A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments

Epistemic Harms Workshop-Retreat at Raitenhaslach Monastery, 4–6 March 2026

4-6 March, 2026: Scholars from across Europe will gather for the Epistemic Harms Workshop, organized and sponsored by the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Hosted at the Cistercian Monastery of Raitenhaslach, the retreat will explore how knowledge practices can cause, perpetuate, or mitigate harm across different domains. The program opens with introductions by Sabina Leonelli, Rena Alcalay, and Ian Kidd, followed by sessions on the nature of harm, the environment, medicine, and artificial intelligence. Highlights include presentations on epistemic injustice, data-intensive healthcare, and the ethical dimensions of AI. Through discussions, collaborative exercises, and reflective activities, participants aim to refine shared approaches to understanding harm and responsibility in research and society.

"Frontiers in Philosophy and History of Science and Technology" - Research Colloquium | Winter Semester 2025. We are delighted to announce the launch of the interdisciplinary colloquium led by Sabina Leonelli. Beginning on Tuesday, 09 October 2025, the weekly hybrid seminar (Tuesdays, 15:00–17:15 CET) will feature cutting-edge research in the philosophy and history of science and technology. A different guest speaker presents work in progress in the first hour of each week. The emphasis tends to be on the biological, biomedical, and environmental sciences, data science and AI, and questions of epistemology, ethics, and political economy. Please register by 24 October 2025 by sending an email to desantilahysa@tum.de. Location: Augustenstrasse 40 (3rd-floor seminar room) and via Zoom (link is available upon registration). Agenda: You may check the weekly content in the following LINK

27 January 2026:  The hybrid workshop titled "Democracy-Participation-Expertise: Experimenting with Knowledge Systems" took place on Tuesday, 27 January 2026, from 15:30 to 19:30 (CET) at TUM Think Tank. The workshop, organized by Sabina Leonelli and Manon Westphal, featured talks by Manon Westphal, Richard Williams, Maija Setälä, Dario Castiglione, and Sabina Leonelli. The workshop was sponsored by the Professorship of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM, the Professorship of Political Theory and Philosophy at TUM, the Democratic Innovations Lab at TUM Think Tank, and the Phil_OS ERC-CoG project at TUM. Please check the FLYER for more information on the program.

26-27 November 2025, Munich: "Democratic Remedies for Disinformation and Distrust: Can Open Science Help?" workshop explored the nuanced relationship between fast science and open science; how open science may contribute to fast science, and how open science may help to counteract it. The workshop format combined theoretical discussion and prototyping of possible solutions using design thinking methodology. A panel explored the abovementioned themes on the first day to tune in to the problem. It then brainstormed a long list of possible solutions, defined their beneficiaries, the intervention area, and the resources needed, and collectively decided which to tackle. On day two, the workshop diveded deeper into the design of the selected prototypes.

Important Dates: 26 November noon till 27 November 2025, around 5 p.m.

Location: Augustenstraße 40, 80333 Munich, 1. Floor, Room: F 1.11.

Program: Please check the following LINK

19-21 November 2025: The Open World Conference. Leonelli keynoted the Niels Bohr Open World Conference in Copenhagen, with a talk on ”Openness and the Scope of Data-Intensive Research”.