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Elis Jones

@elisj.bsky.social

Philosopher and sociologist; focused on marine science, and on interactions between 'value' and science. Based at Technical University Munich. marinesciencestudies.co.uk

226 Followers  |  122 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 13.09.2023  |  1.648

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And first up @elisj.bsky.social kicks us off. Do we need a philosophy of marine science? He starts with the sense that there is no such thing as β€œmarine science”… Whatever we take this to mean by that, do we need a specific philosophical approach/approaches to it?

21.07.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies)
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts

15.07.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ocean & Us - Scientific Knowledge Across Jurisdictions + Ocean and Us Ocean & Us A two-year cross-disciplinary Research Network A two-year cross-disciplinary Research Network hosted by the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinb...

Sorry to miss it! On history and philosophy of ocean science see our projects www.skaje.uk/ocean-and-us/ funded by RSE. We have a special issue of the journal Marine Policy almost complete on coastal communities and local knowledge www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... plus a book coming out soon!

21.07.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New semester, new lecture series πŸŽ‰
Starting next Monday, we welcome amazing scholars to give talks in #HPBio and medicine - always at 4pm CET on zoom. The first talk will be by @msimang.bsky.social and later in the semester we will hear @stellasandford.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social and many more 🀩

01.04.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

I will discuss the challenges of studying changing systems, including hydra, reefs, humans and oceans

25.02.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interaction and Evolution of Organisms Seminar Series 04.03.2025 - 10.06.2025 Place: UBB HS1 (13:15-14:45), Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Vienna

For those in Vienna 4th March - I will give a talk titled 'What is Normal? Shifting Baselines in Biology' at the University of Vienna Interaction and Evolution of Organisms Seminar Series

More info:
ecology.univie.ac.at/news/news-de...

25.02.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Today I left Twitter. To help avoid Twitter's fate, it would be nice if Bluesky would commit to allowing people to move between platforms and take their networks with them: pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...

19.01.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SPSP Newsletter # 22 November 2024

Check out the new SPSP Newsletter #22, covering biomedical validation, philosophy of science for and with astrophysics, "evolving evolution", Uni of Valpareiso highlights, ... #philsci #philbio #philmed

sway.cloud.microsoft/tvRXL53AU0du...

02.12.2024 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unrestricted Versus Regulated Open Data Governance: A Bibliometric Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleotide Sequence Databases - Data Science Journal The CODATAΒ Data Science JournalΒ is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal, publishing papers on the management, dissemination, use and reuse of research data and databases across all researc...

New paper w N Sheehan & F Botta comparing forms of open governance of sequencing data. We use data mining, network analysis, bibliometrics and philosophy/history to investigate how data infrastructures facilitate global collaboration & enhance diversity datascience.codata.org/articles/10.... πŸ§ͺ

14.05.2024 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wellcome Centre on X: "We are offering two scholarships worth Β£3,500 each for full-time students enrolling on our MA programme for a September 2024 start. Find out more here! https://t.co/fwvoAdi3Sc https://t.co/oe6fJrUAoL" / X We are offering two scholarships worth Β£3,500 each for full-time students enrolling on our MA programme for a September 2024 start. Find out more here! https://t.co/fwvoAdi3Sc https://t.co/oe6fJrUAoL

Funded Masters scholarships, with accessible entry requirements! Brilliant to see creation of such vital, affordable, entry points to academia for all @uniofexeter.bsky.social.
Pls pass word on to promising students interested in #medhumanities #medsociology #histmed #STS #histstm #OneHealth etc

14.05.2024 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SPSP Newsletter # 21 June 2024

Latest Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice Newsletter:
- Celebrating Helen Longino
- John Dupré’s retirement from Egenis
- Interviews on books of Greg Radick & @msuarez.bsky.social
- 10th SPSP conference
- Sean Valles' Proust Questionnaire
sway.cloud.microsoft/0lkMmAvYENSo... #philsci

19.06.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Registrations are open for β€œUnderstanding Life in a Changing Planet” conference in Exeter on 17-19/04/2024 to celebrate 20+2 years of #Egenis! Check out the amazing line-up and do join us - you can also submit a poster proposal, deadline this Friday sociology.exeter.ac.uk/research/sts...

11.12.2023 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats man!!

23.11.2023 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Details | Events | University of Exeter

🚨 Event Alert🚨 Talk β€œForests as Technologies” by Prof Jennifer Gabrys (Cambridge) this Monday, Nov 20, 15:30 GMT, at EGENIS. Join us via Zoom at www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...

#philsci #HPBio #philsky #STS #philbio

19.11.2023 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

*Big event alert* April 17-19 2024, Egenis (Exeter Centre for Study of Life Sciences)celebrates its 20 + 2 anniversary with conference β€œUnderstanding Life in a Changing Planet”. www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... Call for Posters, deadline 15/12, here: philevents.org/event/show/1... do join us!

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Boston University's Marsh Plaza with sandy colored stone buildings, chapel, & archways illuminated at Twilight

Boston University's Marsh Plaza with sandy colored stone buildings, chapel, & archways illuminated at Twilight

πŸ’₯We are hiring in Philosophy of Science!πŸ’₯

Assistant Prof, Tenure-track
Philosophy Dept, Boston University
AOS: Philosophy of Science
AOC: Open, Applied Ethics preferred
Writing sample, 3 LoR, CV, Research Statement, Teaching Dossier & Diversity Statement

πŸ’₯Due Nov 1st πŸ’₯
philjobs.org/job/show/24278

25.09.2023 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

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