Vlasta Sikimić

Neomania: How Our Obsession With Innovation is Failing Science, and How to Restore Trust Drawing on metascience as well as the philosophy and sociology of science, Neomania offers a critical analysis of how this ethos has permeated the norms and institutions of modern science. The book tr...

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Neomania Contemporary science faces a profound poly-crisis: replication failures, weak theories, poor generalizability, and declining public trust. Neomania contends that these symptoms stem not merely from fl...

A long-awaited, intellectually provocative book by Krist Vaesen, a professor specialized in philosophy of science and innovation, in which he actually criticizes innovation 😉, is coming out this February!
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New on the Archive:

Sikimić, Vlasta (2025) Fair or Flawed? Rethinking Grant Review with Generative AI. [Preprint]

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27232/

Has AI Killed Education? (w/ Vlasta Sikimić) YouTube video by Rahul Sam

A discussion with @vlastasikimic.bsky.social on ChatGPT and AI's impact on education. youtu.be/zRrJVsjeqJc

Thank for sharing the call @dmoralesp.bsky.social 😊

Artificial Intelligence in Research & Education (AI & Society, Oxford University Press) Artificial Intelligence in Research & Education AI & Society, Oxford Intersections (Oxford University Press) Call for Papers: Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping research and education i...

New CFP on AI, education, and research from Philipp Hacker and my fantastic colleagues, Matthew Dennis and @vlastasikimic.bsky.social.

Check it out and consider submitting your work! 👇

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#education #philAI #philosophysky

Promotional poster for Science & Career Talks 2025 organized by Universität Tübingen, featuring event dates 29.09 and 30.09 with Prof. Dr. Vlasta Sikimić from Eindhoven University of Technology, hosted by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kahle.

Educational talk poster titled 'Education in the Era of AI' focusing on fairness, inclusivity, and lifelong learning with images of the globe, graduation cap, lightbulb, and laptop.

Promotional graphic for a workshop titled 'Building Inclusive Science: Be the Driver of Change', featuring an illustration of a lightbulb and three people at a table discussing concepts of inclusion, diversity, and creativity.

Quote by Prof. Dr. Vlasta Sikimić: "Changing academic culture is crucial to achieving gender balance in science. It must become more inclusive of all gender identities, empowering underpriviliged groups beyond academia and benefiting society."

📢 Science & Career Talk at Uni Tübingen with Prof. Vlasta Sikimić (@tue.nl):
🎓 Public Lecture "Education in the Era of AI: Creating Fair and Secure Learning Spaces"
🗓️ Sept 29, 2025, 3–4:30 PM, Weizsäcker Center
👉 More info & Workshop (Registration required): uni-tuebingen.de/de/221946
#AI #Research

Marcin Milkowski @mmilkowski.bsky.social introducing cognitive metascience with his impeccable slides during his keynote at #EPSA25

Stéphanie Ruphy presenting EPSA's first code of conduct #EPSA25 @epsaphilsci.bsky.social

PhD on Philosophy of Science

Wybo Houkes and I are hiring a PhD student to work on an exciting project in Philosophy of Science 😊
The application deadline is May 18. Please spread the word and consider applying 👇
#AcademicSky
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🗓️ The deadline for the EPSA Fellowship Scheme call for applications has just been extended. It is now set for Wednesday 23 April 2025!

Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief 📘

EPSA seeks applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal for Philosophy of Science. Editorship will be assumed on 1 September 2025 and is held for a renewable term of 4 years.

Deadline: 15 May 2025 📅

➡️ philsci.eu/news/13468458

PhD on Ethical AI for Health & Medicine The TU/e is constantly looking for scientific and non-scientific staff further its ambitions. View here our current vacancies.

Matthew Dennis, Filippo Santoni de Sio and myself are hiring a PhD student to work on Ethical AI for Health and Medicine. This is a full-time 4 year position in Eindhoven.
Please spread the word and consider applying 👇😊
jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p...

The Philosophy of Data (w/ Sabina Leonelli & Vlasta Sikimić) YouTube video by Rahul Sam

A conversation with philosophers of science and data, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and Dr Vlasta Sikimić, which I had the privilege to moderate. youtu.be/VfEutWbyNZ0

🔵 For our first post on Bluesky, we are delighted to announce that the call for applications for our 2025/2026 Fellowship Scheme is now open:

👥 15 spots are available!
⏳Deadline: Monday 31 March 2025

Find out how to apply 👇
philsci.eu/fellowships/...

Excellent workshop for the Paul Meehl Graduate School today by @vlastasikimic.bsky.social on Value, Diversity and Epistemic Inclusion in Science. Great interactive discussions throughout the day!

My colleague Catherine Herfeld is looking for a postdoc working in digital philosophy of science. This is a 3.5 year position, part of Catherine's ERC-funded project on model transfer
www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/id/7...

Vlasta Sikimić on the Philosophy of AI in Science, Epistemic Tolerance and Linguistic Injustice Dr. Vlasta Sikimić is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science and a member of the Philosophy and Ethics group at Eindhoven University of Technology. ...

If you want to hear me speculating and being intellectually provocative, Rahul Sam did this wonderful interview with me. It was a great pleasure to answer the interesting questions and explain why science needs philosophy 🙂👇
youtu.be/70g559tguHs?...
#AcademicSky

New workshop announced for the Paul Meehl graduate school: Value, Diversity and Epistemic Inclusion in Science by the wonderful Vlasta Sikimic on the 26th of April, only in person at TU Eindhoven. If you are interested in joining do sign up! paulmeehlschool.github.io/thirdworkshop/