Managing Performative Science MAPS funded by European Union (ERC MAPS 101115973). Team: Philippe van Basshuysen Nadia Ruiz @jakobortmann.bsky.social George Kwasi Barimah Matthias Ackermann @dkhosrowi.bsky.social @becklukas.bsky.social & Maxim Pfaffenrothttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mtvisv5nuk2u1/2 MAPS team member George K. Barimah presented a paper, co-authored with fellow MAPS member Nadia Ruiz, at the Values in Science in the Rest of the World workshop: “Trust in Science in Developing Countries: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.” In this paper, they highlight ...25 Aug 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvisv5nuk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mrptwwizjs261/2 Economic predictions can become self-fulfilling prophecies. In a new paper forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Methodology, the Maps Team tries to bring some structure to how we think about economists' responsibility for these performative effects. https://philpapers.org/archive/BECWGP.pdf28 Jul 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrptwwizjs26https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mpgo6incns27Nadia Ruiz (MAPS) and Maria Lorenz (CELLS) presented today at CELLS' colloquium their co-authored paper: Social Egg Freezing: A Feminist Philosophy of Science Perspective. Followed by a very fruitful Q&A. #medicalization #interfelity #eggfreezing29 Jun 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgo6incns27https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mp6uigcuj2241/2 MAPS team member @becklukas.bsky.social & Henrik Thoréns paper, Strategic ignorance, and the management of performative effects: Lessons from climate economics, has just been accepted for publication in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003936812600063426 Jun 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6uigcuj224https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mozjrlxdw22vTeam members @dkhosrowi.bsky.social & @becklukas.bsky.social's paper, Like It or Not — Recommender Systems Lack a Coherent Normative Foundation, has been accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency https://philpapers.org/archive/KHOLIO.pdf24 Jun 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozjrlxdw22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mol7gliv622x1/2 Team member, Nadia Ruiz and co-author Maria Lorenz presented their working paper "Social Egg Freezing: A Feminist Philosophy Of Science Perspective" in the Objectivity & Subjectivity in Medicine workshop @torchoxford2013.bsky.social18 Jun 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol7gliv622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mlpzlt2hvk2dMeet MAPS' first visiting scholar, Alessandro Guerra. He is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at University of Milan and a philosopher of science & economics. He focuses on choice theory, decision-theoretic models & normative dimensions of modelling, with applications to environmental decision-making.13 May 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpzlt2hvk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mllmrnnvzc2cAt CELLS’ colloquium, MAPS member @dkhosrowi.bsky.social gave a presentation titled: “What kind of thing are ML systems like AlphaFold, and what kinds of things do they produce?” Followed up by a fruitful Q&A.11 May 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllmrnnvzc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mldtt7stmc231/2 Just accept. MAPS member George Barimah & co-authors examine ethical issues in international health research collaborations between researchers from the global north and south. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dewb.7002608 May 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldtt7stmc23https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mjwmq7k3x22f1/2 MAPS team members presented at the Hannover-Groningen Philosophy of Science Workshop.20 Apr 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwmq7k3x22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mjeqxi5plc2yThe CELLS' colloquium series continues. Today we had Annalisa Costella, from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Annalisa gave a talk titled "Of Green Frequently Flyers and Wealthy Socialists: A Defense of Apparent Hypocrisy."13 Apr 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeqxi5plc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mj2cgot5a22kYesterday, the CELLS' colloquium series had its first speaker. Armin Schulz, from the University of Kansas. Armin gave a talk titled: Institutional Conflicts of Interest: A Novel Functionalist Account.09 Apr 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2cgot5a22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mhps3l5772221/2 Team member @jakobortmann.bsky.social has a new publication out in @philscijournal.bsky.social : "But what is 'Performativity of Science'? Austin, Perlocutionary Sequels, and Referent Malleability." philpapers.org/rec/ORTBWI https://philpapers.org/rec/ORTBWI23 Mar 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhps3l577222https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3mczd247f5k231/2 Team member George Barimah presented on "Medical AI Regulation and Inductive Risks: A Case by Case Perspective" at the Rethinking AI in Practice – Culture and Ethics’ Role in Shaping the Future of Digital Health Care Technologies Conference.22 Jan 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczd247f5k23https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3madii2kuxc23Welfare Econ faces a core problem: preference endogeneity. What should we do when the yardstick used to assess policies changes with the analysed system? MAPS member @becklukas.bsky.social tackles this issue in the context of large-scale interventions. New paper in Politics, Philosophy & Economics. https://www.lukasbeck.co/uploads/1/3/6/9/136946569/penultimate_version_-_endogenous_preferences%5Elj_environmental_economic_and_welfare.pdf19 Dec 2025 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3madii2kuxc23https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3m7pfv73suc2zTeam member Philippe van Basshuysen's paper has just been published: Performative power in Science in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13194-025-00705-w11 Dec 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pfv73suc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3m7kbrescl225Great initiative from @belewollesen.bsky.social (team member of @modeltransfer.bsky.social ). Thank you for inviting us!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Dec 2025 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kbrescl225https://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3m7idjzc2is2kTeam member Matthias Ackermann gave a talk entitled "Predictable Uncertainty’ and Locally Reliable Climate Change Information" at CELLS Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social08 Dec 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7idjzc2is2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mapsproject.bsky.social/post/3m6wl6ol5n22iSOCRATES Fellow Doohyun (Richard) Sung gave a talk titled "Persistence is Futile: On Pursuit and Futility Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research" at the CELLS colloquium @iphilluh.bsky.social01 Dec 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:dcibubinuyeosfwqaqwswsez/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wl6ol5n22i