧪
www.buzzsprout.com/2180146/epis...
S4 Ep 8 - Nicole C. Nelson on 'Ethnographies of Science' - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Today, Carmelina is joined by Dr. Nicole C. Nelson, Associate Professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nicole is an ethnographer of sci...
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November 6, 2024 at 7:45 PM
“You can have great understandings of how people are supposed to make knowledge that do not work in practice"
S4 Ep8 @nicolecnelson.bsky.social talks to @cjcontarino.bsky.social about Ethnographies of Science
#HPS #STS 🧪
www.buzzsprout.com/2180146/epis...
S4 Ep8 @nicolecnelson.bsky.social talks to @cjcontarino.bsky.social about Ethnographies of Science
#HPS #STS 🧪
www.buzzsprout.com/2180146/epis...
Saw that Outlook has a new pride color theme... I immediately tried it out, and it is disappointingly subtle. I really want to submit a support ticket that just says PRIDE THEME NOT GAY ENOUGH.
June 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Saw that Outlook has a new pride color theme... I immediately tried it out, and it is disappointingly subtle. I really want to submit a support ticket that just says PRIDE THEME NOT GAY ENOUGH.
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Deadline next Monday 01.04 for the Science Studies Symposium! Still time to apply. Event will be in Helsinki 6-7 June 2024 and focus on scientific contributions. Besides keynotes by Noortje Marres & Teun Zuiderent-Jerak we have also confirmed Minna Ruckenstein! #sts
www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
March 26, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Deadline next Monday 01.04 for the Science Studies Symposium! Still time to apply. Event will be in Helsinki 6-7 June 2024 and focus on scientific contributions. Besides keynotes by Noortje Marres & Teun Zuiderent-Jerak we have also confirmed Minna Ruckenstein! #sts
www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
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Join us for EASST-4S 2024 in Amsterdam to discuss: *Scientific cultures in conflict and transition: Studying reform in action* | @alexrushforth.bsky.social & @nicolecnelson.bsky.social
Session description behind link & below. We welcome papers from all across the #metasci and #sts communities. 1/
Session description behind link & below. We welcome papers from all across the #metasci and #sts communities. 1/
Open Panels - EASST-4S 2024
Conference programme
www.easst4s2024.net
November 27, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Join us for EASST-4S 2024 in Amsterdam to discuss: *Scientific cultures in conflict and transition: Studying reform in action* | @alexrushforth.bsky.social & @nicolecnelson.bsky.social
Session description behind link & below. We welcome papers from all across the #metasci and #sts communities. 1/
Session description behind link & below. We welcome papers from all across the #metasci and #sts communities. 1/
New publication day! Happy to announce that our paper on irreproducibility experiences and mental health is out. We found that irreproducibility is a nearly universal experience for biomedical science grads, and that ~25% had emotional responses to it that that interfered with their work/lives.
Experience of irreproducibility as a risk factor for poor mental health in biomedical science doctor...
High rates of irreproducibility and of poor mental health in graduate students have been reported in the biomedical sciences in the past ten years, but to date, little research has investigated whethe...
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November 16, 2023 at 4:54 PM
New publication day! Happy to announce that our paper on irreproducibility experiences and mental health is out. We found that irreproducibility is a nearly universal experience for biomedical science grads, and that ~25% had emotional responses to it that that interfered with their work/lives.
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🚨 It is time to announce (*drumroll*) that we are holding an STS School next year, June 2024 in Singapore. 4 packed days of seminars, workshops, keynotes and fieldtrips. See sthvschool.org for details and the call for applications! 🚨
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
sthvschool.org
November 13, 2023 at 11:01 PM
🚨 It is time to announce (*drumroll*) that we are holding an STS School next year, June 2024 in Singapore. 4 packed days of seminars, workshops, keynotes and fieldtrips. See sthvschool.org for details and the call for applications! 🚨
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As part of their History of Science Colloquium, the Princeton University History Department will host MHB Professor, @nicolecnelson.bsky.social on Thursday, October, 26th.
More info about the talk here: history.princeton.edu/news-events/...
More info about the talk here: history.princeton.edu/news-events/...
October 19, 2023 at 7:17 PM
As part of their History of Science Colloquium, the Princeton University History Department will host MHB Professor, @nicolecnelson.bsky.social on Thursday, October, 26th.
More info about the talk here: history.princeton.edu/news-events/...
More info about the talk here: history.princeton.edu/news-events/...
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All I've learned from reading a lot and studying on science is that these boundaries have always been fuzzy and that we don't have access to a complete picture of what science is or can/will/should be. I recommend reading history of science to every scientist. It'll shake your beliefs to its core.
September 20, 2023 at 8:27 PM
All I've learned from reading a lot and studying on science is that these boundaries have always been fuzzy and that we don't have access to a complete picture of what science is or can/will/should be. I recommend reading history of science to every scientist. It'll shake your beliefs to its core.
Trying to start off the new academic year right by moving away from the bird site, so I'm getting myself set up on Mastodon and trying this out as well. Here's a little about me:
I'm an STS scholar, but I also spend time in the history of sci/tech/med, metascience, and medical humanities.
I'm an STS scholar, but I also spend time in the history of sci/tech/med, metascience, and medical humanities.
September 5, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Trying to start off the new academic year right by moving away from the bird site, so I'm getting myself set up on Mastodon and trying this out as well. Here's a little about me:
I'm an STS scholar, but I also spend time in the history of sci/tech/med, metascience, and medical humanities.
I'm an STS scholar, but I also spend time in the history of sci/tech/med, metascience, and medical humanities.