Over the last few days I have participated in great workshop organised in Bologna as part of the Normative Kinds Project: sites.unimi.it/guala/normativ… It was an extremely inspiring experience. Thank you! Can't wait to see you all again 💛

Welcome Hugh! I’m very much looking forward to philosophy & ethics of science thriving even more in Wageningen Wageningen U&R with you on board! Exciting times ahead

Academic philosophy remains deeply provincial. But how do we move towards critical global debates? Our new paper addresses some methodological challenges - “Confrontation or Dialogue? Productive Tensions between Decolonial and Intercultural Scholarship” journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/i…

In the midst of this planetary crisis, you may wonder: what is the biggest threat humanity is facing? Clearly, philosophers using the term “natural kind” in their journal papers. My campaign against natural kinds therefore bravely goes into another round. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

My workplace in Beijing for the next 3 months. The institute for the history of the natural sciences of the Chinese Academy of Science is an inspiring place to be :)

If you’re in Beijing, join us at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for my talk with great discussants

This December I'm co-teaching a new PhD course on "Foundations of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research" in Wageningen with a great crew of colleagues. Consider joining us! wur.nl/en/activity/fo…

Nice report on our project "Global Dialogues About Science Governance" at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ihns.ac.cn/xwdt/xsdt/2024…

I'll be one of the keynote speakers at the workshop “Scientific Pluralism, Epistemic Diversity, and Progress in Science” in March in Wuppertal in Germany. Their CfP is open until 15 Nov, consider joining us: grk2696.de/scientific-plu…

How can scientists collaborate globally on AI safety, climate change, or pandemics in times of "China vs. the West" narratives? Great conversations on tricky questions of international solidarity at Science & Technology Ethics Symposium of the Chinese Academy of Science.

Teaching a PhD course on "Philosophy of Science in Action" at CAS Beijing next Monday. If you're around and want to join, let me know!

Our Special Issue “Science as a Site of Inequality” has been published in Environmental Science & Policy. Check out the 15 amazing research articles & our editorial! sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

After 3 months, my last days in Beijing with the obligatory Tsinghua University goodbye photo. I'll be back though :)

I was interviewed by the journal "GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society". For the full journal issue, see here oekom.de/ausgabe/03-202…

If you're in the Netherlands on 25 Nov - we're doing an informal roundtable on "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" in Wageningen the afternoon. Feel free to join!

Next Wednesday, I'll give a lecture on "A Political Epistemology of International Development" at the Global Development Institute. If you're in Manchester, stop by and say hi! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:tn…

Our event on "Political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" collides with the protest in The Hague against the funding cuts in Dutch higher education. Please join the protests on 25 Nov and join our event in February instead campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/stop…

I'll be one of the lecturers in the upcoming spring school on "Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society" at Utrecht University 13-17 April 2025. Great opportunity for master students & early PhD candidates utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/humani…

"Rivers across worlds: A conceptual framework for ontological inclusion & exclusion in participatory water governance" is out now. Very grateful to Thomas for this collaboration, bringing water governance & philosophy together journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25…