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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

1/2 Team member Maxim Pfaffenrot gave a talk at the SOPhiA 2026 conference. Examining the COVID-19 pandemic as an episode of fast science, he shows that scientists inevitably make non-epistemic value judgements under time constraints.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1/2 MAPS team member George K. Barimah presented a paper, co-authored with fellow MAPS member Nadia Ruiz, at the Values in Science in the Rest of the World workshop: “Trust in Science in Developing Countries: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.” In this paper, they highlight ...

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Nadia Ruiz (MAPS) and Maria Lorenz (CELLS) presented today at CELLS' colloquium their co-authored paper: Social Egg Freezing: A Feminist Philosophy of Science Perspective. Followed by a very fruitful Q&A. #medicalization #interfelity #eggfreezing

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

1/2 Team member, Nadia Ruiz and co-author Maria Lorenz presented their working paper "Social Egg Freezing: A Feminist Philosophy Of Science Perspective" in the Objectivity & Subjectivity in Medicine workshop @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Meet MAPS' first visiting scholar, Alessandro Guerra. He is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at University of Milan and a philosopher of science & economics. He focuses on choice theory, decision-theoretic models & normative dimensions of modelling, with applications to environmental decision-making.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

At CELLS’ colloquium, MAPS member @dkhosrowi.bsky.social gave a presentation titled: “What kind of thing are ML systems like AlphaFold, and what kinds of things do they produce?” Followed up by a fruitful Q&A.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

1/2 MAPS team members presented at the Hannover-Groningen Philosophy of Science Workshop.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The CELLS' colloquium series continues. Today we had Annalisa Costella, from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Annalisa gave a talk titled "Of Green Frequently Flyers and Wealthy Socialists: A Defense of Apparent Hypocrisy."

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Yesterday, the CELLS' colloquium series had its first speaker. Armin Schulz, from the University of Kansas. Armin gave a talk titled: Institutional Conflicts of Interest: A Novel Functionalist Account.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

1/2 Team member George Barimah presented on "Medical AI Regulation and Inductive Risks: A Case by Case Perspective" at the Rethinking AI in Practice – Culture and Ethics’ Role in Shaping the Future of Digital Health Care Technologies Conference.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Team member Matthias Ackermann gave a talk entitled "Predictable Uncertainty’ and Locally Reliable Climate Change Information" at CELLS Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

SOCRATES Fellow Doohyun (Richard) Sung gave a talk titled "Persistence is Futile: On Pursuit and Futility Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research" at the CELLS colloquium @iphilluh.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Yesterday, Sebastian Meller gave a talk entitled "Olfaction––a forgotten sensory tool? Biomedical perspectives across species boundaries" at the CELLS colloquium.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

MAPS' office Performing Hannover's Night Sky

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Team member @becklukas.bsky.social gave a talk entitled "Policy Optimization IAMs as Normative Models" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Team member Philippe van Basshuysen gave a talk entitled "Performative Power in Science" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Last Monday, Kevin Elliot gave a talk on "Revisiting Values and Science Through the Lens of Reflexive Performativity," which is a paper in collaboration with MAPS team member @jakobortmann.bsky.social.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Team member Nadia Ruiz presented her research paper "Modeling in Economic Policy: Rethinking Models's Epistemic Limitations" at the Philosophy Conference of Causal Inference in Economics Workshop, held on Oct 6-7 in Kraków, Poland.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Help us congratulate team member George Barimah on receiving the Victor Rizkallah-Siftung award for outstanding scientific achievements at @unihannover.bsky.social The award recognizes his dissertation, "The epistemic and moral dimensions of testimony in scientific research." @iphilluh.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Sci|Phi|Han Conference 2025, organized by the Philosophy of Science Master's program, @iphilluh.bsky.social. Special congratulations to the organizers, keynotes, and all the young academics presenting and attending.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Team member @becklukas.bsky.social presented "On the Diversity of Models in Normative Inquiry" at the #BSPS2025

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

(Sorry for posting this late.) The last two talks of #MAPS2025 symposium were given by @profwilson.bsky.social "Dynamical Causal Modeling and Performativity," and Melissa Vergara Fernández, "On the Influence of Jensen and Meckling's Theory of the Firm."

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The second day started with three great talks: Ekaterina Svetlova on "Performativity and ignorance of machine learning algorithms in finance" @jakobortmann.bsky.social on "But what is Performativity of Science?" and Mayli Martens on "Understanding Performative Prediction"

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Yesterday we ended day 1 with Donal Khosrowi's talk "Predicting or Recommending? Negotiating the Proper Roles for Machine Learning in Scientific Discovery " and Henrik Roed Sherling's talk "Looping Effects are Content-dependent". #MAPS2025

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

After lunch, we had @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social presentation on "Precursors of Market Design: A Historical Perspective and a Theoretical Afterword." #MAPS2025

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The second session went great with the talks of Francesco Guala -Values in scientific forecasting- and Davide Serpico– Making Decisions at Tipping Points: The Case of Addiction. #MAPS2025

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

It just started!! Thanks for the Welcoming Remarks to Philippe van Basshuysen and @elenapopaphi.bsky.social talk on "Performativity and Population Health Science" #MAPS2025

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We are pleased to invite you to the MAPS Symposium, taking place on June 4 and 5, 2025, at Koniglicher Pferdestall. Attendance is free and open to all. We have a great lineup! Join us for two days of engaging discussions and critical reflections.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Dr. Edoardo Peruzzi presented "The Application of Economic Models in the Courtroom: A Failed Promise" at the CELLS research colloquium. Thank you for the great talk and fruitful discussion at the Q&A. @iphilluh.bsky.social @modeltransfer.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

1/2 Meet member @becklukas.bsky.social. He is a philosopher of science who focuses on economic methodology, the intersection between economics and public policy, & the normativity of the behavioral sciences.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Meet team member Matthias Ackermann, who works on philosophy of (climate) science and epistemology. His research explores questions at the intersection of these two areas, particularly in relation to modeling practices.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Meet team member Dr. George Kwasi Barimah. He is an associate member of the DFG-funded Centre for Advanced Studies -"SOCRATES" @iphilluh.bsky.social. George's research interests are in public health ethics, social epistemology, trust in science, and science communication

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Team member @jakobortmann.bsky.social presented "Of Opaque Oracles: Epistemic Dependence on AI in Science Poses No Novel Problems for Social Epistemology" at CELLS research colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Team member Nadia Ruiz presented a poster on "Model Diversity in Economic Policy: A Pragmatic Defense" at the #PSA2024

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Next Monday, join our team member Nadia Ruiz on her talk about Feminicidios in the US-Mexican Border and the role of institutions such as NAFTA and PRONAF. @iphilluh.bsky.social

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Meet advisory board member, @profwilson.bsky.social professor of Philosophy in the Philosophy Department at University College London. He has published on bioethics, the philosophy of public policy, & governance of ideas and information. His research uses philosophy to help resolve practical 1/2

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

Meet advisory board member Dr. Ekaterina Svetlova. She is an Associate Professor at the BMS faculty of the University of Twente. Her interdisciplinary research sits at the intersection of finance, Science and Technology Studies (STS) & economic sociology. Ekaterina’s projects focus 1/2

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Meet advisory board member Donal Khosrowi. He works in philosophy of science and the philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. His research focuses on the epistemic, ethical and conceptual challenges created by epistemic technologies (e.g. experiments, 1/2

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

Meet advisory board member Tayfun Sönmenz a distinguished microeconomist renowned for the significant policy impact of his research in a wide range of market design applications, introduced two of the most influential applications in the field—school choice and kidney exchange. His contributions 1/2

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Meet advisory board member @catemar.bsky.social. She is a researcher in practical philosophy at the University of Helsinki and a founding member of the Centre for Philosophy of Social Science at the same university. 1/2

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Meet advisory board Francesco Guala. He is a philosopher and economist at the University of Milan. His seminal studies of performativity in economics have been generalized in a monograph: Understanding Institutions, 2016.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Meet advisory board member @ufeest.bsky.social professor of philosophy at the Leibniz University in Hannover. Her research is concerned with topics in philosophy of psychology, experimentation & measurement, which she approaches from the perspectives of an integrated history & philosophy of 1/2

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Meet advisory board member @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social. She is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and Co-Director of the Bennett Institute. Her latest, Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be, 1/2

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Meet advisory board member Ivan Boldyrev. He is an Assistant Professor at Radboud University. His research focuses, among other things, on the history and philosophy of recent economics, particularly general equilibrium theory and market design.

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