Last week, we had a very nice after-work gathering at a beach bar close to the university 😎 Wishing all of you a lovely summer! 🌞 #AcademicSky #SunnyBochum

Last week, several members of our group also presented at the #SPSP meeting in Cambridge. @acfischer.bsky.social spoke about endometriosis and standards, Sergei Shevchenko about biological experiments and Jan Baedke about virtual herbaria. Thanks to all participants for great discussions!🥰 #PhilSci

As the last member of our group, @yavannakemi.bsky.social gave a talk on Agnes Arber at the HSS/ESHS meeting yesterday in a great session about unorthodox women in modern biological research. #HistSci #HPBio

Day three of the HSS/ESHS meeting included the presentation of @petinozappala.bsky.social on C.H. Waddington and Ivan Schmalhausen and their ideas on canalization, genetic assimilation and evolution. The talk was part of a great session on evolutions in heredity. #HistSci #HPBio #PhilSci

1st day of the HSS/ESHS meeting in Edinburgh is underway! Two members of our group presented today: Jan Baedke about virtual herbaria, local plant collectors and epistemic injustice and Sergei Shevchenko about Soviet biology in the grip of planned economy. Looking forward to the next days!🤩 #HistSci

📣One week left for non-EU students to apply for the HPS+Logic M.A. at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! It includes courses on science and its history, logic and topics on culture, ethics & technology. More info: www.hpsplus.org Application deadline for EU students: 15 Sept. #PhilSci #HistSci #HPS #STS #logic

New paper out by our former visiting fellow Alberto Monterde Fuertes! It examines the methodological decisions structuring inquiry in engaged philosophy of science. Check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #PhilSci

Yesterday, we had the last talk in our lecture series for this semester. A big thanks to Silvia De Cesare who presented insights from her recent book on organic progress and evolutionary theory. Thanks to everyone who joined the meeting and see you all in the next series during the winter term! 🤗

A big thanks to @ltdandreas.bsky.social who gave a fascinating talk last Thursday in our lecture series about the colonial heritage of and biases in natural history collections. Despite the hot weather, we had a lively discussion - thank you to everyone who participated online and in person!

After today's talk in our lecture series, you can immediately register for the next one, taking place on Monday, 4pm (CET): rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... In the last talk of this semester, Silvia De Cesare will speak about organic progress and evolutionary theory. #HPBio #PhilSci

Tomorrow, we welcome @ltdandreas.bsky.social in our lecture series! Andreas will talk about digital futures, material presents and colonial pasts. It's a hybrid event, so if you're at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, come around at 6pm! Otherwise register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HistSci 🐋🌱

A big thanks to Samantha Muka for her great talk about artificial reefs and coral conservation in our lecture series on Monday! Thank you also to everyone who joined the talk and the great discussion afterwards! #HPBio #PhilSci

Today, we have the last talk in the online lecture series on soviet biology, organized by Sergei Shevchenko. Anna Mazanik will talk about viruses, vectors and Soviet medicine in the Pacific borderlands. Join us in 20 min. on zoom! #PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio

Next week, we welcome Samantha Muka ‬(Stevens Institute of Technology) in our lecture series. Samantha will speak about coral reefs and how they are defined in modern conservation biology. 🪸 Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #PhilSci

📣Interested in studying history and philosophy of science and/or logic? Come around to learn more about our HPS+Logic M.A. program at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de on Thurs, 11/06, 12:00 (CET)! In person and zoom: ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/6842065321... More info: www.hpsplus.org #PhilSci #HistSci #HPS #STS

Next session of our reading group on Monday, 4pm (CET)! 📖🧠 We’ll be discussing this paper by Kathryn Plaisance and colleagues about scientists' views of #PhilSci: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Just email jan.baedke[at]rub.de for the meeting details!

You can still register for the second talk in the online lecture series on ‪Soviet biology, organized by Sergei Shevchenko. Tomorrow, Stephen Brain talks about biocentric agriculture in the Soviet Union. For more information and registration: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #HistSci

A big thanks to Gry Oftedahl for her great talk about self-assembly and self-organization in our lecture series on Monday! Thank you also to everyone who joined the talk and enriched the discussion afterwards! #HPBio #PhilSci

Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇

The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, edited by Kevin Elliot and Ted Richards is now available as open access: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi... In includes a chapter on the limits of diversity in science by @acfischer.bsky.social, @abigailnd.bsky.social and our group leader Jan Baedke.

Next week, we welcome Gry Oftedal ‬(University of Oslo) in our ROTO Lecture Series. Gry will speak about self-assembly in living systems. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #PhilSci

A big thanks to @petinozappala.bsky.social who gave a fascinating talk in our lecture series last week about the history of the concepts of canalization and stabilizing selection. Thank you also to the live and online audiences for the lively discussion afterwards! #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio

You can still register for tomorrow's talk in our Lecture Series: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... Alejandra Petino Zappala will talk about canalization, stabilizing selection and evolution. It's a hybrid talk, so come around if you're at RUB! If not, see you on zoom!🤗 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio

📣 We're #Hiring! #ERC Consolidator Project BOTLEG at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting: - 1 PostDoc ➡️ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... - 2 PhDs ➡️ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... 📅 Deadline: 25 May 2026 #PhDSky #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky

A big thanks to Banu Subramaniam who gave an inspiring talk about botany, colonialism, sexuality, migration, conservation and much more in our first lecture of this semester yesterday! Thank you also to everyone who joined the talk and the great discussion afterwards! #HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci

Next Monday, we will kick off this semester's lecture series with the talk by Banu Subramaniam. Banu will talk about migrant ecologies, plants, and the afterlives of Empire. Just register for the talk via the link and join us on Zoom!🤗 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #HistSci #PhilSci

New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next week, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... We look forward to seeing you there 🤗 #HPBio #HistSci #PhilSci

After a great final discussion, we ended our workshop this afternoon. Before that, we heard two last talks about plankton diversity research and about the EcoWeaver project (ecoweaver.hi-knowledge.org). A big thanks to all speakers and participants who made this such a nice and inspiring event! 🤗

Day 2 of our workshop is on! 😎 @davidludwig.bsky.social made a great start with an his analysis of the current state of diversity in #PhilSci, followed by Dunja Šešelja who talked about expert judgement and epistemic trespassing. Abraham Tobi concluded the morning talking about epistemic occlusion.

In between, we looked at diverse plants in the greenhouses and marveled at the diversity of the current weather conditions in Bochum 😅