Just starting! The workshop "Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethical for the Exposome and Microbiome" with @stefanocanali.bsky.social and Thomas Bonnin @Politecnico di Milano. Check the program here: www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos...
In the middle of a wonderful meeting between staff members of @manchstm.bsky.social and @utrechthps.bsky.social, lead by @ctimmermann.bsky.social and Toine Pieters!
Another year, another Utrecht HPS group photo (credit: Harold van de Kamp)
Happening this Wednesday
The recording of the UPAC colloquium speaker session on December 2nd, in which Marta Pedroni (University of Geneva) gave a talk titled "Singularity Resolution in Loop Quantum Gravity", has just been uploaded!
youtu.be/noh_rdUSRh4?...
Beautifully illustrated science communication piece on black hole imaging, by Peter Galison et al.
(Best viewed on a laptop/tablet.)
planetaryvision.antikythera.org
Open access collected volume on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter to appear in the summer of 2027 with Cambridge University Press
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Prof Chris Smeenk (Western Uni, London Ontario) will be giving the 2025 Beth Lecture, presenting his upcoming book with @jamesowenweatherall.com on the aim and structure of cosmological theory.
10 Dec 2025, Academiegebouw Utrecht, 19:30-21:00, followed by reception.
hpp-nl.nl/events/beth2...
Ik heb afgelopen paar jaar veel verbreding gevonden in onderwijs. Bij @utrechthps.bsky.social kon ik tussen 2022 en 2024 twee jaar werken aan onderwijs over de geschiedenis en filosofie van de Aard- en klimaatwetenschappen, waarmee mijn proefschrift een hele brede context kreeg. 1/
Beth Lecture 2025 by Prof Chris Smeenk, on closing the loop on inflation
hpp-nl.nl/events/beth2...
New preprint on dark matter epistemology, by Niels Martens
Cool stuff happening tomorrow! And you can even join online
Join this proposal for an exciting collected volume with CUP. All open access fees would be covered.
HPS researchers Diana Taschetto and Stefano Furlan discuss Bohr, Wheeler, and the history of quantum mechanics at the Descartes Colloquium tomorrow (23 Sept 2025, 15h30-17h00). For more information, visit: www.uu.nl/en/events/de...
The final day of the Utrecht Philosophy of Astronomy and Cosmology Conference is upon us
What can philosophy do for astronomy and cosmology, and vice versa?
Panel happening right now in Utrecht
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Ruward Mulder summarising the divide of responses to Reichenbach on universal forces
And so it begins.
The Spacetime Matters conference in Utrecht
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
On the 12th of September we'll be traveling up north for a dose of history and philosophy of physics: hpp-nl.nl/6th-hpp-nl-w...
Looking for some fun and short reads for over the holiday? Why not follow @shellsandpebbles.bsky.social on Bluesky, our long-running blog on interesting finds in the history of science!
Happening in Utrecht
Final call for registration: conference on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter
Registration deadline: 10th of July
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Yet another inspiring New Directions in Foundations of Physics conference concluded. For the second time in the gorgeous Logar Valley, Slovenia
Exciting workshop coming up in South Africa, co-organised by our "Microbiome research and race in the Local South" team
Exciting days with awesome colleagues 💕🌱🐬 #PhilSci @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social
Such fun and intense two days at the Spring School "Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society" @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social
The topic of this monday's Nijmegen Science Cafe will be Dark Matter, with Flavia Dias, Bas Zoutendijk & Niels Martens @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social
www.sciencecafenijmegen.nl/actueel/2025...
Foundations of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Conference happening in Utrecht in September
Happy and proud to announce that the 17th History of Recent Economics Conference will happen at Radboud University, 23-24 October 2025!
hisreco.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/c...
