Elis Jones
@elisj.bsky.social
Philosopher and sociologist; focused on marine science, and on interactions between 'value' and science. Based at Technical University Munich.
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Canadian Society for the History & Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) invites submissions for its next annual meeting, to be held in Halifax June 4-6, 2026. Submission Deadline: Saturday January 10, 2026 #HPS
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Announcing the 9th Notes and Records Essay Award
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November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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PhD project in philosophy of science in practice. The main PI is Sara Green. Check it out!
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PhD Project in Philosophy of Science: Philosophical Perspectives on Animal Models in Translational Neuroscience
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September 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
PhD project in philosophy of science in practice. The main PI is Sara Green. Check it out!
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employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
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Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
September 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
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Just out / 1: “methods in philosophy of science”, #OA heroically assembled by Adrian Currie & Sophie Veigl. Comments welcome on mine & @Rachel Ankeny’s “Research design for philosophy of science in practice”, topic close to our hearts & constant source of questions! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
Methods in the Philosophy of Science
The last twenty years have seen multiple methodological revolutions in the philosophy of science: There has been increased diversity concerning the questions...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just out / 1: “methods in philosophy of science”, #OA heroically assembled by Adrian Currie & Sophie Veigl. Comments welcome on mine & @Rachel Ankeny’s “Research design for philosophy of science in practice”, topic close to our hearts & constant source of questions! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
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Very excited for this to finally be published!! As someone who will soon graduate with a PhD in Environmental Intelligence (EI), it has always been difficult to explain what EI is. Sabina's new paper answers these questions and provides a roadmap for future EI research 🌿🐝👩🏻💻 🦠🎋
Just out /2: condensing years of thinking, my philosophical examination of “Environmental Intelligence” as framing for foundations of #AI is on @harvarddataverse.bsky.social ! Officially published with commentaries in October, but sneak preview here: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/mx9vpa0b... #philsci 🧪
Environmental Intelligence: Redefining the Philosophical Premises of AI
Forthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Very excited for this to finally be published!! As someone who will soon graduate with a PhD in Environmental Intelligence (EI), it has always been difficult to explain what EI is. Sabina's new paper answers these questions and provides a roadmap for future EI research 🌿🐝👩🏻💻 🦠🎋
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And first up @elisj.bsky.social kicks us off. Do we need a philosophy of marine science? He starts with the sense that there is no such thing as “marine science”… Whatever we take this to mean by that, do we need a specific philosophical approach/approaches to it?
July 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And first up @elisj.bsky.social kicks us off. Do we need a philosophy of marine science? He starts with the sense that there is no such thing as “marine science”… Whatever we take this to mean by that, do we need a specific philosophical approach/approaches to it?
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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
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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
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Sorry to miss it! On history and philosophy of ocean science see our projects www.skaje.uk/ocean-and-us/ funded by RSE. We have a special issue of the journal Marine Policy almost complete on coastal communities and local knowledge www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... plus a book coming out soon!
Ocean & Us - Scientific Knowledge Across Jurisdictions + Ocean and Us
Ocean & Us A two-year cross-disciplinary Research Network A two-year cross-disciplinary Research Network hosted by the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinb...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sorry to miss it! On history and philosophy of ocean science see our projects www.skaje.uk/ocean-and-us/ funded by RSE. We have a special issue of the journal Marine Policy almost complete on coastal communities and local knowledge www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... plus a book coming out soon!
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New semester, new lecture series 🎉
Starting next Monday, we welcome amazing scholars to give talks in #HPBio and medicine - always at 4pm CET on zoom. The first talk will be by @msimang.bsky.social and later in the semester we will hear @stellasandford.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social and many more 🤩
Starting next Monday, we welcome amazing scholars to give talks in #HPBio and medicine - always at 4pm CET on zoom. The first talk will be by @msimang.bsky.social and later in the semester we will hear @stellasandford.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social and many more 🤩
April 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New semester, new lecture series 🎉
Starting next Monday, we welcome amazing scholars to give talks in #HPBio and medicine - always at 4pm CET on zoom. The first talk will be by @msimang.bsky.social and later in the semester we will hear @stellasandford.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social and many more 🤩
Starting next Monday, we welcome amazing scholars to give talks in #HPBio and medicine - always at 4pm CET on zoom. The first talk will be by @msimang.bsky.social and later in the semester we will hear @stellasandford.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social and many more 🤩
For those in Vienna 4th March - I will give a talk titled 'What is Normal? Shifting Baselines in Biology' at the University of Vienna Interaction and Evolution of Organisms Seminar Series
More info:
ecology.univie.ac.at/news/news-de...
More info:
ecology.univie.ac.at/news/news-de...
Interaction and Evolution of Organisms Seminar Series
04.03.2025 - 10.06.2025
Place: UBB HS1 (13:15-14:45), Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Vienna
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February 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
For those in Vienna 4th March - I will give a talk titled 'What is Normal? Shifting Baselines in Biology' at the University of Vienna Interaction and Evolution of Organisms Seminar Series
More info:
ecology.univie.ac.at/news/news-de...
More info:
ecology.univie.ac.at/news/news-de...
Today I left Twitter. To help avoid Twitter's fate, it would be nice if Bluesky would commit to allowing people to move between platforms and take their networks with them: pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...
Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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January 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Today I left Twitter. To help avoid Twitter's fate, it would be nice if Bluesky would commit to allowing people to move between platforms and take their networks with them: pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...
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Check out the new SPSP Newsletter #22, covering biomedical validation, philosophy of science for and with astrophysics, "evolving evolution", Uni of Valpareiso highlights, ... #philsci #philbio #philmed
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SPSP Newsletter # 22
November 2024
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December 2, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Check out the new SPSP Newsletter #22, covering biomedical validation, philosophy of science for and with astrophysics, "evolving evolution", Uni of Valpareiso highlights, ... #philsci #philbio #philmed
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New paper w N Sheehan & F Botta comparing forms of open governance of sequencing data. We use data mining, network analysis, bibliometrics and philosophy/history to investigate how data infrastructures facilitate global collaboration & enhance diversity datascience.codata.org/articles/10.... 🧪
Unrestricted Versus Regulated Open Data Governance: A Bibliometric Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleotide Sequence Databases - Data Science Journal
The CODATA Data Science Journal is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal, publishing papers on the management, dissemination, use and reuse of research data and databases across all researc...
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May 14, 2024 at 8:35 AM
New paper w N Sheehan & F Botta comparing forms of open governance of sequencing data. We use data mining, network analysis, bibliometrics and philosophy/history to investigate how data infrastructures facilitate global collaboration & enhance diversity datascience.codata.org/articles/10.... 🧪
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Funded Masters scholarships, with accessible entry requirements! Brilliant to see creation of such vital, affordable, entry points to academia for all @uniofexeter.bsky.social.
Pls pass word on to promising students interested in #medhumanities #medsociology #histmed #STS #histstm #OneHealth etc
Pls pass word on to promising students interested in #medhumanities #medsociology #histmed #STS #histstm #OneHealth etc
Wellcome Centre on X: "We are offering two scholarships worth £3,500 each for full-time students enrolling on our MA programme for a September 2024 start. Find out more here! https://t.co/fwvoAdi3Sc https://t.co/oe6fJrUAoL" / X
We are offering two scholarships worth £3,500 each for full-time students enrolling on our MA programme for a September 2024 start. Find out more here! https://t.co/fwvoAdi3Sc https://t.co/oe6fJrUAoL
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May 14, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Funded Masters scholarships, with accessible entry requirements! Brilliant to see creation of such vital, affordable, entry points to academia for all @uniofexeter.bsky.social.
Pls pass word on to promising students interested in #medhumanities #medsociology #histmed #STS #histstm #OneHealth etc
Pls pass word on to promising students interested in #medhumanities #medsociology #histmed #STS #histstm #OneHealth etc
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Latest Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice Newsletter:
- Celebrating Helen Longino
- John Dupré’s retirement from Egenis
- Interviews on books of Greg Radick & @msuarez.bsky.social
- 10th SPSP conference
- Sean Valles' Proust Questionnaire
sway.cloud.microsoft/0lkMmAvYENSo... #philsci
- Celebrating Helen Longino
- John Dupré’s retirement from Egenis
- Interviews on books of Greg Radick & @msuarez.bsky.social
- 10th SPSP conference
- Sean Valles' Proust Questionnaire
sway.cloud.microsoft/0lkMmAvYENSo... #philsci
SPSP Newsletter # 21
June 2024
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June 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Latest Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice Newsletter:
- Celebrating Helen Longino
- John Dupré’s retirement from Egenis
- Interviews on books of Greg Radick & @msuarez.bsky.social
- 10th SPSP conference
- Sean Valles' Proust Questionnaire
sway.cloud.microsoft/0lkMmAvYENSo... #philsci
- Celebrating Helen Longino
- John Dupré’s retirement from Egenis
- Interviews on books of Greg Radick & @msuarez.bsky.social
- 10th SPSP conference
- Sean Valles' Proust Questionnaire
sway.cloud.microsoft/0lkMmAvYENSo... #philsci
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Registrations are open for “Understanding Life in a Changing Planet” conference in Exeter on 17-19/04/2024 to celebrate 20+2 years of #Egenis! Check out the amazing line-up and do join us - you can also submit a poster proposal, deadline this Friday sociology.exeter.ac.uk/research/sts...
December 11, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Registrations are open for “Understanding Life in a Changing Planet” conference in Exeter on 17-19/04/2024 to celebrate 20+2 years of #Egenis! Check out the amazing line-up and do join us - you can also submit a poster proposal, deadline this Friday sociology.exeter.ac.uk/research/sts...
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🚨 Event Alert🚨 Talk “Forests as Technologies” by Prof Jennifer Gabrys (Cambridge) this Monday, Nov 20, 15:30 GMT, at EGENIS. Join us via Zoom at www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
#philsci #HPBio #philsky #STS #philbio
#philsci #HPBio #philsky #STS #philbio
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November 19, 2023 at 5:05 PM
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*Big event alert* April 17-19 2024, Egenis (Exeter Centre for Study of Life Sciences)celebrates its 20 + 2 anniversary with conference “Understanding Life in a Changing Planet”. www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... Call for Posters, deadline 15/12, here: philevents.org/event/show/1... do join us!
October 30, 2023 at 10:54 AM
*Big event alert* April 17-19 2024, Egenis (Exeter Centre for Study of Life Sciences)celebrates its 20 + 2 anniversary with conference “Understanding Life in a Changing Planet”. www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... Call for Posters, deadline 15/12, here: philevents.org/event/show/1... do join us!
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💥We are hiring in Philosophy of Science!💥
Assistant Prof, Tenure-track
Philosophy Dept, Boston University
AOS: Philosophy of Science
AOC: Open, Applied Ethics preferred
Writing sample, 3 LoR, CV, Research Statement, Teaching Dossier & Diversity Statement
💥Due Nov 1st 💥
philjobs.org/job/show/24278
Assistant Prof, Tenure-track
Philosophy Dept, Boston University
AOS: Philosophy of Science
AOC: Open, Applied Ethics preferred
Writing sample, 3 LoR, CV, Research Statement, Teaching Dossier & Diversity Statement
💥Due Nov 1st 💥
philjobs.org/job/show/24278
September 25, 2023 at 9:56 AM
💥We are hiring in Philosophy of Science!💥
Assistant Prof, Tenure-track
Philosophy Dept, Boston University
AOS: Philosophy of Science
AOC: Open, Applied Ethics preferred
Writing sample, 3 LoR, CV, Research Statement, Teaching Dossier & Diversity Statement
💥Due Nov 1st 💥
philjobs.org/job/show/24278
Assistant Prof, Tenure-track
Philosophy Dept, Boston University
AOS: Philosophy of Science
AOC: Open, Applied Ethics preferred
Writing sample, 3 LoR, CV, Research Statement, Teaching Dossier & Diversity Statement
💥Due Nov 1st 💥
philjobs.org/job/show/24278