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PSA2018: Call for Papers

Twenty-Sixth Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association

November 1 – November 4, 2018

Seattle, WA

Submission is now open for papers to be presented at the PSA2018 meeting in Seattle, WA, on November 1-4, 2018. This will be the 50th anniversary of the first biennial meeting of the PSA. The deadline for submitting a paper is March 1, 2018. PSA2018: Call for Symposium Proposals is being issued separately. The program committee expects to announce its decisions on symposium proposals by mid-February. Please note that there will be morning sessions on November 1 beginning at 9 am. PSA2018 will once again include a poster forum; the call for posters will be issued separately. The call for session chairs will be sent out in late summer 2018. The PSA will once again be offering Dependent Care Subsidies of up to $200, and PSA registrants will also have access to on-site childcares services.

Contributed papers may be on any topic in the philosophy of science. The PSA2018 program committee will strive for quality, variety, innovation, and diversity on the program; ideally the program will reflect the full range of current work in the philosophy of science. Members of the PSA2018 Program Committee are listed here. The maximum manuscript length is 5,000 words, including abstract, footnotes, and references. If the manuscript includes tables or figures, an appropriate number of words should be subtracted from the limit. Submissions must include a 100-word abstract and a word count. Format and citation style should match those of Philosophy of Science (see http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/phos/instruct for details). Submissions should be prepared for anonymous review, with no information identifying the author in the body of the paper or abstract. (See http://journal.philsci.org/submissions for instructions on how to prepare your paper for anonymous review.) Reviewing will be “triple-masked,” with neither reviewers nor the program chair having access to the author’s identity during the review process.

Papers should be submitted to https://www.openconf.org/PSA2018/, a US-based conference management system. Click on PSA2018 Papers and follow the instructions given there. For co-authored papers, the presenting author should provide the abstract and upload the paper; non-presenting co-authors are required to go to the same site (PSA2018 Papers) to respond to demographic questions. Please see important information below on PSA policy regarding multiple submissions to PSA2018.

Some papers will be accepted for both presentation at the PSA2018 biennial meeting and publication in a supplementary issue of Philosophy of Science; other papers will be accepted for presentation only. Both types of accepted paper may be posted as a PSA2018 Conference Paper at philsci-archive.pitt.edu (a publicly accessible digital archive) prior to the meeting. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present abbreviated versions of their papers at the conference; the paper presentation should take no more than twenty minutes. The Program Committee expects to announce its decision on papers accepted for presentation by the end of May 2018 and on papers accepted for publication in Philosophy of Science by the middle of June. Final versions of all papers accepted for publication must be re-submitted by January 10, 2019; instructions for re-submission will be provided.

Please note that in accordance with current PSA policy:

  1. Papers submitted to PSA2018 may not be published, accepted for publication, or under review at the time of submission, and they may not be submitted elsewhere for publication while they are under consideration for publication as part of the PSA2018 supplementary issue of Philosophy of Science.
  2. At most one contributed paper on which you are the presenting author can be submitted.
  3. No one will be permitted to present more than once at PSA2018. Thus, if a symposium proposal in which you are a presenting author is accepted, you cannot submit a contributed paper for which you are the presenting author. Commentators that are part of symposia are considered to be presenting authors. A scholar may appear as co-author on more than one paper or symposium talk, but may present at PSA2018 only once. This policy does not apply to the poster forum; a presenting author on a contributed paper or symposium paper may also present a poster in the poster forum.

General questions about contributed papers should be directed to the chair of the program committee for PSA2018, Kevin Elliott, at psa2018@philsci.org.  To maintain anonymity in the review process, questions about specific submissions should be sent to office@philsci.org, which will be monitored by someone not involved in the review process.

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Call for papers: Water Science and Collaborative Governance

Case Studies in the Environment (cse.ucpress.edu), a journal for peer reviewed case study articles, case study pedagogy articles, and a repository for editor-reviewed case study slides, seeks case study article submissions for its section Water Management, Science and Technology.

Related manuscript submissions should link water science and collaborative governance for addressing water quality. Potential submissions should address issues related to water science and collaborative governance, in any geographical locale, and might include (but are not limited to) the examination of:

  •         Opportunities/challenges of using mathematical modelling in collaboration
  •         Approaches to communicating water science and technology to facilitate collaboration
  •         Assessment of mapping and visualisation tools used in collaborative processes
  •         The co-evolution of collaborative governance and modelling
  •         The changing role of science and scientists in collaborative contexts

A case study, in the context of environmental issues, involves close examination of an actual environmental problem or issue, commonly involving a decision, a challenge, or an opportunity faced by individuals, an organization, or a community or society at large.  Details at link below:

http://cse.ucpress.edu/content/call-papers-water-science-and-collaborative-governance

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[Ecopolitics] Special issue on ‘fracking’ social science

Dear Energy and Social Science researchers,

I am pleased to announce a special issue of The Extractive Industries and
Society (cite score: 2.20; top 10 percentile journal in 'development' and
'geography, planning and development') that I will be guest editing on
'Social aspects of unconventional hydrocarbon development globally'.  I
have attached the call for papers here.  [For the attachment, please
e-mail: <b.sovacool@sussex.ac.uk>.

I am seeking submissions that explore public perceptions and/or social
impacts across countries exposed to, or with extensive discourse on,
unconventional hydrocarbon development (e.g., shale gas, shale oil,
oil/tar sands, gas from tight sands, coal bed methane).  I am also
interested in submissions that reflect research in areas with little to no
published peer-reviewed work to date on public perceptions and/or social
impacts of unconventional hydrocarbon development - particularly from
Argentina, Mexico, Latin America, China, and North Africa (although any
region beyond the following eight nations is welcome: United States,
Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland, France, Australia, and South
Africa).

Abstracts are required for confirmation of the suitability to the Special
Issue; these are due mid-October.  Please send any queries to
evensend@cardiff.ac.uk.

Milton Takei

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Call for Applications for ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowships (AIRTF) for ASEAN Researchers

Supported by ASEAN-India Science & Technology Development Fund (AISTDF)

Objectives: The AIRTF scheme is a fellowship scheme with the following objectives:

  • To promote mobility of scientists and researchers from the ASEAN Member States to India and provide them opportunity to work at Indian R&D/ academic institutions to upgrade their research skills and expertise.
  • To facilitate exchange of information and contacts between the scientists and researchers of India and ASEAN Countries and create a network for building research collaborations.

As a spin-off, the Fellowship awardees may also have opportunity to get co-supervisors from India for their research projects for Ph.D. or Master’s degree on their return to their home countries.

Number of Fellowships: Initially to start with 100 (One Hundred) Fellowships per year shall be awarded to young scientists and researchers from ASEAN Member States to get affiliated with Indian academic and R&D institutions. These Fellowships shall be equally distributed among ASEAN Member Country. Initially, 10 Fellowship shall be allocated for each ASEAN country. However, this number could be re-adjusted in accordance with the number of applicants from respective each ASEAN Member State.

Duration of Fellowship: The duration of the Fellowship will be for a period of up to six months. A minor variation in the duration would be allowed on recommendations of the Indian host Institute/ University depending upon the actual requirement of the research project as mutually agreed between the Fellowship holder and the Indian host institution.

Areas in Which Fellowships Are Available: The area/ topic of research for availing AIRTF must be ASEAN centric and must be aligned with the ASEAN Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation (APASTI)-2016-2025. A copy of the APASTI is placed at Appendix-I. Fellowship will be offered for working in research topics under any of the following broad disciplines:

  • Science Policy / IPR Management / Technology Transfer & Commercialisation
  • Other multi-disciplinary areas of Science, Technology and Innovation in alignment with APASTI (e.g., Open Access Movement, Scientometrics, Open Science, Open Innovation, Grassroots Innovation, etc.)

A suggestive list of Indian institutions along with the areas of research offered by them is enclosed as Annexure-I. The Centre for Studies in Science Policy (CSSP) of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is one of the research centres identified to host AIRTFs. For further information/ scientific collaboration please contact the undersigned.

Further Details | Annexure-I: List of Indian Institutions | Annexure-II - Application Form

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[Sprurs] Research Fellow position in SPRU – Energy Futures Research

SPRU are recruiting a full-time Research Fellow to work on Energy Futures research in a large EPSRC-funded project, the National Centre for Energy Systems (CESI) led by Gordon Mackerron, for 12 months starting 1 October. Closing date for applications is 8 August 2017 – please forward these details to potential candidates, and circulate through your networks.

As well as working on energy futures the Research Fellow will also work on energy policy, regulation and business models. This will include clarifying the relationship between models, scenarios, pathways and roadmaps in the context of the UK energy system as a whole and assessing the usefulness of different approaches to understanding the operation of the whole energy system.

There will also be research on the policy and regulatory implications of future different scenarios in which the energy system will connect electricity, heat and transport more closely than currently.

The successful candidate will have a background in the analysis of energy systems, including issues of energy policy, regulation and energy-related business models, and should have some technical familiarity, with some of the dozen or so models (e.g. MARKEL, TIMES) that are in widespread use in public policy for energy in the UK.

The candidate should already have (or be about to obtain) a relevant PhD or have equivalent research experience.

The position is fixed term for 12 months, full-time

Salary range: starting at £32,004 and rising to £38,183 per annum

Closing date for applications: 8 August 2017

Expected interview date: 18 August 2017

Expected start date: 1 October 2017

Further details and how to apply: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/research-fellow-in-energy-futures-2321

 

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CFP: The Generalized Theory of Evolution

Start Date: 2018-01-31

End Date: 2018-02-03

Submission Deadline: 2017-09-01

Location: University of Duesseldorf

Website: http://dclps.phil.hhu.de/genevo/
Flyer

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Shifting Baselines, Altered Horizons: Politics, Practice, and Knowledge in Environmental Science and Policy

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin,
Germany – 21–22 June 2018

Convenors: Wilko Graf von Hardenberg (MPIWG, Germany), Thomas Lekan,
(University of South Carolina, USA), Sebastian Ureta, (Universidad
Alberto Hurtado, Chile)

The creation and mobilization of baselines is at the very center of a wide array of environmental protection and remediation efforts such as wildlife restoration, climate change mitigation, pollution cleanup, or sustainable development. Despite this ubiquitous character, the study of how baselines are produced and mobilized has occupied only a marginal space in the environmental social sciences and humanities so far. This workshop moves the study of baselines to the center of analysis by using the tools of environmental history, science and technology studies, and the environmental humanities to explore the emergence and mobilization of different kinds of environmental baselines in the Anthropocene.

We are interested in analyzing baseline setting as a complex set of practices, mediations, and devices, always populated by a heterogeneous multitude of entities (regulatory agencies, scientific standards, material samples, beliefs and ethical commitments, etc.), and whose ultimate consequences can be rarely predicted from the onset. The workshop aims to understand baseline setting as an uneven process shaped by cultural representation and imagination, radical historicity, connections between power and knowledge, and the distributed agency of a variety of human and non-human actors operating at multiple geographic and temporal scales. By doing so we aim at calling into question the restorationist narratives favored by most current baseline setting processes and explore alternative interpretations of desired environmental futures and emergent ecologies. For a detailed description see the attached CFP and/or the workshop website http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/content/shifting-baselines.

Proposals should consist of an abstract (ca. 300 words) and a brief biographical note on the author/s (ca. 100 words). Please submit proposals to whardenberg@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de by 30 September 2017 with the subject "Shifting Baselines." Accepted papers will be notified by 15 October 2017. Papers will be due to the organizers by 15 April 2018 so that they can be circulated well ahead of the conference. Participation in the workshop is free of cost and, up to a generous maximum, travel and accommodation will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.

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Call for applications: Canada 150 Research Chair: Indigenous Climate Justice. Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University

Canada 150 Research Chair

Indigenous Climate Justice

Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University

The Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), York University, invites applications from individuals interested in nomination for a Canada 150 Research Chair in Indigenous Climate Justice, to commence July 1, 2018. We are looking for an outstanding scholar who examines the ways in which climate change affects Indigenous communities and their responses to it. The Chair will be theoretically sophisticated as well as engaged in policy or advocacy, able to create bridges between Indigenous communities and governmental or other entities engaged in responding to the challenges of climate change. Scholars from all relevant disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications from those who approach such challenges from the humanities, including history, philosophy, or arts based forms of scholarship are especially welcomed.

The successful candidate will have an active research agenda demonstrating:

  • A critical, interdisciplinary approach;
  • A substantive and ongoing engagement with Indigenous communities, including a knowledge of and commitment to Indigenous ways of knowing, and the implementation of research principles and protocols that achieve inclusive community participation under conditions that strive for mutual respect and equity;
  • Intellectual leadership in the field of climate justice and the experiences of Indigenous peoples with climate change.

The position is a tenure stream appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor conditional on the successful nomination of the applicant as a Canada 150 Research Chair. To be eligible for this award, nominees must be internationally based at the time of the application (both working and residing outside of Canada), including Canadian expatriates who wish to return home. The individual sought will be nominated for a Canada 150 Research Chairs at the $350,000 per year level. Appointments to Canada 150 Chairs are for 7 years and are accompanied by a full-time tenure-stream faculty position. Further information about the Canada 150 Research Chair program is available at http://www.canada150.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant field, a record of excellence in scholarly research including publications appropriate to their stage of career, and will demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching at all levels. The successful candidate will be prepared to participate actively in the Graduate Program in Environmental Studies and be suitable for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

FES is a unique interdisciplinary Faculty that adopts a broad definition of environment, including natural, built and social environments. The Faculty has a strong social and environmental justice orientation, and values community-engaged learning and action, including arts-based inquiry, production and dissemination. More information about the Faculty is available at fes.yorku.ca

For this nomination, York is particularly interested in candidates with diverse backgrounds and especially encourages candidates in equity, diversity and inclusion categories. York acknowledges the potential impact that career interruptions can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement and encourages applicants to explain in their application the impact that career interruptions may have had on their record of research achievement. York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. The AA program, which applies to Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and women, can be found atwww.yorku.ca/acadjobs or by calling the AA office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents based outside Canada will be given priority.

Applicants should submit a signed letter of application outlining their professional experience and research interests, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, a sample of their scholarly writing (maximum 50 pp.), and a teaching dossier, and arrange for confidential letters of recommendation to be sent to: Professor Martin Bunch, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Environmental Studies, HNES 137. York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3. Email: bunchmj@yorku.ca - (Subject line: “Indigenous Climate Justice”).

The deadline for applications is July 28, 2017. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval.