From Jan 22 to Feb 5, 2021, the Philosophy of Science Association hosted a three week virtual poster session. The following posters will be of particular interest to our community. We can’t post the posters in full here, but we can direct you to the live tweets reporting on them.

1. The original plan — an inaugural workshop We, the founding members of the Philosophy of Science Communication Network, received a small grant from the APA to host an inaugural workshop that will connect philosophers and science communicators across continents. The plan was to organize a “hybrid” workshop that combined in-person engagement with online, cross-cultural, and cross-disciplinary interactions…

On December 5th, 2019, we received encouraging news. The American Philosophical Association (APA) has awarded us with a small grant to carry out our inaugural workshop! …

Tweaking the corporate “marketing calendar” to build community on Twitter As a communications consultant for small interdisciplinary research groups and institutions, I’ve been working hard to improve and coordinate their communications with their larger, multi-disciplinary communities. Today, I’d like to share a helpful tool: shared, collaborative academic event calendars that…

A new blog series: it’s 2020 and time to take a look back at a decade of research on the study and nature of biological individuals. 2019 ended on a personal good note. I’ve been commissioned by Taiwanese philosopher of science Ruey-Lin Chen to write an entry or two for…

Announcing a paper with a Twitter image is eye-catching and saves time. It is also an excellent way to start a Paper Thread. I’ve been experimenting with new ways to disseminate publications from the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (@EES_Update) project on Twitter (background: I’m their communications officer and am also a…

We asked Dr. Sam Illingworth, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, for 7 starting points Background: The PhilofSciComm Network & career building Career transitions require support. When I decided to shift into an academic-adjacent space and add a private business to my academic work (I’m now freelancing…

Hey-yo I’m at a science festival in a literary festival (Festletteratura #FestLet) invited as a philosopher of biology! What’s going on?! I didn’t know that this was a thing! — Why is there a science festival in a literary festival? How did philosophers of science get invited? What aspects of science are…

Science Twitter is an incredible thing. What’s even more incredible is the rise of a new genre of science writing. I call it the Paper Thread. Paper Threads, the new kid on the science writing block. A first-person narrative of a published, academic paper. An honest, behind-the-scenes, Director's commentary of…