Catherine Herfeld

Dear EPSA members, In our first newsletter of 2026, we want to announce some good news and update you on some recent developments pertaining to EPSA. The good news is that we have now secured locations not only for EPSA27 but also for EPSA29! We were very lucky this year to receive nothing less than four bids to host EPSA27; all bids were very strong and carefully prepared, and the Steering Committee found it very difficult to decide. Eventually, we settled on Warsaw, Poland, for 2027 (with Marcin Milkowski and Hajo Greif as co-chairs) and Ljubljana, Slovenia, for 2029 (with Borut Trpin as chair). More details will follow in due course, but for now, we can all be happy that the next two EPSAs are in good hands and will take place in splendid locations! This is also a good moment to thank the Steering Committee members who have concluded their term (Lilia Gurova, Federica Russo, Marcel Weber, Catherine Herfeld, Edouard Machery and Caterina Marchionni) and in particular my predecessor Stéphanie Ruphy as EPSA President. Thanks to their good work, the current Steering Committee has found EPSA to be in excellent shape, which will allow us to continue to serve the philosophy of science community in Europe in constructive ways. We also want to thank Dunja Šešelja and Mathias Frisch, who have completed their terms as Editors-in-Chief of the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, and to welcome Samuel Fletcher and Catherine Herfeld as the new Editors-in-Chief of EJPS. Speaking of EJPS, we will soon be announcing the Call for Papers for the Proceedings of EPSA25, with Julie Jebeile as guest editor for the Proceedings (plus a team of co-editors to be announced shortly). Finally, the EPSA BlueSky account is now managed by Simon Lohse; if you are on BlueSky, please follow us there at https://bsky.app/profile/epsaphilsci.bsky.social Warm Regards, Catarina Dutilh Novaes and the EPSA Steering Committee

📣 Letter with the latest updates on EPSA2027 *and* EPSA2029, changes in the steering committee, the proceedings for EPSA25, and more... #philsci

There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026).

Submission deadline: 15 February!

Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org

#philsci

History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences This book argues for a new direction of research, namely ‘History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences’ (HPSS)

If you are looking for some philosophy of social science with a historical perspective, look no further, check out this new volume edited by Yafeng Shan:

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#philsci #philsky

This was a lot of fun; thanks for the wonderful questions!

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast: Episode Ninety Six Jennifer and François are joined by our first return guest, Catherine Herfeld, Professor of Philosophy and History of Economics at the Institute of Philosophy at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. ...

In their great podcast, I try to answer a set of challenging questions asked by Jennifer Jhun and François Allison about my book Conversations on Rational Choice and about how I would classify my work in the disciplinary landscape, among other things: hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-nine...

After some time, I could finally visit the PPE program at George Mason U again; such a good discussion (& catching up with my fellow JHET editor & former classmate Erwin Dekker). Plus: another day at the Rockefeller Archives and the New York Public Library for preparing my talk and the workshop.

📢 Call for Papers ENPOSS.

🔷 The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences invites submissions to its 15th Conference (Helsinki 26-28 August)

Deadline for submission: 1 March, 2026.
Notification of acceptance: 1 May, 2026.

More details:
🔹 enposs.eu
🔹 blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/

At least, you get almost 500 pages for your money 😊

Conversations on Rational Choice Cambridge Core - Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology - Conversations on Rational Choice

🔥 My book Conversations on Rational Choice is finally out: Conversation partners include Kenneth Arrow, Gary Becker, C. Bicchieri, D. Kahneman, P. Suppes, Christian List, Vernon Smith, Tom Schelling, L.A.Paul, C. Camerer, Martin Shubik, R. Kranton, and many others. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

📣 CFP for a topical collection in EJPS:

*Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry*

link.springer.com/collections/...

Submission deadline: 01 March 2026

#philsci #climatechange

Between 1 and 4 September 2026, the #SOCRATESgroup at Leibniz University Hannover will host an interdisciplinary summer school on "Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis." We would be very grateful if you could share the call:
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...

Of all the pitiful gestures we have witnessed to please the president, this is the most pathetic one. It shows that responsibility does not lie with him alone, but with all of us who are preparing and cleaning in different ways the playground for his toys. He said he will keep it!

Article: Why do we argue about the specialness of the social sciences?, by Anna Alexandrova & Martin Kusch
doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...

First talk in 2026: at TU Dresden. impressive city and a really helpful discussion with @ennofischer.bsky.social, Rico Hauswald, Tamara Jugov and Pedro Schmechtling about what is interesting about model transfers and the concept of epistemic harms to think about challenges to them. #erc_research

First talk in 2026: at TU Dresden. impressive city and a really helpful discussion with @ennofischer.bsky.social, Rico Hauswald, Tamara Jugov and Pedro Schmechtling about what is interesting about model transfers and the concept of epistemic harms to think about challenges to them. #erc_research

Newly published: "Interview with Christian List", in Catherine Herfeld (@cherfeld.bsky.social), Conversations on Rational Choice, @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025, philpapers.org/archive/LISI...

🎄Season greetings from almost all members of the @modeltransfer.bsky.social team! Have a relaxed break! 🔆

Back at the @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social after a long time for the last talk in 2025. Very exciting as it brings back a lot of memories. In the paper, we use network analysis to study whether model transfer might play a role in waking up sleeping beauty papers in science.

The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Visiting Scholars program.
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website:

hope.econ.duke.edu

Come join us!

Back from an intense and rewarding experience to teach a Master Class at the University of Zurich on Modeling and Model Transfer! In two days, I have learned so much that I immediately had to get a Glühwein afterwards 🥃🎄#modeltransfer @erc.europa.eu

History of Climate Economics Editors of the Special Issue Christophe Cassen (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Béatrice Cointe (CNRS, CSI Paris) Antoine Missemer (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Call for Papers In 2018, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Eco...

Call for proposals for articles for a special issue of this well edited journal #econsky #histsci #climate

Call for Applications — DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2026

Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics
Como, Italy, 8–12 June 2026

Sponsored by INEM, U. of Insubria, and U. of Milan

Full information at:

phileco4.lakecomoschool.org
phileco4.lakecomoschool.org/application/

New PSA postdoc working group. "The PSA is in the process of implementing a formal subdivision devoted to postdocs. A working group meets intermittently online. PSA members are invited to take short survey (buff.ly/IfZuE7k). Em Alan Love (aclove@umn.edu) to receive email updates/Zoom links."

Such a great initiative by my postdoc Bele Wollesen @belewollesen.bsky.social to bring our team together and support each other in the hard process of writing on #modeltransfer

For decades the Philosophy of Science Association has supported under-represented groups through grants from the National Science Foundation. Any guesses on how much support we'll get this year?

Please help us continue our important mission, especially when the government is hostile to it.

Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)

🔥 Congrats again to @phieveigl.bsky.social and @adrian-currie.bsky.social for a great volume on methods in philosophy of science. it also contains our hands-on chapter about using Network Analysis in #philsci.

💥 The new issue of the Royal Economic Society Newsletter (@resmedia.bsky.social) is out. It contains a short summary of my forthcoming book Conversations on Rational Choice (starting on page 4).

And both are also on bluesy: @phieveigl.bsky.social and @adrian-currie.bsky.social