David Ludwig
@davidludwig.bsky.social
Philosopher of science, mostly busy with transdisciplinary action research on environment/food/society. Assoc prof at Wageningen University, Netherlands. More here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LCzGlYMAAAAJ&hl=en
The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!
There are still a few days to submit an abstract to this great @tapuya.org Special Issue on "Transdisciplinary research for socio-environmental challenges" that grew out of our Global Epistemologies and Ontologies (GEOS) Project.
October 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
There are still a few days to submit an abstract to this great @tapuya.org Special Issue on "Transdisciplinary research for socio-environmental challenges" that grew out of our Global Epistemologies and Ontologies (GEOS) Project.
“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
Exciting times for philosophy of economics
April 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Exciting times for philosophy of economics
Join us in Newcastle for the "Understanding Science Co-Creation in Climate and Environmental Research" conference 19-20 June!
March 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us in Newcastle for the "Understanding Science Co-Creation in Climate and Environmental Research" conference 19-20 June!
If you're in the Netherlands, join us for this little "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" event next Monday afternoon, 24 Feb
February 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you're in the Netherlands, join us for this little "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" event next Monday afternoon, 24 Feb
If you're in Belgium, join us for this nice seminar with David Azupogo (Millar Insitute, Ghana) on "Doing Development. Epistemic Justice and the Integration of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Research and development." in Ghent on Jan 9.
January 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you're in Belgium, join us for this nice seminar with David Azupogo (Millar Insitute, Ghana) on "Doing Development. Epistemic Justice and the Integration of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Research and development." in Ghent on Jan 9.
Back home in Berlin for the winter holidays and for evening walks at the Schlachtensee
December 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Back home in Berlin for the winter holidays and for evening walks at the Schlachtensee
My favorite news headline today. I'm imagining an investigative Bloomberg journalist unmasking the sinister union plot: "We'll make it look like an effort to improve labor conditions but what we truly desire is to disrupt Christmas! 🎄"
December 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
My favorite news headline today. I'm imagining an investigative Bloomberg journalist unmasking the sinister union plot: "We'll make it look like an effort to improve labor conditions but what we truly desire is to disrupt Christmas! 🎄"
thegreatestbooks.org casually putting Hitler's Mein Kampf on Nr. 28 of the greatest German books of all time between Thomas Mann & Max Weber is not what I was looking for...
December 18, 2024 at 11:33 AM
thegreatestbooks.org casually putting Hitler's Mein Kampf on Nr. 28 of the greatest German books of all time between Thomas Mann & Max Weber is not what I was looking for...
Last academic workshop of the year took my to Edinburgh for the first time. What a beautiful place.
December 16, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Last academic workshop of the year took my to Edinburgh for the first time. What a beautiful place.
"Rivers across worlds: A conceptual framework for ontological inclusion & exclusion in participatory water governance" is out now. Very grateful to Thomas for this collaboration, bringing water governance & philosophy together
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 AM
"Rivers across worlds: A conceptual framework for ontological inclusion & exclusion in participatory water governance" is out now. Very grateful to Thomas for this collaboration, bringing water governance & philosophy together
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our event on "Political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" collides with the protest in The Hague against the funding cuts in Dutch higher education. Please join the protests on 25 Nov and join our event in February instead campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/st...
November 19, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Our event on "Political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" collides with the protest in The Hague against the funding cuts in Dutch higher education. Please join the protests on 25 Nov and join our event in February instead campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/st...
If you're in the Netherlands on 25 Nov - we're doing an informal roundtable on "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" in Wageningen in the afternoon. Feel free to join!
November 14, 2024 at 12:33 PM
If you're in the Netherlands on 25 Nov - we're doing an informal roundtable on "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" in Wageningen in the afternoon. Feel free to join!
I was interviewed by the journal "GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society". For the full journal issue see here www.oekom.de/ausgabe/03-2...
November 5, 2024 at 1:48 PM
I was interviewed by the journal "GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society". For the full journal issue see here www.oekom.de/ausgabe/03-2...
After 3 months, my last days in Beijing with the obligatory Tsinghua University goodbye photo. I'll be back though :)
October 25, 2024 at 7:29 AM
After 3 months, my last days in Beijing with the obligatory Tsinghua University goodbye photo. I'll be back though :)
Teaching a PhD course on "Philosophy of Science in Action" at CAS Beijing next Monday. If you're around and want to join, let me know!
October 18, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Teaching a PhD course on "Philosophy of Science in Action" at CAS Beijing next Monday. If you're around and want to join, let me know!
How can scientists collaborate globally on AI safety, climate change, or pandemics in times of "China vs. the West" narratives? Great conversations on tricky questions of international solidarity at Science & Technology Ethics Symposium of the Chinese Academy of Science.
October 18, 2024 at 5:42 AM
How can scientists collaborate globally on AI safety, climate change, or pandemics in times of "China vs. the West" narratives? Great conversations on tricky questions of international solidarity at Science & Technology Ethics Symposium of the Chinese Academy of Science.
Nice report on our project "Global Dialogues About Science Governance" at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. www.ihns.ac.cn/xwdt/xsdt/20...
September 27, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Nice report on our project "Global Dialogues About Science Governance" at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. www.ihns.ac.cn/xwdt/xsdt/20...
If you’re in Beijing, join us at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for my talk with great discussants
September 6, 2024 at 6:05 AM
If you’re in Beijing, join us at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for my talk with great discussants
My workplace in Beijing for the next 3 months. The institute for the history of the natural sciences of the Chinese Academy of Science is an inspiring place to be :)
August 13, 2024 at 9:50 AM
My workplace in Beijing for the next 3 months. The institute for the history of the natural sciences of the Chinese Academy of Science is an inspiring place to be :)
Very excited that my long-time collaborator & friend @charbelelhani.bsky.social found his way to Bluesky. Follow him for an exciting mix of philosophy of biology, science education, pragmatism, ethnobiology, and intercultural philosophy :)
December 4, 2023 at 9:33 AM
Very excited that my long-time collaborator & friend @charbelelhani.bsky.social found his way to Bluesky. Follow him for an exciting mix of philosophy of biology, science education, pragmatism, ethnobiology, and intercultural philosophy :)
The way to Wageningen being particularly gorgeous today.
November 6, 2023 at 9:29 AM
The way to Wageningen being particularly gorgeous today.
Welcome to BlueSky, @aressiorec.bsky.social! Adriana is a PhD candidate in our group in Wageningen, doing amazing research on multispecies care, social movements, & environmental policy in Brazil. Consider following her :)
October 28, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Welcome to BlueSky, @aressiorec.bsky.social! Adriana is a PhD candidate in our group in Wageningen, doing amazing research on multispecies care, social movements, & environmental policy in Brazil. Consider following her :)
The state of X. At least I'm finally done with cross posting and ready to let go. Only blue skies from now on.
October 27, 2023 at 4:44 PM
The state of X. At least I'm finally done with cross posting and ready to let go. Only blue skies from now on.