The #PhilSciPolicy Thread Archive: Collecting scattered thoughts on science policy and philosophy/history of science

Fin Moorehouse invited me to be a guest interviewer, and so I got to ask the great @tkalil2050 a bunch of things I’ve always wanted to!

I’ve argued that the Civil Service’s problems are best framed as structural + cultural, rather than about individuals. Cultures are made up of norms that are sustained by language and behaviours. So what norms does the CS need to tackle to be more effective? A first stab 🧵

A pioneering study that uncovers the dynamic history of prediction in science and engineering over four centuries. Ann Johnson & Johannes Lenhard's "Cultures of Prediction" is available now (in a free #openaccess edition, too!) 👉 https://t.co/j0jPpgtAcq

Public trust in science is more important than ever. But what happens when scientists openly share their political opinions on social media? Our updated paper with @EleAla & Francesco Capozza shows how academics’ political expression affects their credibility.

Let me take you back for a moment to 2018. A team of powerhouse psychologists have just published a (seemingly) groundbreaking article. The premise of the article was simple--give multiple research teams the same research question with the same dataset. Would teams with the

Alexander Krauss's overview of Bruno Latour's work in the sociology of science is pretty brutal, yet seems fair. (Change my mind...)

1/ Today, @RenPhil published our first set of playbooks for leveraging philanthropy and innovation to solve important problems, inspired by Christopher Alexander’s work on a “pattern language.”

In the wake of the U.S. election, @theNASciences President Marcia McNutt has authored an editorial in @ScienceMagazine stressing the apolitical nature of science and emphasizing that science remains vital to informing #PublicPolicy. Read: https://t.co/6ycerkrnnL

Looking forward to following! Starts today

Just to say to all our followers that next week for the #PSA2024 we will be posting live from New Orleans using primarily the other, better quality 🟦🏙️ platform where there is already a feed ready to be used #PSA2024 courtesy of @KevinZollman. Look forward to seeing you there!

My wish for the next election is that poll trackers look like the one on the right 👉 not the left This was yet another election where the polling showed it could easily go either way, but most of the charts just showed two nice clean lines, one leading and one trailing. Bad!

I’m holding out hope that @potus @vp @whcos @WHCommsDir @PressSec @AndrewJBates46 @NeeraTanden46 tell the American people about this today. It’s 3+ years late, but far better for an administration to publicly recommit to government transparency & accountability than never do so.

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Finally, some years of work and engagement have materialised in this encyclopedia of #STS. Many thanks to the + 90 authors who contributed! And what a pleasure it has been to go on that adventure with Alan Irwin - thanks for being such a great colleague, conspirator and friend!

Polarized by Degrees is now available on Kindle & you can read most of chapters 1 & 2 free online (click read sample): https://t.co/8bYZxrzgmt

Please circulate: we're hiring a postdoctoral research associate with expertise in philosophy of scientific method and philosophy of causality. Apply here: https://t.co/rl2f8uq89o. A 2nd postdoc job, for someone with expertise in evidence review and research methods, coming soon.

Philosophy & Public Affairs has an impressive editorial line-up!* STS, HPS, phil-sci, and metascience folks should take note. 🔎📚 "The journal welcomes submissions from philosophers, legal scholars, political scientists, economists, and sociologists. It welcomes papers on

FELLOWSHIPS: Come visit @iphilLUH as a SOCRATES fellow to work on trust, expertise and science with my colleagues from the SOCRATES Team. Here is a CfA for the next round of fellowships; deadline is Nov. 15: