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Hein Brookhuis

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History & Philosophy of Science | postdoc Maastricht University

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I enjoyed speaking to Dr Jahnavi Phalkey about India’s place in the history of modern science, the ways in which that history has been constructed, & how the pursuit of nuclear physics became intertwined with a newly independent nation’s efforts to define its own identity. linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A glimpse of the book I'm most looking forward to this year. Recommended to everyone who cares about the future of education and the role of disciplined study in it. johninazu.substack.com/p/after-the-...
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After the University
A conversation with Chad Wellmon about institutions, disciplined study, and the future of higher education
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Stan van Pelt @stanvanpelt.nl · 23/07/2026
Dit is wat hoor. Een wegens declaratiefraude ontslagen onderzoeker vd Radboud Uni manipuleerde niet alleen data, maar fakete het hele peerreviewproces van een van zijn eigen papers, in het vakblad waarvan hij zelf hoofdredacteur was. Meer bij @voxweb.bsky.social: www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/co-au...
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Co-auteur doet uit de doeken hoe frauderende Radboudwetenschapper peer review-proces verzon - Vox magazine
De frauderende wetenschapper die werd ontslagen aan de Radboud Universiteit, heeft volgens een van zijn co-auteurs een heel peer review-proces verzonnen om een artikel gepubliceerd te krijgen in het t...
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
De discussie tussen Jesse Frederik en Catherine de Vries is een interessant voorbeeld van 'Open Science': data en interpretaties kunnen door iedereen bevraagd worden. Maar is de wetenschap hier klaar voor? Mooie reflectie van Jeroen Bouterse: jeroenbouterse.com/2026/05/31/e...
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Een wetenschapper en een journalist – Jeroen Bouterse
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Cyrus Mody @ccmmody.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
it's a big project w/ lots of parts, so watch this space. but one piece of it will be primarily historical; I will be hiring a PhD next year to explore various aspects of knowledge security in the late Cold War, particularly in the Low Countries. specific topics open, so suggestions welcome 2/x
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
One persistent myth in Belgian nuclear circles is that the BR2 was some sort of 'gift' from the Americans (in return for Congolese uranium for the Manhattan Project). I have not seen any evidence for this, but did find evidence that suggests the opposite (from SCK CEN's Sci. Director in 1964):
Scientific Director of SCK CEN boosting in 1964 that the BR2-construction costs were fully covered by the Belgian budget
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Happy to share my article on the Belgian Test Reactor (BR2): "Ailing reactors and their isotopes: radiopharmacy and nuclear research in Belgium (1990–2020)" - somewhat of a biography of the Belgian Test Reactor (BR2) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Five workers installing the BR2-reactor vessel, characterized by its unique diabolo or 'hourglass' shape.
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Flanders taking on OPEC in 1984. Flemish energy-efficient housing presented as "an assault on the oil sheikhs" !!
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Een vraag die bij mij blijft hangen: als er blijkbaar harde en bindende afspraken liggen over de bijdrage per student, waarom trekken de universiteiten dan niet naar de rechter om dit aan te vechten? www.demorgen.be/meningen/de-...
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‘De kwaliteit van onderwijs en zorg aan studenten staan op de helling’: medewerkers in hoger onderwijs luiden noodklok
Maarten Loopmans en Maïka De Keyzer werken allebei aan de KU Leuven. Samen met 72 medewerkers van 16 hogeronderwijsinstellingen trekken zij namens de organisatie ‘Hoger Onderwijs in Opstand’ aan de al...
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Bestor - Belgian Science and Technology Online Resources @bestor2008.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Don’t forget to register for our YRD keynote by professor Gert Storms next Monday! 'Science in Textbooks and Science in Practice: Two Different Worlds?' Where? Aula Emma Vorlat, Leuven, or online When? 15 December, 4:30-6 pm More information and registration: bit.ly/43VHi3s
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Met vandaag het interessante vervolg, waaruit blijkt dat de Belgische overheid al gewaarschuwd had voor de potentieel schadelijke gevolgen: www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ma...
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Machine zoekt patiënt: zonder bewijs gingen prestigieuze kankercentra hersentumoren bestralen
In het rotsvaste geloof dat protonentherapie effectief is, begonnen radiotherapeuten kankerpatiënten te bestralen. Maar ze nemen steeds grotere risico’s. Nu blijkt dat behandelde patiënten met hersent...
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Interessant dossier - tijdens m'n doctoraatsonderzoek kwam ik regelmatig de grote beloftes rond protonentherapie tegen. Belgie lijkt het wel kleinschaliger, voorzichtiger en meer gecoordineerd aangepakt te hebben dan Nederland. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/pa...
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Patiënten met hersentumor vroegtijdig overleden na bestraling in peperdure kankercentra
Patiënten met een agressieve vorm van hersenkanker zijn vroegtijdig overleden na bestraling in een van de drie protonentherapiecentra in Nederland. Dat terwijl de prestigieuze klinieken patiënten juis...
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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
How did #computers go from niche machines to everywhere, all at once? It turns out one of the oldest technologies, #books, was key. Join our MUSTS colloquium by @patrickmccray.bsky.social on Wednesday 8 October in which we will explore how literature shaped the rise of computing. shorturl.at/UJsqM
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
At the beginning of this month, my book 'ASML and Dutch Physics' was officially launched with a panel discussion on the perks and challenges of public-private collaboration in science. The book is now available through the website of @amsterdamupress.bsky.social (see links below)
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Afgelopen zomer overleed de natuurkundige Frans Saris. Voordat dit nieuws bekend was, mocht ik over zijn laatste boekje wat gedachten op papier zetten voor @nlboekengids.bsky.social . Sinds deze week vrij te lezen: www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20250831-hei...
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Hein Brookhuis | Nostalgie naar dat ene Lab
‘Waarom ging ik graag terug naar het lab in Amsterdam?’ is de vraag die fysicus Frans W. Saris zichzelf stelde af in zijn laatste boek Als de koffie maar goed is. Ter gelegenheid van het 75e jarig bes...
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
De technologie van ASML heeft inmiddels alle internationale kranten en journaals gehaald. Maar wat betekent de groei van het bedrijf voor de Nederlandse wetenschap? Het antwoord daarop is te vinden in dit boek. Vanaf nu te bestellen, begin september beschikbaar! www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...
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ASML en de Nederlandse natuurkunde
ASML, marktleider in geavanceerde chipmachines, initieerde in 2014 samen met NWO, AMOLF, de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Vrije Universiteit een nieuw onderzoeksinstituut: het Advanced Research Cen...
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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I've written an op-ed on innovation and economic growth for Research Fortnight (open access) arguing we need radical innovation in innovation policy centred on evidence-based policy. Shouldn't need saying but ... www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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UKRI’s economic mission is built on a delusion - Research Professional News
If British innovation could drive British growth, it would have already happened, says David Edgerton
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
In the upcoming Fred Jevons Lecture, John Krige will explore the geopolitics of knowledge circulation, focusing on the US-China tech war and its global implications www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-...
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What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology & geopolitics
The Fred Jevons Lecture will explore the geopolitics of knowledge circulation, focusing on the US-China tech war and its global implications
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Eric Winsberg @ewinsberg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Katherine Dormandy and I are officially editing a special issue of *Synthese* on Gatekeeping in Science. The call for papers is attached. It should be a fun issue. link.springer.com/collections/...
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Gatekeeping in Science
Science, which we may understand broadly as the natural, social and human sciences, depends on gatekeeping to maintain its epistemic credentials. It must keep ...
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UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
For the opportunity to present at this celebration and have Professors Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer respond to their work in conversation with Professor John Tresch, early career scholars are invited to send abstracts of max. 200 words. For more details go to: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/202...
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This History of Science workshop will be excellent. An invitation to early career scholars to get involved. @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/202...
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Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Leviathan and after – a celebration of the history of science, the field, and its future.
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A bit windswept by the stormy weather last friday, but the tour behind the scenes at ASML was certainly a highlight this year!
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Cyrus Mody @ccmmody.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
CfP: How Sciences End Oxford, 11-13 July 2025 Deadline: 31 January 2025 Submit 250-word abstracts to howsciencesend@gmail.com [I'm broadcasting this on behalf of Joe Martin, Michelle Aroney & Alex Aylward, none of whom AFAIK are on this site yet]
CALL FOR PAPERS: How Sciences End
Dates: 11–13 July 2025
Location: University of Oxford, UK
Submission deadline: 31 January 2025
Conference Theme and Goals
Historians have studied extensively how sciences begin—but how do they end? This is a crucial
question for understanding how the labour of knowledge-making evolves. Previous attention to the
founding, disciplining, and professionalisation of individual sciences has provided robust
frameworks for thinking through the birth and growth of knowledge-making communities. Far less
attention has been directed toward how those same communities decay, dissipate, or evolve beyond
the contemporary boundaries of science. This conference seeks to cultivate case studies of the ends
of sciences, and thereby to motivate a new approach to thinking about the developmental
trajectories of scientific disciplines, communities, institutions, and the ordering of expert
knowledge. A further aim is to strengthen the community of scholars with a shared interest in
studying the ends of sciences.
Submission Process
Submissions should be sent to howsciencesend@gmail.com. Please title the email “SciEnds Abstract
Submission” and include the following information in the body:
- Full name as you would like it to appear on the programme
- Email address
- Affiliation, or how you would like to be identified on the programme
- Presentation title
- An abstract of no more than 250 words describing your proposed talk and how it fits the
conference theme and goals.
- An indication of whether you would like to be considered for travel support. (Limited funds
are available to defray travel costs, with priority given to early career and insecurely employed
scholars.)
The submission deadline is 31 January 2025. We plan to circulate a draft program by the end of
February 2025.
Programme Committee
Michelle Aroney (Oxford), Alex Aylward (Oxford), Joseph D. Martin (Durham)
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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Veel belangstelling voor de openingslezing voor het 111-jarige jubileum van Gewina op de dag van de wetenschap! Lezing door prof. Steven vanden Broecke
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Universiteitshistoricus VU @vuhistoricus.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Vers van de pers: 'De rector: Academicus in bestuur, bestuurder in de academie'. Met twee voorgaande delen over de campus en de universiteitskrant, een drieluik over recente universiteitsgeschiedenis wat betreft ruimtelijkheid, (academische en pers-)vrijheid en bestuur. verloren.nl/Webshop/Deta...
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣Great opportunity for students in #HistSci & #PhilSci: Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social next April! 🤓 Find all information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma... Deadline for application: 13/12/24 Please repost and share 🙏
Screenshot from the website for Utrecht Summer Schools with a short discription of the Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society. The describing text is "This Spring School addresses differences between scientific and other forms of knowledge, the relation between science, pseudoscience, and non-science, and challenges of inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge production from philosophical and historical perspectives."
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Stan van Pelt @stanvanpelt.nl · 08/11/2024
Namaakcongressen zijn de nieuwste manier waarop malafide bedrijven geld uit de zakken van (ook Nederlandse) wetenschappers willen kloppen. Ik bezocht er een in Boedapest en schreef een reportage voor verschillende universiteitsbladen. dub.uu.nl/nl/achtergro...
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Malafide bedrijven willen met nepcongres geld uit zakken wetenschappers kloppen
Willekeurige onderwerpen, slechte presentaties – copycat-congressen zijn de nieuwste manier waarop malafide bedrijven geld uit de zakken van wetenschappers willen kloppen. We bezochten er een in Boeda...
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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
📣From our latest issue, 'Global Social History: Class and Social Transformation in World History' Stefanie Gänger (University of Heidelberg) on 'Non-Western Scholars, Bourgeois Virtues, and the International Scientific Community in the Age of Empire, 1870–1920' 🗃️ 19thc 20thc 👉 shorturl.at/umPpD
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
It's official... www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... #HistSci #HistSTM
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Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
The Spring-Summer issue of the AIP History Newsletter is posted! The cover story, "Last Collider Standing" (by me), collates reflections on the cancellation of the Isabelle collider, the rise of the ill-fated Superconducting Super Collider, and the origins of RHIC... www.aip.org/sites/defaul...
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
On Thursday the 14th of March (15.30), I will defend my PhD-dissertation: "The Politics of Big Science in a Small Country - The Moral Economy of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (1980 - 2020)." 1/2
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Transformed my @hsnatsci.bsky.social article on the Belgian MYRRHA reactor into a poster for the Nuclear Science Contest of the Belgian Nuclear Society. Happy to bring the HPS-perspective to a science contest!
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Exploring a bit of #nuclearculture around the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre in Mol
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Michiel Bron @michielbron.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
On 21-22 Juni 2024 Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and Universities, will organize its biannual conference. The theme is "Ecology & Economy: History of Knowledge during the Unequal Anthropocene". The call for papers is open until January 15 www.gewina.nl/woudschoten2...
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Call for Papers: 10th Gewina Woudschoten Conference 2024
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Het is 1955, en een Nederlandse krant suggereert dat het logisch was dat België een trage start had in nucleair onderzoek, want "Belgen zijn van nature geen pure wetenschapsmensen."
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