Lauren Ross

Two women smiling underneath a projector screen which reads "Argumentation, persuasion & the influence of norms in international politics, Prof. Lockwood and Prof. Ross, Soc Sci H1F, Week 10"

Last lecture of SocSci H1F: Explanation in the Social Sciences, the class that @laurennross.bsky.social and I co-teach at UCI. The class brings together the philosophy of science on explanation with case studies from International Relations, illustrating how explanation matters for social science. 🧵

Congratulations Danielle! 🎉

Berlin! (with @tonychemero.bsky.social, @francesegan.bsky.social, and @laurennross.bsky.social)

Later this month in Berlin, with @laurennross.bsky.social @okaydaniellle.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social
@francesegan.bsky.social @davidcolaco.bsky.social

www.merex-project.org/workshop-2026

How is current genomics impacted by social, political, and ethical assumptions?

@yashaddad.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of presenting this issue in our newest work (link below)

#popgen #STS #STEM #philsky #HPbio

Slide with a mural depicting Trump, Xi, and Putin reads: Foreign Policy under Trump 2.0 Presentation for the Great Decisions program St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach January 26, 2026 Dr. Erin Lockwood University of California Irvine, Dept. of Political Science @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social

I was invited to give a talk in the community last night on Trump's second-term foreign policy. I thought I'd share my slides and bullet points here too.

The Money Signal

The Money Signal | New book by @daniellethomsen.bsky.social, @ucirvine.bsky.social political science professor, explores how fundraising matters in American politics

@uchicagopress.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Medical schools must prepare tomorrow’s doctors for yesterday’s diseases Medical schools must now prepare tomorrow’s doctors for yesterday’s diseases.

"Most medical trainees have never seen measles or its complications, muscle rigidity from tetanus, or an infant struggling to breathe from pertussis....Now educators must prepare trainees for a world we deliberately worked to leave behind." www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/m...

Call for Abstracts!

The Center for Philosophy of Science invites submissions for the upcoming workshop, Social Ontology and Empirical Inquiry: Conflicts and Connections (April 11-12, 2026).

Deadline: January 15th

Details: https://ow.ly/eFpj50X9T2o

#PhilosophyOfScience #CallForPapers

Sometimes you have to work hard to remember that this is the actual world.

Causation, correlation, and attempts to explain ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease). Great article on a devastating disease. #philsci #philsky

In work led by Samantha Kleinberg @healthailab.org and with Phyllis Illari, and Dave Lagnado. Joins up the Stevens Institute of Technology, University of College London @ucl.ac.uk , and UC Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social @ucisocsci.bsky.social
#philsci #philsky #cogsci

Call for Papers: The Epistemology of Medicine Conference Detail page of a news

Call for Papers for “The Epistemology of Medicine Conference” hosted by LMU Munich June 25-26 2026. @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social

Talk/paper submission deadline is January 31, 2026!

Speakers: Enno Fischer, Ina Jäntgen,
Ulrich Mansmann, Lauren Ross
Jacob Stegenga & Jon Williamson

#philsci #philsky #hps

PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.

I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk

More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...

#cogsci #neuroskyence

Understanding scientific explanations

Understanding scientific explanations | As a Ph.D. candidate in the top-ranked @ucirvine.bsky.social Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Jaehyun Lee investigates the very nature of scientific inquiry

@uofcalifornia.bsky.social

I am accepting graduate students for the UCI Cognitive Sciences PhD program for Fall 2026. Check out my lab website - www.relcoglab.org for our recent themes. Our funded work focuses on combinatorial reasoning, moral decision-making, and conceptual cognition in humans and large language models.

Looking forward to this!
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience

www.merex-project.org/workshop-2026

@tonychemero.bsky.social @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy @davidcolaco.bsky.social @francesegan.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social @okaydaniellle.bsky.social

Amazing talk by Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social on "Social systems & their micro, meso, & macro interactions'' @ucisocsci.bsky.social & dinner afterwards with Ari Koslow, Tori Cotton @wittgencism.bsky.social, Cailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social & Kate Ritchie @kateritch.bsky.social !!!

Why Science and Philosophy Need Each Other | Lauren Ross & Megan Peters YouTube video by Mind-Body Solution

Enjoyed discussing "Why Science & Philosophy Need Each Other" w Megan Peters @meganakpeters.bsky.social

We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky

Huzzah! The PhilSci preprint archive for #philsci papers is finally on Bsky! Give them a follow to keep up with latest work in field ⬇️
@philsci-archive.bsky.social

So bad even political science (and philosophy) professors are showing up. With @daniellethomsen.bsky.social 🇺🇸
Here for democracy, science and #noKings #philsky #philsci #STS #sciencesky #HPBio

The Causality in Cognition Lab at Stanford University is recruiting PhD students this cycle!

We are a supportive team who happened to wear bluesky appropriate colors for the lab photo (this wasn't planned). 💙

Lab info: cicl.stanford.edu
Application details: psychology.stanford.edu/admissions/p...

Congratulations, Megan! So excited and happy for you! Will seriously miss you at UCI but looking forward to staying in touch and all your exciting next steps! 🎉🎉🎉

📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce…

🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉

The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!

Thanks for the wonderful talk, Tobi! Great having you out!

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published OTD in 1962.

“[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”

🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM

118. Lauren Ross: Causation, mechanism, and explanation in neuroscience - BJKS Podcast Lauren Ross is a professor of logic and philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. We talk about her work on causation, mechanism, and explanation in neuroscience, Lauren's background in...

Enjoyed talking with Benjamin Kuper-Smith about: philosophy of science, mechanism, explanation, and career topics for his BJKS Podcast @bjkspod.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #HPS
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Check out other great episodes too!
www.buzzsprout.com/1390924/epis...

Check out our chapter (led by @beakr.bsky.social) on cognitive ontology here! : philpapers.org/archive/KRIC...

We propose a developmental approach to 'cognitive homologies' –– (cognitive capacities that are "the same across species") –– as a means for carving up cognition.

Our approach adopts...

Another great summer development program at UCI LPS @ucisocsci.bsky.social
#philsci #philsky #HPS

The peer review process: 3 strangers yelling “more cowbell” at your life's work