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Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Democracy–Participation–Expertise: Experimenting with Knowledge Systems Workshop | 27 Jan 2026 🕒 15:30–19:30 CET | 📍 TUM Think Tank 🎙️ Westphal, Williams, Setälä, Castiglione & Leonelli 💻 Online participation: email desantila.hysa@tum.de ℹ️ Program: opensciencestudies.eu/events/

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Nature @nature.com · 02/12/2025

Europe must reform the ways in which science is evaluated. To boost innovation, it must improve research culture, says David Budtz Pedersen go.nature.com/3Y0652P

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Great science happens in great teams — research assessments must try to capture that

Europe must reform the ways in which science is evaluated. To boost innovation, it must improve research culture.

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Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Call for Papers: Philosophy of Science in Public Policy Synthese Topical Collection (Guest-Editors: Sabina Leonelli, Richard Williams, TUM) Deadline: 10 April 2026 Submission: www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default... Link: link.springer.com/collections/... @philosophynow.bsky.social

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Full-Function Web-Enabled Manuscript Submission and Tracking System for Peer Review

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Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Is democracy broken? How can we know if it still works? My paper, “Does this democracy work?”, is now out in Economics & Philosophy: doi.org/10.1017/S026... Thank you to everyone who helped!

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 23/10/2025

Consciousness has been a long-standing enigma for both science and philosophy. What is consciousness, is it real or illusory? | iai.tv/video/metaphysics-vs-conscio… Philosophers Philip Goff and Hilary Lawson discuss Goff's version of panpsychism. #consky

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Metaphysics vs consciousness

Consciousness has been a long-standing enigma for both science and philosophy. What is consciousness, is it real or illusory? And how does it relate to the universe? In this conversation, philosophers...

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Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

How may politics help scientists and society prepare for anticipated scientific breakthroughs? In the "Science Lens," @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and I discuss the future of research. Thanks to GESDA Global and @edinitiative.bsky.social for all their support! radar.gesda.global/science-lens...

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Science Lens: Future of research - GESDA

This report anticipates key challenges related to future developments in international science and technology research. It then outlines potential opportu...

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Today at CERN for 2025 Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit: summit.gesda.global/event/2025/ . Tomorrow I discuss "Who shapes the future of research" w Mehral Gul, Marie Leptin, Magdalena Skipper & Karthik Ramani…

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2025 Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit

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Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Interested in how philosophy + STS can shape sustainable science? @TUMunich is hiring a funded PhD (3 yrs, start Jan 2026) on the social + philosophical dimensions of computational modelling as part of the Horizon Europe FairCFD network. Apply by Oct 15, 2025 → victoria.tommasini@tum.de

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Anna-Lena Rüland @arueland.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

@williams-r-b.bsky.social, @paultrautt.bsky.social, Kim Hajek & Rena Alcalay managed to put a great #interdisciplinary panel on #uncertainty in data-intensive #research #practices together for @ishpssb2025.bsky.social. As part of it, I discussed uncertainty in the context of #research #security.

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Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🧬 Excited for #ISHPSSB2025! The International Society for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Biology meets 20–25 July 2025 at the University of Porto, Portugal. 🔍 Program now live-sessions, papers & posters! ➡️ opensciencestudies.eu/ishpssb2025-... #HPS #ISHPSSB #PhilosophyOfScience

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ISHPSSB2025 PROGRAM – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Gathering thoughts after a fantastically productive workshop on Open Science, which brought together our team and advisors here in gorgeous springtime Munich! A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful colleagues and team - all slides and materials available here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Richard Williams @williams-r-b.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

How is data shaping the future of education, policy, and research?📈 Join EDI Town Hall 2025 in Munich (or online) on March 31 at the TUM Think Tank, 09:00-17:30! 🔗👇 ethicaldatainitiative.org/event/shapin...

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Stefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Extreme stances about AI and LLMs in particular (be them deflationary or inflationary) are very likely wrong, valid and certainly not good for an healthy debate. But where do they come from? We (with @giadapistilli.com) argue that common cognitive biases may play a role: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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