The HPS Podcast
@hpspodcast.bsky.social
Award-winning podcast on the history, philosophy & social studies of science brought to you by graduate students from the University of Melbourne.
Season 5 hosted by @tespiteri.bsky.social
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Season 5 hosted by @tespiteri.bsky.social
🔗 https://linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
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🎉 50,000 listens! Thanks to everyone supporting The HPS Podcast, we're so grateful
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🎉 50,000 listens! Thanks to everyone supporting The HPS Podcast, we're so grateful
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
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This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 19/10/2025 · 50m
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October 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
🎉 50,000 listens! Thanks to everyone supporting The HPS Podcast, we're so grateful
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🎉 50,000 listens! Thanks to everyone supporting The HPS Podcast, we're so grateful
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS
Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6
(1/2)
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Uljana Feest’s 'Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration' provides a rigorous and insightful analysis of psychological research. This important contribution is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy and history of science. I’ve jotted dow some brief reflections below
Operationism recast as method: Feest’s epistemology of exploration - Metascience
Metascience -
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October 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Uljana Feest’s 'Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration' provides a rigorous and insightful analysis of psychological research. This important contribution is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy and history of science. I’ve jotted dow some brief reflections below
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What’s the first thing you do when you’re awarded a Nobel Prize?
Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️
Tap through to read more about Professor Robson’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry → unimelb.me/46YXtxo
Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️
Tap through to read more about Professor Robson’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry → unimelb.me/46YXtxo
October 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
What’s the first thing you do when you’re awarded a Nobel Prize?
Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️
Tap through to read more about Professor Robson’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry → unimelb.me/46YXtxo
Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️
Tap through to read more about Professor Robson’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry → unimelb.me/46YXtxo
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Registration for the 2025 AAHPSSS conference is now open!
For details, and to register, please see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
For details, and to register, please see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Registration for the 2025 AAHPSSS conference is now open!
For details, and to register, please see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
For details, and to register, please see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
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Such a pleasure to talk with @tespiteri.bsky.social on the HPS Podcast about Patriarchy Inc.
@allenandunwin.bsky.social
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
@allenandunwin.bsky.social
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
I sat down with Prof. Cordelia Fine for an in-depth discussion about her wonderful new book “Patriarchy, Inc.”
She critiques two dominant stories of inequality — the “different but equal” view and the “business case for diversity” — and sets out a richer vision of what equality should mean today.
She critiques two dominant stories of inequality — the “different but equal” view and the “business case for diversity” — and sets out a richer vision of what equality should mean today.
S5 E10 - Cordelia Fine on
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 03/10/2025 · 53m
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October 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Such a pleasure to talk with @tespiteri.bsky.social on the HPS Podcast about Patriarchy Inc.
@allenandunwin.bsky.social
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
@allenandunwin.bsky.social
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
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This week, we’re joined by Professor Miriam Solomon to discuss stigma and its impact on psychiatry — how it has shaped diagnoses, DSM revisions, and ideas of what counts as disorder
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#hps #philsci #psych
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#hps #philsci #psych
S5 E9 – Miriam Solomon on How Stigma Shapes Psychiatry
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September 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This week, we’re joined by Professor Miriam Solomon to discuss stigma and its impact on psychiatry — how it has shaped diagnoses, DSM revisions, and ideas of what counts as disorder
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#hps #philsci #psych
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#hps #philsci #psych
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We are grateful to have had @ufeest.bsky.social join for this week's HPS Seminar, where she discussed work from her new book Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration. A stimulating and insightful session. Thanks a lot, Uljana!
#iHPS
#iHPS
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We are grateful to have had @ufeest.bsky.social join for this week's HPS Seminar, where she discussed work from her new book Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration. A stimulating and insightful session. Thanks a lot, Uljana!
#iHPS
#iHPS
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I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
S5 E8 - Philip Kitcher on Philosophy for Science and the Common Good
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 11/09/2025 · 48m
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September 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
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Call for 2025 Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize for best work in History &/or Philosophy of Modern Physics by a student as part of a Masters Thesis. Prize incl a 2000 euro award, invitation to give a talk at Radboud U, & publish in Foundations of Physics.
Nomination by supervisor by October 6
#HPS ⚛️
Nomination by supervisor by October 6
#HPS ⚛️
September 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Call for 2025 Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize for best work in History &/or Philosophy of Modern Physics by a student as part of a Masters Thesis. Prize incl a 2000 euro award, invitation to give a talk at Radboud U, & publish in Foundations of Physics.
Nomination by supervisor by October 6
#HPS ⚛️
Nomination by supervisor by October 6
#HPS ⚛️
We’re taking a short mid-season break, but we’ll be back next week with more great conversations!
In the meantime, why not catch up on some of our earlier episodes? They’re well worth a listen.
www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podc...
#HPS #philsci #histsci #sts
In the meantime, why not catch up on some of our earlier episodes? They’re well worth a listen.
www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podc...
#HPS #philsci #histsci #sts
THE HPS PODCAST | HPS @UniMelb
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September 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
We’re taking a short mid-season break, but we’ll be back next week with more great conversations!
In the meantime, why not catch up on some of our earlier episodes? They’re well worth a listen.
www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podc...
#HPS #philsci #histsci #sts
In the meantime, why not catch up on some of our earlier episodes? They’re well worth a listen.
www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podc...
#HPS #philsci #histsci #sts
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🎙️ New HPS Pod!
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
S5 E7 - Lydia Patton on HOPOS
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August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎙️ New HPS Pod!
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
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An absolute privilege to interview the scientist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy for @hpspodcast.bsky.social
She was so generous & honest in talking about the shifts she had to experience in order to 'see' that men could be expert carers of babies #philsci #hps #fathertime
She was so generous & honest in talking about the shifts she had to experience in order to 'see' that men could be expert carers of babies #philsci #hps #fathertime
This week, @samaragreenwood.bsky.social returns to The HPS Podcast with a special guest: renowned primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Their interview, “Rethinking Our Starting Assumptions,” is available now — link below!
#hps #science
#hps #science
S5 E6 - Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on ‘Rethinking our Starting Assumptions’
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 21/08/2025 · 29m
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August 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
An absolute privilege to interview the scientist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy for @hpspodcast.bsky.social
She was so generous & honest in talking about the shifts she had to experience in order to 'see' that men could be expert carers of babies #philsci #hps #fathertime
She was so generous & honest in talking about the shifts she had to experience in order to 'see' that men could be expert carers of babies #philsci #hps #fathertime
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Delighted to share that PATRIARCHY INC. is published in North America this week with @wwnorton.com
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
August 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Delighted to share that PATRIARCHY INC. is published in North America this week with @wwnorton.com
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
This week, @samaragreenwood.bsky.social returns to The HPS Podcast with a special guest: renowned primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Their interview, “Rethinking Our Starting Assumptions,” is available now — link below!
#hps #science
#hps #science
S5 E6 - Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on ‘Rethinking our Starting Assumptions’
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 21/08/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This week, @samaragreenwood.bsky.social returns to The HPS Podcast with a special guest: renowned primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Their interview, “Rethinking Our Starting Assumptions,” is available now — link below!
#hps #science
#hps #science
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This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy
#philsci #measurement
#philsci #measurement
S5 E5 - Cristian Larroulet Philippi on Measurement in the Human Sciences
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August 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy
#philsci #measurement
#philsci #measurement
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This interview brought back happy memories of the three years I spent as a post-doc in Rheinberger's department at the MPI for the History of Science (about 20 years ago). Thank you, @tespiteri.bsky.social. Your smart and thoughtful questions turned this into a delightful conversation.
This week, distinguished historian and philosopher of science Hans-Jörg Rheinberger joins us to explore how scientific inquiry unfolds through experimental systems. We discuss 'epistemic things', technical objects, and their implications for how science is practiced and understood.
#hps #histsci
#hps #histsci
S5 E3 - Hans-Jörg Rheinberger on 'Epistemic Things'
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August 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This interview brought back happy memories of the three years I spent as a post-doc in Rheinberger's department at the MPI for the History of Science (about 20 years ago). Thank you, @tespiteri.bsky.social. Your smart and thoughtful questions turned this into a delightful conversation.
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Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive…
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy
#philsci #measurement
#philsci #measurement
S5 E5 - Cristian Larroulet Philippi on Measurement in the Human Sciences
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
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August 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive…
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive…
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy
#philsci #measurement
#philsci #measurement
S5 E5 - Cristian Larroulet Philippi on Measurement in the Human Sciences
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive…
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #measurement
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Just finished listening to this episode and it’s so great! I’m teaching a course on the social structure of science and values in science to undergraduates in Iceland this fall and this will be super useful to give to the students.
What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
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August 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just finished listening to this episode and it’s so great! I’m teaching a course on the social structure of science and values in science to undergraduates in Iceland this fall and this will be super useful to give to the students.
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This episode is so great I hardly know where to start!The last ~15mins will be especially interesting to metascientists, including the most thoughtful plan for reforming scientific/research funding I think I’ve ever heard. Wow! #Metascience2025
What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
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August 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This episode is so great I hardly know where to start!The last ~15mins will be especially interesting to metascientists, including the most thoughtful plan for reforming scientific/research funding I think I’ve ever heard. Wow! #Metascience2025
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What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧
This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.
Listen now! 🎧