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Doing Interpretive Analysis
Published on 5 Nov 2026
by Christopher R. Matthews Jack Hardwicke School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKChristopher R. Matthews is a social scientist and epistemologist with years of experience advising doctoral candidates. His latest sole-authored book, Doing Good Social Science, was published by Routledge in April 2025. He co-edited Teaching with Sociological Imagination in Higher Education (Springer) and Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports (Palgrave Macmillan). He is currently leading the editorial team for The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Concussion and Brain Injuries while also preparing the manuscript for his next book, The Act of Social Theory. More information about his various contributions to academia is available here: url https://www.immersiveresearch.co.uk/urlJack Hardwicke is an academic focused on morality, theory and methods across the social sciences and humanities. His research background is eclectic but coheres around a shared moral foundation of trying to make the world a better place. He is an advocate for value-driven, hopeful, creative and caring scholarship.
Disagreement Among Many: Why Numbers Do Not Matter
Published on 27 Oct 2026
by Marc Andree Weber Philosophisches Seminar, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyMarc Andree Weber is an Academic Staff Member at the Chair of Theoretical Philosophy/ Philosophy of Language at the University of Mannheim. He studied Mathematics and Philosophy in Heidelberg and Melbourne and earned his PhD in 2011 with a thesis on the transtemporal identity of persons. In 2019, he completed his habilitation with a thesis on the epistemic significance of disagreement.
What is AI Slop? An Explication
Published on 26 Oct 2026
by Axel Gelfert Institute of History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Literature, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, GermanyAxel Gelfert holds the Chair in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science at the Technical University of Berlin. Since 2022 he has been President of the German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP). He is the author of A Critical Introduction to Testimony (Bloomsbury 2014) and How to Do Science With Models (Springer 2016).
‘A Science More Adequate to the Challenge of the Human Condition’: Boundary Work in Psychotherapy Research
Published on 22 Oct 2026
by Jonas Ringström Department of Social Science, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, SwedenJonas Ringström is an associate professor at Kristianstad University, Sweden. His research interests include science and technology studies, social epistemology, and the sociology of psychology and psychotherapy research.
Between Letter and Spirit: Introducing Kinship Relations into the NAGPRA Consultation Process
Published on 21 Oct 2026
by Andrea Sullivan-Clarke Jayne-Leigh Thomas a Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAb Department of Anthropology and the Office of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAAndrea Sullivan-Clarke is a member of the Wind Clan of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma and a first-generation university student. She earned her BA in Philosophy from Oklahoma State University and her MA and PhD from the University of Washington. Currently, she holds a joint appointment in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Native American and Indigenous Program at Indiana University. Her research focuses on social epistemology, particularly group dynamics in knowledge-producing communities. She also investigates Indigenous and non-Indigenous conceptions of allyship, the role of land acknowledgement statements in reconciliation efforts, and Indigenous responses to epistemic oppression. Sullivan-Clarke is the editor of Ways of Being in the World: An Introduction to Indigenous Philosophies of Turtle Island (Broadview, 2023).Jayne-Leigh Thomas is the Executive Director of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Office at Indiana University. She received a MSc in Resource Management from Central Washington University and PhD in Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Having worked in NAGPRA compliance since 2013, she has consulted with dozens of federally recognised tribes across the country and is also assisting IU with international repatriation issues. Her academic interests focus on the legal and procedural aspects of NAGPRA, research ethics, bioarchaeology, cremation studies, medieval genetics, and ancient agriculture – especially its contributions to both nutrition and community labour requirements.
Moving Toward Epistocracy? Two Objections and the Directionality Thesis
Published on 20 Oct 2026
by Cyril Hédoin Economics, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FranceCyril Hédoin is full professor of economics at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France. His research spans the philosophy of economics, institutional economics, and political and social philosophy, with a sustained focus on public reason, democratic theory, and the epistemic foundations of political institutions. He is the author of Social Choice and Public Reason: On the Possibility of Agreement and Justification in Open Societies (Oxford University Press, 2026), and his work has appeared in journals including Social Epistemology, Economics and Philosophy, Erkenntnis, Synthese, Constitutional Political Economy, and the Journal of Institutional Economics. His recent writing examines epistocracy and its critics, the relationship between markets and democracy, and the limits of political knowledge under conditions of complexity and reasonable disagreement. He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Economic Methodology. He also writes essays on liberalism, democracy, and the open society at his Substack, The Archimedean Point.
Epistemic Injustice and Epistemic Paternalism in Non-Professional Interpreting
Published on 24 Sep 2026
by Mehmet Yildiz a Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Türkiyeb Centre for Translation Studies, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumMehmet Yildiz is an Associate Professor of Translation Studies in the Department of Western Languages and Literatures at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye. His primary research interests include the intersection of epistemology and translation studies, (pseudo-)retranslation, translation quality assessment, and information literacy within translation studies.
Structurally Constrained Epistemic Ecologies in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods: Trust, Authority, and Misinformation
Published on 14 Sep 2026
by Kateřina Mikulcová Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech RepublicKateřina Mikulcová is a social worker and researcher whose work focuses on knowledge practices in structurally disadvantaged neighbourhoods. She has long been dedicated to understanding the life situations of people living in social exclusion and segregated urban areas. She specialises in participatory research approaches, emphasising the importance of including the voices and experiences of those most affected by social exclusion.
The Normative Problem of Distrust in Epistemic Authorities
Published on 2 Sep 2026
by Anna Pederneschi Department of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USAAnna Pederneschi (she/they) has worked as a Mellon Faculty Humanities Fellow at the University of California Irvine, focusing on the intersection of hinge and social epistemology. She is currently assistant professor in epistemology at Université du Québec à Montréal where she works on philosophy of trust, social epistemology and philosophy of AI.
Is the Far-Right Anti-Science? Hierarchies, Metapolitics and Struggles for Epistemic Authority
Published on 20 Aug 2026
by Catherine R. Baker Institute for Research on Genders and Sexualities, School of Communications, Dublin City University, Dublin, IrelandDr. Catherine R. Baker is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute for Research on Genders and Sexualities (IRGS) at Dublin City University. She is also an Adjunct Teaching Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and a Fellow of the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS).
Conspiracy Theorising is a Bayesian Nightmare
Published on 20 Aug 2026
by Merlin Herrick School of Philosophical, Historical and Indigenous Studies (SOPHIS) and Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies (M3CS), Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaMerlin Herrick is a philosophy Masters student at Monash University.
Herding as Constitutive Epistemic Strategy: When Crowds Create Value
Published on 20 Aug 2026
by Lior Gazit Department of Information Systems, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Shaping the Blue Mind: How Epistemic Culture Influences Epistemic Virtue and Democratic Attitudes in Police Education
Published on 29 Jul 2026
by Marco Meyer Department of Philosophy, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyMarco Meyer is a junior research group leader and Freigeist Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Hamburg, a fellowship funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. He holds doctorates in philosophy (University of Cambridge) and economics (University of Groningen) and previously held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of York. His research combines philosophical analysis with empirical methods to study epistemic virtues and vices and their role in individual and organisational decision-making. His current project, ‘Culpable Ignorance’, investigates what organisations have a duty to know and which qualities help them to fulfil those duties. His work spans social and virtue epistemology, organisational ethics, political philosophy, and the ethics of finance, and has appeared in journals including Synthese, Episteme, and the Journal of Political Philosophy.
Supplementing Remedies to the Replication Crisis
Published on 29 Jul 2026
by Michael R. Hyman Institute for Marketing Futurology and Philosophy, Distinguished Achievement Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USAMichael R. Hyman is the President and Founder of the Institute for Marketing Futurology and Philosophy in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He is also a Distinguished Achievement Professor Emeritus at New Mexico State University. His roughly 140 academic journal articles, 60 conference papers (12 of which received best-paper awards), five co-authored/co-edited books, 30 other academic contributions, and 50 non-academic works attest to his writing compulsion. He has served on 16 editorial review boards and as a journal co-editor and associate editor. His research interests include marketing theory, marketing ethics, consumer advertising, survey research methods, philosophical analyses in marketing, and marketing futurology. Now a loyal New Mexican, he splits his time between Las Cruces and Cloudcroft with his wife, four sons, three dogs, and three cats.
Openness and Inequity in Scientific Research
Published on 27 Jul 2026
by Sabina Leonelli Paola Castaño Rena Alcalay a Technical University of Munichb University of Exeter
Decolonising Citation: Epistemic Injustice, Metrics, and Building Infrastructures for African Scholarship
Published on 26 Jul 2026
by Eutychus Ngotho Gichuru Archangel Byaruhanga Rukooko a College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Ugandab College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaEutychus Ngotho Gichuru, based at College of Education and External Studies, of Makerere University, specialises in Third Mission, Kafka’s bureaucracy, Promotion and Tenure of Faculty in Flagship Universities, theory of Ricoeur, dialectical analysis by Hegel and Herbert Marcuse Philosophy.Archangel Byaruhanga Rukooko, based at College of Humanities and Social Sciences of Makerere University, is an authority in Ubuntu Philosophy, and General Philosophy and Human Rights, in Higher Education Studies and Development.
Senses of Time: From the Future via the Present to the Past (and Back Again)
Published on 20 Jul 2026
by Simon Susen Department of Sociology and Criminology, City St George’s, University of London, London, UKSimon Susen is Professor of Sociology at City St George’s, University of London. Before joining City in 2011, he held lectureships at Birkbeck, University of London (2010–2011), Newcastle University (2008–2010), and Goldsmiths, University of London (2007–2008). He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2007. Prior to that, he studied sociology, politics, and philosophy at a range of international universities and research centres – including the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh, the Colegio de México, the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Mexico City, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is Affiliate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Andrés Bello in Santiago, Chile. In addition, he is Associate Member of the Bauman Institute and, together with Bryan S. Turner, Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology.
More Than a NASA Badge: MetaDocencia and Capacity Building for Open Science Communities in Latin America
Published on 17 Jul 2026
by Laura Ación Laura Ascenzi Alejandra Daniela Calero Paola Castaño Jesica Formoso Patricia Andrea Loto Paz Míguez Francisco Palm Nicolás Palopoli Romina Pendino María Ángela Petrizzo Páez Driselda Sánchez-Aguirre Irene Vazano Verónica Xhardez a Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET/MetaDocencia, Buenos Aires, Argentinab Prosecretaria de Internacionalización, Innovación y Vinculación Tecnológica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba/MetaDocencia, Córdoba, Argentinac Instituto de Investigaciones, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentinad Department of Social and Political Science, Philosophy and Anthropology, Egenis Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UKe Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental-CONICET /MetaDocencia, Buenos Aires, Argentinaf Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentinag Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires / MetaDocencia, Buenos Aires, Argentinah Instituto de Estadística Aplicada y Computación, Universidad de Los Andes / Cátedra de Ingeniería en Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Nacional de las Ciencias/MetaDocencia/qu4nt, Mérida, Venezuelai Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes-CONICET/MetaDocenciaj MetaDocencia, Buenos Aires, Argentinak Decanato de Postgrados y Estudios Avanzados, Universidad Nacional del Turismo/ Instituto de Altos Estudios Transdisciplinarios/MetaDocencia, Mérida, Venezuelal Escuela Nacional de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico DF, Mexicom Núcleo Interdisciplinario de Formación y Estudios para el Desarrollo de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF)/MetaDocencia, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaLaura Ación is the co-founder and co-director of MetaDocencia, a non-profit organization that makes the production, communication, and application of scientific and technical knowledge equitable globally. At MetaDocencia, Laura trains scientists and technicians in Open Science, which she believes must stem from or be contextualized to Latin America. She is also a researcher at the National Research Council (CONICET) and the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, where she leads the Responsible Use of Data Co-Laboratory. Her PhD degree is in Biostatistics. She also holds a masters degree in Public Health. She obtained both degrees at the University of Iowa.Laura Ascenzi is assistant professor at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. Her research and expertise areas are information and communication technology adoption in organizations. She holds a specialization in Management of Innovative Technologies and is pursuing a master’s degree in International Management of Technology and Innovation. Since 2008, she has been working on analyzing and planning comprehensive institutional communication strategies that combine digital communication, information systems, and organizations’ voices.Alejandra Daniela Calero is a cognitive psychologist with a PhD from the National University of La Plata and a tenured researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research in Argentina (CONICET). She holds a specialization in Statistics for Health Sciences. At the Cognitive Studies Lab of the Psychological Research Institute, Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, she conducts research analyzing various aspects related to emotional processing. She is also a collaborator with MetaDocencia.Paola Castaño is a sociologist and associate at the University of Exeter. She researches experimentation on the International Space Station with a focus on biology. From 2022 to 2026 she was part of the “Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments” project where she led a case study on and data-sharing practices in space biology in collaboration with the NASA Open Science Data Repository. She has a PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago.Jesica Formoso is a cognitive psychologist with a PhD from the University of Buenos Aires and a tenured researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research in Argentina (CONICET). She holds a Specialization in Statistics for Health Sciences. At the Interdisciplinary Research Center in Mathematical and Experimental Psychology (CIIPME) she is currently studying the effects of virtual training in Open Science practices on participants’ knowledge and perceptions. Additionally, she coordinates the Impact Measurement area at MetaDocencia, a non-profit organization dedicated to making the production, communication, and application of scientific and technical knowledge equitable globally.Patricia Andrea Loto holds a degree in Information Systems and a Diploma in Data Science, Machine Learning and its Applications from the National University of Córdoba. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Information Technologies at National University of the Northeast (UNNE). From 2021 until early 2025, she has been an active member of Metadocencia’s accessibility and teaching team, contributing to several projects aimed at democratizing knowledge.Paz Míguez holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires and a master’s degree in Educational Policy. She has extensive experience in designing monitoring tools, generating evidence-based insights, and implementing impactful programs. At MetaDocencia, she coordinates the Institutional and Capacity Building Pillar Teams, and is part of the Executive Team. For 15 years, she led Escuela de Vecinos, a recognized initiative by Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies, which benefited over 12,000 students across 350 schools. Her expertise also includes training public officials in Transparency, Citizen Participation, and Open Government, as well as conducting research on education.Francisco Palm is a former professor of Operations Research and Simulation at the Universidad de los Andes in Venezuela, where he obtained his degrees in Systems Engineering and a master’s in Applied Mathematics. Additionally, he holds a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Cartography, GIS, and Remote Sensing from the University of Alcalá de Henares (Spain). Furthermore, he has over a decade of experience as a data science consultant for companies in Latin America and the USA. He is also a fellow member of the Python Software Foundation, an instructor of The Carpentries, and a member of the Emeritus Steering Council of Open Science Labs.Nicolás Palopoli joined MetaDocencia in its first week. In his current roles as Co-Executive Director and Advisory Committee Chair, he helps MetaDocencia consolidate Latin America’s presence on the global research map by promoting knowledge exchange and collaboration. Nicolás is a tenured Adjunct Researcher at the National Research Council in Argentina (CONICET) and Project Leader at the Structural Bioinformatics Group, National University of Quilmes (UNQ, Buenos Aires, Argentina). His research focuses on understanding the functional nature of proteins and RNAs. He has delivered on-site and online courses on biology, programming, and education for graduate and postgraduate university students, as well as several workshops for different communities of practice.Romina Pendino has a degree in Social Communication from the National University of Rosario. Currently, Romina works in the area of People Management and Community Guidelines, and where she contributes her experience to ensure a healthy and respectful work environment. She also works actively in the Governance and Teaching teams and is currently serving in a role within the Advisory Committee of MetaDocencia. Romina is a certified instructor for The Carpentries, part of her commitment to teaching and promoting open science. Her active and prolific participation in the areas of Community Guidelines and People Management reflects her interest in contributing to the smooth functioning and development of collaborative initiatives.Maria Angela Petrizzo Páez is a Venezuelan political scientist, with an MSc in Business Administration, specialization in Care Policies with a Gender Perspective, a PhD in Management for Intellectual Creation, and a postdoctoral research in Public Policy and Education. She is the Director of Postgraduate and Advanced Studies at the National University of Tourism in Venezuela. She is a member of her country’s National Register of Researchers and Innovators. She is part of the Network of Anthropologies of the South and a member of two working groups of the Latin American Anthropology Association. She coordinates research projects on gendered digital violence and has been an activist for software and free knowledge for over twenty years. She has over twenty publications on gender, tourism, and endogenous development.Driselda Sánchez-Aguirre holds a PhD in economic-administrative sciences. She is currently a full-time associate professor at the National School of Earth Sciences in UNAM, Mexico. She is a member of the Mexican national system of researchers (SNII) level I. She is part of the network of women researchers for open science (MInCA), co-founder of RLadies Queretaro chapter, collaborator of some of MetaDocencia projects, and co-coordinator of the International Seminar Space, Culture, and Tourism (SECyT). She has more than ten years of teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate level. Her line of research focuses on the study of tourism and heritage.Irene Vazano has a degree in Library Science from Universidad Católica de Santiago del Estero. Since joining MetaDocencia, she has contributed her knowledge about academic libraries and her specialization in technology. Currently, she coordinates the Infrastructure team and the Contextualization pillar. She has worked as a freelancer on several digital projects, fulfilling management roles and ensuring the quality of accessibility. She is a certified instructor for The Carpentries, which underscores her commitment to teaching and disseminating digital skills.Verónica Xhardez holds a PhD in Social Sciences (UBA), a master’s degree in Political Science and Sociology (FLACSO - Argentina), and a bachelor’s degree in Anthropological Sciences (UBA). She is a researcher at CIECTI (Interdisciplinary Center for Studies in Science, Technology, and Innovation) and serves as the technical coordinator for the ARPHAI Project (AI and Data Science-Based Epidemiological Management). She is also a professor and researcher at UNTREF. She has participated in projects related to collaborative knowledge production, open-source software, open data, digital innovation processes, university-community engagement, and open science. At MetaDocencia, she contributes as part of the Polen Project.
How Has ‘Opening Up’ Science Changed Scientific Practices?
Published on 10 Jul 2026
by Rachel A. Ankeny Wageningen University & ResearchRachel A. Ankeny is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Wageningen University and Research, and the International Collaborator on the ERC PHIL_OS project (“A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments”, 2021–26) via Adelaide University where she is an affiliate. Previously she was Professor of History and Philosophy at University of Adelaide. Her PhD in History & Philosophy of Science and MAs in Philosophy and in Bioethics are from University of Pittsburgh. Her publications include Model Organisms with Sabina Leonelli (Cambridge, 2021). Her research focuses on science in practice including philosophical and social issues in agricultural science, stem cell biology, and genomics, and Indigenous data practices and governance.
“Epistemic Disadvantage in Open Science Practices”
Published on 10 Jul 2026
by Rena Alcalay Joachim Vandekerckhove a Department of Science, Technology and Society, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germanyb Department of Cognitive Sciences, Department of Statistics, Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, USARena Alcalay is a research associate in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the Technical University of Munich’s School of Social Sciences and Technology. She works in the ERC-funded Philosophy of Open Science research group, which investigates the conditions under which open science can support fair and equitable research practices across diverse research environments. Her expertise lies in social and applied epistemology, with a focus on epistemic harms and disadvantage in open science, the philosophy of life, and the biomedical sciences.Joachim Vandekerckhove is a Professor at the University of California, Irvine, where he has appointments at the Department of Cognitive Sciences, the Department of Statistics, and the Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science. He has authored over 90 journal articles and book chapters and is the author of multiple popular software packages for cognitive model fitting and evaluation. His research interests include cognitive modeling, statistical inference, data fusion, psychometrics, meta-science, and the development of robust research methods that improve on classical methods with modern technologies. Dr. Vandekerckhove is an internationally recognized expert in statistical and experimental methodology as well as in cognitive and behavioral modeling, and lectures and consults on these topics for clients in the academic, public, and private sector.
Scope of Epistemic Reparations
Published on 7 Jul 2026
by Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky Ethics and Agency Research Centre, Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaPaul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky is Lecturer in Philosophy at Macquarie University, whose research sits at the intersection of language, thought, and the construction of unjust hierarchy. He is presently Macquarie University Research Fellow (2025–2028).
Not All Research Environments are Created Equal: Structural Injustice in Low-Resourced Scientific Settings and Its Epistemic Implications
Published on 6 Jul 2026
by Sabina Leonelli a Department of Science, Technology and Society, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germanyb Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UKSabina Leonelli holds the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at the Technical University of Munich, where she is also Research Director of the Ethical Data Initiative (https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/), Co-Director of the Public Science Lab (https://publicsciencelab.wordpress.com/), PI of the Munich Centre for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change (https://transform-cluster.de/) and lead of the ERC Project PHIL_OS (www.opensciencestudies.eu). Until 2024 she was the Director of the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences at the University of Exeter, where she holds a Honorary Professorship. Her research, which includes philosophical, historical and social science methods, concerns: the role of technology and data in knowledge production, and especially how computing and digitalisation efforts are transforming biological research and its social dynamics and roles; and the institutionalisation of Open Science as a window on the methods, epistemology and political economy of contemporary forms of scientific inquiry, particularly in the life and environmental sciences. Her work aims to foster both understanding of these processes and strategies for intervention, including policy-facing advice, advisory roles in scientific projects and educational initiatives to support low-resourced environments and enhance responsible research practices globally.
The Sequence and the Standard: An Account of Participatory Informational Format Exclusion (PIFE)
Published on 25 Jun 2026
by Nathanael Sheehan Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, Exeter University, Exeter, UKNathanael Sheehan recently completed his doctorate at the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Environmental Intelligence and is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at the Technical University of Munich. His research draws on transdisciplinary and mixed methods approaches to examine data sharing practices in public health.
A Portrait of the Scientist as a User: Openness and Temporality of Scientific Software
Published on 22 Jun 2026
by Frédéric Wieber Alexandre Hocquet Archives Henri Poincaré, Philosophie et Recherches sur les Sciences et les Technologies, Université de Lorraine, UMR 7117 CNRS, Nancy, FranceFrédéric Wieber is Maitre de conférences in HPS and a member of the Archives Poincaré lab at the Université de Lorraine. His works include papers and chapters on the history of computational chemistry and on the calibration of scientific instruments. He is more generally interested in the tools used in theoretical and computational scientific practices. https://poincare.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/membre-titulaire/frederic-wieberAlexandre Hocquet is Professeur des Universités in HPS and a member of the Archives Poincaré lab at the Université de Lorraine. His interests lie in the relationships between software and production of knowledge with works on computational chemistry, his former academic field. Methodologically, his works rely on the analysis of threaded conversations in web forums or mailing lists. https://poincare.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/membre-titulaire/alexandre-hocquet
Knowledge and Politics: Reflections on Challenges to Open Science
Published on 16 Jun 2026
by Helen E. Longino Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, USAHelen Longino received her PhD in Philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University in 1973. She is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2018), and the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (2021). Her teaching and research interests are in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, social epistemology, and feminist philosophy. She is particularly interested in the relations between scientific inquiry and its social, cultural, and economic contexts. In addition to Studying Human Behavior (University of Chicago Press, 2013), Longino is the author of Science as Social Knowledge (Princeton University Press, 1990), The Fate of Knowledge (Princeton University Press, 2001), many articles in the philosophy of science, feminist philosophy and epistemology, and co-editor of Scientific Pluralism (University of Minnesota Press, 2007).
Critically Engaged Pragmatism: Scientific Norm and Social, Pragmatist Epistemology for AI Science Evaluation Tools
Published on 9 Jun 2026
by Carole J. Lee Department of Philosophy, Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USACarole J. Lee studies how scientific institutions award and set standards for markers of credibility such as successful peer review outcomes. Her research has been published across fields and supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and a Career Enhancement Fellowship funded by the Mellon Foundation and administered by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. She received the Philosophy of Science Association’s Prize in Philosophy of Science & Race and, with Elena Erosheva, received first prize for most creative submission to the National Institutes of Health’s Peer Review Challenge.
Global Citizen Science as a Source of Epistemic Diversity: The Case of eBird India
Published on 8 Jun 2026
by Rose Trappes Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayRose Trappes is a postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy of biology and feminist philosophy of science. Rose’s research explores philosophical issues that arise in relation to contemporary practices in biology, ecology and behavioural sciences. Rose has worked on topics including individuality, ecological niches, behavioural sciences, open science, and biological sex. Her current postdoc focuses on citizen science.
Disinformation as Quasi-Object: A Case Study in the Construction of Expertise
Published on 20 May 2026
by Paul O’Connor Department of Government and Society, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab EmiratesPaul O’Connor is Associate Professor of sociology at United Arab Emirates University in Abu Dhabi. His work has been published in journals including Memory Studies, Mobilities, International Political Anthropology, and Irish Journal of Anthropology. Book publications include Home: The Foundations of Belonging (Routledge, 2018); The Technologisation of the Social: A Political Anthropology of the Digital Machine (Routledge, 2022: co-edited with Marius Benta); Liminal Politics in the New Age of Disease: Technocratic Mimetism (Routledge, 2023: co-edited with Agnes Horvath); and most recently Technocracy: Knowledge and Power in the Information Age (Routledge, 2026), which explores the affinity between expert knowledge and bureaucratic-managerial power. He is co-editor, with Arpad Szakolczai, of the Elgar Encyclopaedia of Political Anthropology (Edward Elgar, 2025), a comprehensive, discipline-defining text with over 140 entries covering key figures and concepts in the field of Political Anthropology. Paul O’Connor is chief editor, with Marius Ion Benta, of the International Political Anthropology journal.
From Cultivation to Consciousness: Exploring Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Pedagogy and Henry Thoreau’s Transcendentalist Educational Philosophy
Published on 20 May 2026
by Karan Das Aiswarya M G Mamta Anand Liberal Arts Department, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaKaran Das is a doctoral scholar in English Studies and a teaching assistant in the Liberal Arts Department in PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. His research interests include the Indian Knowledge Systems, Indian nationalism, and postcolonial and decolonial studies. His recent publication focuses on Sri Aurobindo and cultural nationalism.Aiswarya M G is a doctoral scholar in English Studies and a teaching assistant in the Liberal Arts Department in PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Her research interests include the Indian Knowledge Systems, posthumanism, medical humanities, and consciousness studies. Her recent publication focuses on mind-body medicine and holistic well-being.Dr. Mamta Anand is an Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. As a Fulbright Fellow (2008-2009), she did doctoral research on Ralph Waldo Emerson and S. Radhakrishnan at Harvard University and Colgate University, USA. She won an international research award from the Emerson Society in Washington, DC, in 2006. As an alumna of Banasthali University in Rajasthan and the Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad, she has received several awards for creative writing and research papers in academic journals. She has written two books: one on Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a former President of India; the other is titled Missing Girl: Geometry of Creation, housed in the Library of Congress, Washington, USA (Authorspress 2021).
Weapons of the Wise? Infrapolitical Theorising as a Traditional Strategy of Academic Resistance
Published on 4 May 2026
by Franciszek Krawczyk Scholarly Communication Research Group, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, PolandFranciszek Krawczyk is a part-time assistant professor in the Scholarly Communication Research Group of Adam Mickiewicz University. He studies theories of centres and peripheries of knowledge production and predatory publishing. In his future work, he plans to focus more on the forgotten history of academic publishing in the socialist countries.