Pablo Fernandez Velasco
pfvelasco.bsky.social
Pablo Fernandez Velasco
@pfvelasco.bsky.social
British Academy postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory.
Working across philosophy and cognitive science.
Interested in disorientation, navigation, and ecological grief.
pablofernandezvelasco.com
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Really excited to be organising this one. Such a fantastic group of speakers. I can’t wait to discuss with them about what atmospheres are, how they unfold and why they matter.

With @lucyosler.bsky.social @keithallenyork.bsky.social @reaveyp.bsky.social
@joelkrueger.com
@reaveyp.bsky.social
Affective Atmospheres
18–19 Feb 2026, Glasgow
Supported by Royal Institute of Philosophy

In-person conference bringing together philosophy, anthropology, geography, art, architecture & psychology.

Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK...

More info placememory.net/affective-at...

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Latest papers: Kris Goffin & Alfred Archer argue that the use of AI applications to recognise people’s emotions risks bringing about tow forms of affective harm in this open access paper doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
January 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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What if we could tell you how well you’ll remember your next visit to your local coffee shop? ☕️

In our new Nature Human Behaviour paper, we show that the 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 can be measured with neuroimaging – and 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸.
January 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Still time to register for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow.
A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk
Artwork by Jinjoon Lee
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Affective Atmospheres
Philosophical Foundations and Interdisciplinary Approaches A two-day conference examining how atmospheres shape places and experience, drawing together philosophy with anthropology, geography, art,…
placememory.net
December 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Each summer, I lead a week-long creative retreat for environmental researchers & academics on Catalina Island. We develop your most ambitious project ideas. It's truly life-changing.

Applications for the 2026 Storymakers fellowship are now open! Deadline is Feb 1. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/enga...
Storymakers Program - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
dornsife.usc.edu
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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As 2025 winds down, I've been recollecting ESPP 2025 we organized in Warsaw.
All the keynotes and symposia are now up on YouTube for your procrastination pleasure. Plus full symposium sessions and Q&As. Perfect background listening for grading marathons or post-holiday-dinner recovery. 1/2
December 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14
December 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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What has my research lab been up to in 2025?
Time for a wrap up of our research!

This image is a gathering of key figures from our 2025 publications:

Links to publications in the replies:
#spierslab #research #neuroskyence
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Hurrah! Should never have left though.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk

More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...

#cogsci #neuroskyence
PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.

The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Killer Whales Find an ‘Unlikely Friend’ in Dolphins

Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals.

By @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
Killer Whales Find an ‘Unlikely Friend’ in Dolphins
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I was just starting to look into the connection of olfaction (which I know very little about) and navigation. And these references are incredibly helpful!
December 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The Press and @openmindjournal.bsky.social are pleased to announce a partnership with Lyrasis through the Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP).

Learn how your institution can support this initiative to continue providing the latest #cogsci research—free of charge—here: bit.ly/452nMma
The MIT Press and Open Mind partner with Lyrasis to support diamond open access publishing through the Open Access Community Investment Program
The Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP), an innovative model for community action, will seek support for MIT Press journal Open Mind through July 2026
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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One of this year's recipients of the prestigious Leibniz prize is a philosopher...
Vetter Wins Leibniz Prize - Daily Nous
Barbara Vetter, professor of theoretical philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, has been awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The Leibniz Prize is...
dailynous.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The new journal *Experimental Philosophy* is now open for submissions! Very glad to serve as an AE and looking forward to seeing this take off. #philsky
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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New publication from our team. Dale Leorke reflects on "play as a method," charting what emerges when the possibilities, positionalities, and power dynamics of using play in research intersect with personal experience and scholarly practice.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The sound of your uncle's laugh; an ice cream cone you had ten years ago. Why do we hold on to memories like these? Are they more than mere mental clutter?

Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @aliboyle.bsky.social & @jomahr.bsky.social!

Listen: disi.org/what-is-memo...
December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Why do people endorse seemingly extraordinary beliefs such as in pseudoscience & supernatural entities?

Leading approaches stress cognitive biases (like agency detection) & social dynamics (like signaling). Eli Stark-Elster & I argue that experience matters too & put fwd a framework explaining how.
December 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:

It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!

www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic. (Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Really excited to be organising this one. Such a fantastic group of speakers. I can’t wait to discuss with them about what atmospheres are, how they unfold and why they matter.

With @lucyosler.bsky.social @keithallenyork.bsky.social @reaveyp.bsky.social
@joelkrueger.com
@reaveyp.bsky.social
Affective Atmospheres
18–19 Feb 2026, Glasgow
Supported by Royal Institute of Philosophy

In-person conference bringing together philosophy, anthropology, geography, art, architecture & psychology.

Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK...

More info placememory.net/affective-at...

Art Jinjoon Lee ©2025
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM