Sabina Leonelli
@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social
Prof in Philosophy and History of Science & Technology, Technical University of Munich | scientific director Ethical Data Initiative & Public Science Lab | http://opensciencestudies.eu | President ISHPSSB | loves almost all forms of life
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Just in case my work-related posts may be misunderstood: I am not living this moment as if it were business-as-usual. It’s everything but, and all efforts and energy go into organising resistance. What are the tools at my disposal? #philsci #savedemocracy
Can metadata curation count as experimental practice? We answer in this new paper on data reanalysis in #plant #spacebiology, a major outcome of #PHIL_OS & Paola Castaño‘s collaboration w NASA’s open data team! #philsci, #data, #experimentation, #modelling, #ISS. OA version: doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Can metadata curation count as experimental practice? We answer in this new paper on data reanalysis in #plant #spacebiology, a major outcome of #PHIL_OS & Paola Castaño‘s collaboration w NASA’s open data team! #philsci, #data, #experimentation, #modelling, #ISS. OA version: doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci
SW*IP Germany Jahrestagung 2025 - Universität Ulm
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November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci
How to conceptualise research environments for transdisciplinary work? How do researchers negotiate such spaces, and with which implications for knowledge produced? @rosetrappes.bsky.social and I answered by proposing the idea of "multiplex research environments"! See: rdcu.be/eN8ie #philsci
Research in the multiplex: navigating tensions and opportunities in transdisciplinary environments
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How to conceptualise research environments for transdisciplinary work? How do researchers negotiate such spaces, and with which implications for knowledge produced? @rosetrappes.bsky.social and I answered by proposing the idea of "multiplex research environments"! See: rdcu.be/eN8ie #philsci
If around Padova on Nov 3, join the Italian launch of film Data Shadows, in conversation with outstanding colleagues & National Centre for Biodiversity. Dialogues on data rights and nature, extractive epistemologies, public science and constructive ways forward ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/data-...
Data Shadows: i dati si svelano - Orto Botanico di Padova
Lunedì 3 novembre, a partire dalle ore 16, il Teatro botanico ospiterà in prima visione nazionale la proiezione del film Data Shadows
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November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If around Padova on Nov 3, join the Italian launch of film Data Shadows, in conversation with outstanding colleagues & National Centre for Biodiversity. Dialogues on data rights and nature, extractive epistemologies, public science and constructive ways forward ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/data-...
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There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
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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...
Thanks to GESDA Global and @edinitiative.bsky.social for all their support!
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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...
radar.gesda.global
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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...
Thanks to GESDA Global and @edinitiative.bsky.social for all their support!
radar.gesda.global/science-lens...
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Who shapes the future of research? 🔍
President, @marialep.bsky.social, ERC grantee @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and other insightful speakers on “Rethinking Discovery” and EU in the global competition.
#GESDASummit
Moderation: @alokjha.bsky.social.
Watch session 📺
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President, @marialep.bsky.social, ERC grantee @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and other insightful speakers on “Rethinking Discovery” and EU in the global competition.
#GESDASummit
Moderation: @alokjha.bsky.social.
Watch session 📺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3A...
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Who shapes the future of research? 🔍
President, @marialep.bsky.social, ERC grantee @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and other insightful speakers on “Rethinking Discovery” and EU in the global competition.
#GESDASummit
Moderation: @alokjha.bsky.social.
Watch session 📺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3A...
President, @marialep.bsky.social, ERC grantee @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and other insightful speakers on “Rethinking Discovery” and EU in the global competition.
#GESDASummit
Moderation: @alokjha.bsky.social.
Watch session 📺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3A...
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…
2025 Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit
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October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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…
Last week left to contribute the cost of a coffee (or a meal?) to our Pianeta Association / Public Science Lab crowdfunding campaign - a *unique* effort to leverage research in science studies to spearhead concrete participative projects on urban environments! 🌍
www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...
www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...
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October 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Last week left to contribute the cost of a coffee (or a meal?) to our Pianeta Association / Public Science Lab crowdfunding campaign - a *unique* effort to leverage research in science studies to spearhead concrete participative projects on urban environments! 🌍
www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...
www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...
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What can real-world examples teach us about tracking the progress of #OpenScience? Join us for the next webinar in our Open 2.0 series.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What can real-world examples teach us about tracking the progress of #OpenScience? Join us for the next webinar in our Open 2.0 series.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
Last call for #OpenScience Conference FOR2026 ⏰ ‼️ The deadline for submissions is tomorrow night - all who practice, study or govern Open Research, please send an abstract and join us in Munich in May 2026 to foster equitable open research. All details: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
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September 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Last call for #OpenScience Conference FOR2026 ⏰ ‼️ The deadline for submissions is tomorrow night - all who practice, study or govern Open Research, please send an abstract and join us in Munich in May 2026 to foster equitable open research. All details: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
Italians and beyond: this week we launch Pianeta Lab in Modena and Bologna, an experimental space to give people a voice in developing technology & policies that affect our everyday lives. We need your help to get this off the ground! Please consider donating: www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...
Pianeta Lab: Soluzioni Concrete per le Sfide Socio-Ambientali
Pianeta Lab è il laboratorio dove nascono idee e diventano azioni. Un luogo aperto che unisce attivistə, cittadinə, imprese, artistə e istituzioni per affrontare insieme le grandi sfide sociali e ambi...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Italians and beyond: this week we launch Pianeta Lab in Modena and Bologna, an experimental space to give people a voice in developing technology & policies that affect our everyday lives. We need your help to get this off the ground! Please consider donating: www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...
JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci
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September 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci
A quick reminder to all those who care about open research to consider joining us for the FOR2026 Conference in the Future of Open Research at the Technical University of Munich in May 4-6, 2026! Deadline for paper and poster proposals: 30 September
opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
opensciencestudies.eu
September 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A quick reminder to all those who care about open research to consider joining us for the FOR2026 Conference in the Future of Open Research at the Technical University of Munich in May 4-6, 2026! Deadline for paper and poster proposals: 30 September
opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
The new @ishpssb.bsky.social account is live! ISH (as we affectionately call it) is my intellectual home & the most welcoming international society i ever encountered - Follow for news & dialogue on the history, philosophy and social studies of biology #philsci #histsci 🧪 🧬 🐙 🌳 🌱 🦠 🐘 🐟 🌺
We’re excited to launch the official BlueSky profile of ISHPSSB! Founded in 1998, we connect researchers in philosophy, history, and social studies of biology and medicine worldwide. Follow us for updates and events! #PhilosophyOfBiology, #HistoryOfScience, #STS, #Biology, #Medicine
September 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The new @ishpssb.bsky.social account is live! ISH (as we affectionately call it) is my intellectual home & the most welcoming international society i ever encountered - Follow for news & dialogue on the history, philosophy and social studies of biology #philsci #histsci 🧪 🧬 🐙 🌳 🌱 🦠 🐘 🐟 🌺
Next week I keynote t international conf. Formal Ontology for Information Systems. I remain enchanted by possibilities & challenges of comp. ontologies & worry about disregard 4 crucial semantics in the wake of genAI. Note: virtual participation is FREE! www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?pa... #philsci 🧪
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September 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Next week I keynote t international conf. Formal Ontology for Information Systems. I remain enchanted by possibilities & challenges of comp. ontologies & worry about disregard 4 crucial semantics in the wake of genAI. Note: virtual participation is FREE! www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?pa... #philsci 🧪
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Political attacks, natural risks, computer obsolescence... 🙊🌊
Scientific data is under threat. We provide details of a struggle for its preservation and for #OpenScience with Jürgen Enge, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @rrrrrok.bsky.social und Frank Oliver Glöckner.
Scientific data is under threat. We provide details of a struggle for its preservation and for #OpenScience with Jürgen Enge, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @rrrrrok.bsky.social und Frank Oliver Glöckner.
www.horizons-mag.ch
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Political attacks, natural risks, computer obsolescence... 🙊🌊
Scientific data is under threat. We provide details of a struggle for its preservation and for #OpenScience with Jürgen Enge, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @rrrrrok.bsky.social und Frank Oliver Glöckner.
Scientific data is under threat. We provide details of a struggle for its preservation and for #OpenScience with Jürgen Enge, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @rrrrrok.bsky.social und Frank Oliver Glöckner.
Big day at #EPSA25 for my group: first presenting joint paper with Emma Cavazzoni on data models & AI for pest monitoring, then symposium with Richard Williams on the role of philosophy in policy, my own paper on the case of Environmental Intelligence - details: philsci.eu/EPSA25/Progr... #philsci
European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - EPSA25 - Programme
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August 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Big day at #EPSA25 for my group: first presenting joint paper with Emma Cavazzoni on data models & AI for pest monitoring, then symposium with Richard Williams on the role of philosophy in policy, my own paper on the case of Environmental Intelligence - details: philsci.eu/EPSA25/Progr... #philsci
Today I am in ever-gorgeous, lively Torino to keynote the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy #SIFA25, discussing empiricism and grateful to be to catching up with the latest philosophical research in my home country - programme fully in English: sifaphilosophy.eu/eventi_sifa/... #philsci
27-29 August 2025 - Sifa Philosophy
[...]Leggi di più... from 27-29 August 2025
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August 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Today I am in ever-gorgeous, lively Torino to keynote the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy #SIFA25, discussing empiricism and grateful to be to catching up with the latest philosophical research in my home country - programme fully in English: sifaphilosophy.eu/eventi_sifa/... #philsci
Just out /2: condensing years of thinking, my philosophical examination of “Environmental Intelligence” as framing for foundations of #AI is on @harvarddataverse.bsky.social ! Officially published with commentaries in October, but sneak preview here: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/mx9vpa0b... #philsci 🧪
Environmental Intelligence: Redefining the Philosophical Premises of AI
Forthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version.
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
August 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Just out /2: condensing years of thinking, my philosophical examination of “Environmental Intelligence” as framing for foundations of #AI is on @harvarddataverse.bsky.social ! Officially published with commentaries in October, but sneak preview here: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/mx9vpa0b... #philsci 🧪
Just out / 1: “methods in philosophy of science”, #OA heroically assembled by Adrian Currie & Sophie Veigl. Comments welcome on mine & @Rachel Ankeny’s “Research design for philosophy of science in practice”, topic close to our hearts & constant source of questions! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
Methods in the Philosophy of Science
The last twenty years have seen multiple methodological revolutions in the philosophy of science: There has been increased diversity concerning the questions...
mitpress.mit.edu
August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just out / 1: “methods in philosophy of science”, #OA heroically assembled by Adrian Currie & Sophie Veigl. Comments welcome on mine & @Rachel Ankeny’s “Research design for philosophy of science in practice”, topic close to our hearts & constant source of questions! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
Soooooooo delighted with Paola Castaño winning Interdisciplinary Session Prize & @elisj.bsky.social winning Callebaut Prize at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social!! Esp given the huge role that Werner Callebaut played in my own journey as a philosopher of biology. So well-deserved for both
July 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Soooooooo delighted with Paola Castaño winning Interdisciplinary Session Prize & @elisj.bsky.social winning Callebaut Prize at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social!! Esp given the huge role that Werner Callebaut played in my own journey as a philosopher of biology. So well-deserved for both
Another fantastic mini-plenary, this time on the pros and cons of ecological restoration featuring @alkistiseg.bsky.social and Banu Subramaniam, to conclude a tremendous second day at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social #ishpssb25
July 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Another fantastic mini-plenary, this time on the pros and cons of ecological restoration featuring @alkistiseg.bsky.social and Banu Subramaniam, to conclude a tremendous second day at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social #ishpssb25
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Good news! ISHPSSB (ishpssb.org) is still accepting proposals for 2024 off-year workshops. Even better, funding has been increased to help support these workshops. ISHPSSB off-year workshops are intended to support ISHPSSB community meetups and ...
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#philbio #philsci #evbio #biology #ecology
ISHPSSB Off-Year Workshops
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March 23, 2024 at 10:01 PM