Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Watch this space www.aclu.org/press-releas...aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 000
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Important context for why we are making these changes is available in this summary: www.cos.io/blog/osf-cha...cos.ioOSF Changes: A Note to UsersThe Center for Open Science announced a significant change to the Open Science Framework (OSF). This post shares what led to the change, implications, and what's next. 11917
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoClément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 04/08/2026It is now August. The Australian government still hasn't replied to the official petition on tax discrimination against part-time PhD students it should have, by its own rules, replied to by last January @arc-tracker.bsky.social (But we are told they care! Promised!) www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...aph.gov.aue-petitionse-petitions 1268
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoAIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The submission deadline for AIMOS 2026 has been extended to 23 August. Registrations are open now, with discounted early birds until 1 October! We have a limited number of travel grants that will cover registration plus a travel subsidy for ECRs. www.aimos2026.orgaimos2026.orgAIMOS_2026 | Metascience Conference – Register TodayJoin the AIMOS 2026 Conference n Wellington, New Zealand, for three days of interdisciplinary meta-research, keynote speakers, workshops, and networking to improve research practices. 087
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I gave my confirmation talk today as part of the #HPS Seminar series at @unimelb.edu.au. What a start to my PhD! A pilot study on funded grants, 2 SNA pilots & a chapter on the history of the #metascience community. Thanks to all those in the room & on zoom. Full SNA & ethnography next! 150
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoThomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 30/07/2026After a break, The HPS Podcast is back for Season 6! 🎙️ In our first episode, I'm joined by Dr. Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature, for a conversation about trust in science, transparent peer review, COVID-19's legacy, & the inequities that continue to shape who gets published.podcasts.apple.comS6 E1 - Magdalena Skipper on Scientific PublishingPodcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 30 July · 39min 25614
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoAIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The submission portal for #AIMOS2026 is now open. Submit your lightning talks, discussion groups hackathons, and workshops now. www.aimos2026.org/submit 01217
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Historians of Science in Australia, this one’s for you. The Moran Award offers $10,000 to support your research. Applications close 1st June #academicsky #histsci #hpsscience.org.au The Moran Award for History of Science Research | Australian Academy of Science This fund offers grants biennially of up to $10,000 to support research access to archives that record the history of science in Australia. 032
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 05/03/2026𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭. It is not enculturated into a discipline (which requires more than just reading literature), has no tacit knowledge, & cannot form a consensus with disciplinary experts. AI cannot peer review work unless that work was written by AI.substack.comNo paper is perfectWhat happens when AI peer review cuts us no slack? 020
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Teaching is an honour and a privilege. I’m incredibly lucky to be entering my 5th year of teaching at the University of Melbourne and 2026 sees me teaching across 3 faculties in undergrad and postgrad subjects. Acknowledgment like this is the icing on the cake. bit.ly/4r9LF3w 020
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Calling #STS Postgrads & ECRs Issue 02 of CONTRASTS explores 'Fortunes' that prompt us to critically examine how science & technology shape the ways we sense, influence, predict, & contend with the future. Submit here bit.ly/3Nhz8gq by 23 Feb #phdlife #academicsky #postgrad #philsky #hps 040
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I don't use the AI tools on publisher sites, so it's not surprising that this message is disquieting, but surely as academics we SHOULD be reviewing the material directly so we don't miss any important information regardless of an AI summary. #academicsky #phdlife #aislop #darkacademia 083
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 11/12/2025🤦🏻♀️ so many levels of NO! And on a side note to the developers, just because you can doesn’t mean you should. #ai #atechtoofar #aiethics #badai #aigonewrong 040
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 09/12/2025“…their purpose is to generate content, they cannot indicate that no information exists; instead, they will invent details that appear plausible but have no basis in the archival record.” www.icrc.org/en/article/i...icrc.orgImportant notice: AI-generated archival references 011
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Ready to fly home after #aahpsss2025 at the University of Queensland. With thanks to the @aahpsss.bsky.social board. Special thanks to @martinjbush.bsky.social and Ian Hesketh. Fabulous campus that afforded this mid afternoon break vista with @carljoseph.bsky.social, 2025 Langham Prize Winner. 010
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 04/12/2025@maryunis.bsky.social presenting on Margaret Cavendish at the @aahpsss.bsky.social 2025 conference #aahpsss2025 #hps 271
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 24/11/2025This one’s for friends in the medical humanities @hpscasebooks.bsky.social. Enjoy! 000
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoAAHPSSS @aahpsss.bsky.social · 24/11/2025The 2025 AAHPSSS conference starts Wednesday, December 3rd. That's just over a week away! There's still time to register for both in-person and remote attendance! For details and to register, see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...aahpsss.net.au2025 Conference2025 AAHPSSS Conference The 2025 conference of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS) will be held in a hybrid format at the Universit… 074
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoThe repliCATS project @replicats.bsky.social · 24/11/2025A HUGE congratulations to @simine.com! Everyone in the MetaMelb team @unimelb.bsky.social are so proud. 092
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 15/08/2025My two worlds are colliding and I am shook 😳 170
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Calling all Metascientists, Historians, Philosophers & Sociologists of Science & Technology. There's still time to get your submissions in and join us in sunny* Brisbane in December. Submissions close Friday 8th August. *Weather & sun are out of the control of AAHPSSS & not guaranteed. 131
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 22/07/2025We should have listened when the modems screamed at us. 125118972740
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoGianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 17/07/2025🚨CfA: Joseph Needham Foundation Awards - History of Science Society @historyscience.bsky.social hssonline.org/news/705910/...hssonline.orgJoseph Needham Foundation Awards - History of Science SocietyHistory of Science Society 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 042
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoAnna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Two permanent Lecturer posts at Birkbeck (equivalent of Assistant Professor). Area of specialisation is open but with teaching needs in ethics & phil of AI, ethics and poli phil, ancient, gender, continental, engaged. Closing date August 28th, start in Jan 2026 'a significant advantage' #philskycis7.bbk.ac.ukLecturer in Philosophy (2216) - Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck 14951
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thanks @catdavies.bsky.social, it was great to see critical #metascience at #metascience2025, it would have been better to see this integrated into all other sessions as part of the ongoing general discussion rather than an isolated and contained session. 010
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Being placed in exalted company like this gives me a lot to live up to. Thanks for the compliment @jamessteeleii.bsky.social it was great to catch up with you again. Let’s make the next one less than 2 years 000
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Final Keynote of #metascience2025 by @marialep.bsky.social (President, @erc.europa.eu). @rorinstitute.bsky.social 050
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoDr. Jen Beaudry @drjbeaudry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025AIMOS on the big stage! Fiona Fidler places AIMOS at the centre of metascience developments in Australia. @fidlerfm.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #metascience2025 0114
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Kicking off day 2 of #metascience2025 wth a Plenary on Taking stock of the Science of Science with Chonnettia Jones, Cassidy Sugimoto, @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Andy Stirling and Lin Zhang @rorinstitute.bsky.social 030
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Monday closing Plenary @ #metascience2025 Frontiers of funding: evidence, experiments & reforming assessment foundation with Ted Hodapp, Claire Forsyth, Ilan Gur, Hanna Denecke, Matt Clancy, John-Arne Røttingen (keynote) & Katrin Millie @rorinstitute.bsky.social 051
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 30/06/2025T1.6 Constructive Confrontation @ #metascience2025 with @nicolecnelson.bsky.social @penders.bsky.social, Sheena Bartscherer, Sven Ulpts & Ismael Rafols 182
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 30/06/2025First morning of #Metascience2025 was full of interesting topics. Thanks to @rorinstitute.bsky.social and the Volkswagen Foundation for making my presence here possible. 0101
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoKean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025I do like this idea of open #peerreview 142
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoThe HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 13/06/2025We are beyond excited to announce that we have won the prestigious 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement! From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much #hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪 4488
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I cannot scream loudly enough at this. Time to call for separation of science and state. If churches are funded by the state through not paying taxes, there is justification for the state to remove itself from state funded science. 130
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Dear @utah.edu History and Philosophy of Science majors, don’t despair - the University of Melbourne HPS department would love to have you come join us. 152
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 24/04/2025It’s marking season folks. Strap yourself in as the we board a rollercoaster that takes us from the wierd and wacky, to angst, to joy. What a ride! #academicsky #phdlife 070
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoSociety for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 21/04/2025What is the future of Open Science? Join @annemscheel.bsky.social @nicholascoles.bsky.social @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and @stephaniemlee.bsky.social for an exciting discussion during the Keynote Panel at the #SIPS2025 Online. 01913
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 17/04/2025A new journal record: Sage title retracts 678 more papers, tally over 1,500retractionwatch.comA new journal record: Sage title retracts 678 more papers, tally over 1,500The retraction of “a final batch” of 678 articles concludes Sage’s investigation into questionable peer review, citation manipulation, and other signs of paper mill activity at one of its journals,… 16328
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoJonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Do you have a research interest in how AI can harm or benefit non-human animals? I'm recruiting a Research Officer to drive forward the "Animals and AI" priority area of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE. Please apply by 6 May! 🐖🐔🐟 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 16844
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoDanny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 06/04/2025SPREADING RUBBISH: once something is in a LLM it's pretty hard to get it out so retracted articles will be a big problem. "Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comAlarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions 086
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoFrank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 30/03/2025The political problem with parasitic AI is that its most compelling use case is starving its own hosts — “fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on FumesA.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear. 1369
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 30/03/2025This weeks night time reading by @doctorvive.bsky.social and looking at how this relates to science more generally. 1285
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoJason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025In this post, I argue against university rankings (@aidybarnett.bsky.social) and assessment regimes that reward quantity over quality. Let's slow down, correct existing errors (@jabyrnesci.bsky.social), and engage in better peer review (eg, @metaror.bsky.social): theconversation.com/reliable-sci...theconversation.comReliable science takes time. But the current system rewards speed‘Fast science’ can damage research integrity – just as fast food can damage your health. ‘Slow science’ offers an alternative path forward. 13318
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Some days the papers/books you are reading seem so much larger than life. One month in and the words loom large. #academicsky #phdlife #phdjourney 280
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 20/03/2025AI is hallucinating when using real data. Using synthetic data to train AI systems will lead to outputs tha humans will find less accurate and more hallucinogenic, but tech companies will swear are “more accurate”. 010
Reposted by Carmelina ContarinoAndrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025There's one week left to apply for our #metascience position to study the implementation of Electronic Lab Notebooks - #ELN Join us @uniofmanchester.bsky.social and @cruk-mi.bsky.social as we study how to support users with #FAIRdata practices, #OpenResearch and #ResearchIntegrity Please share! 11410
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I run a business in a parallel universe, and our new website has just dropped. Amazing work by Deanna and John, who put together such an amazing new site, from videos to functionality whilst I'm focussing on my research. #smallbusiness #familybusiness #coffeeaddictmycoffeeshop.com.auCoffee Machines and Coffee Beans for Office and Home | My Coffee ShopMy Coffee Shop specialise in automatic and manual coffee machines for the workplace and home in Melbourne and Sydney. Brands include Jura, WMF, Lelit, Profitec and Expobar. You can buy, rent or lease ... 040
Carmelina Contarino @cjcontarino.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Even the tyranny of distance won’t protect us from the tyrrany of the current US (lack of) government.theguardian.comTrump administration accused of ‘blatant foreign interference’ in Australian universities over questionnaire on DEI and genderResearchers told to respond within 48 hours to more than 30 questions, including on DEI, gender and climate 056