Public outreach scientists and humanities scholars
A feed of academics who do a lot of public outreach
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@abbiestev.bsky.social
Experimental museum programs in art + sci + culture + tech, extronomer, nerd doctor of black holes & neutron stars, Michigoose, toddler mom, neurospicy, sober, she/her #BiinSci #WomenInSTEM #UglyDogs
@danielposnermd.bsky.social
Phenomenology, psychoanalysis, community psychiatry, madness, autism, hermeneutic justice--but not in that order. Faculty member, Wilhelm Reich Center for the Study of Embodiment. Writing a book on Daniel N. Stern.
@nescio13.bsky.social
Philosopher who got a gig as political theorist at University of Amsterdam; also known as Ghent Zeppelin. I have a daily substack: https://digressionsimpressions.substack.com/publish
@barrycsmith.bsky.social
Prof of Philosophy. Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Interested in Neuroscience, Sensory Science, Taste, Smell, Flavour, Multisensory Perception, Wine, Scotch
@smellosopher.bsky.social
Toward Tanaka! Philosopher (4E) and cognitive neuroscientist (EEG + olfactometry) @ Indiana University Bloomington (HPS + CogSci) Book: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674278721 Research: http://www.smellosophy.com Lab: https://thestinktank.weebly
@awaisaftab.bsky.social
Psychiatrist with philosophical interests | Conversations in Critical Psychiatry (Oxford University Press, 2024) | Psychiatry at the Margins www.psychiatrymargins.com
@noellemcafee.net
Philosopher trying to make sense of the dark side of humanity in the midst of so much beauty. noellemcafee.net
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@danieldmoseley.bsky.social
Works on philosophical and ethical issues in psychiatry, neuroethics, history of psychiatry in the US, and global mental health ethics. Former parking lot attendant. https://danielmoseley.substack.com/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504300/
@angelaofthenorth.bsky.social
Assoc Prof #Sociology, Co-Dir Inst #MedHums Durham, Leverhulme Fellow. Global #ethnography + social #history of concepts, cultures, climates of #health & wellbeing. Foci: #ADHD #vulnerability #ecoanxiety hcommons.org/members/angelamfilipe *All views mine
@saraluckelman.bsky.social
#Logician, #Onomast, #Medievalist, #AcademicMama, #Author, #Immigrant, founder of SFFReviews.com and @EllipsisImprint. Co-president of @ducu. Own views. Robot.
@keithfrankish.bsky.social
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα. Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/ Podcast: youtube.com/c/MindChat Banner: https://www.keithfrankish.com/blog/like-a-rainbow
@lukebrunning.bsky.social
Academic philosopher interested in intimate relationships and emotions.
@sbmost.bsky.social
Psychology everywhere! • Friendly neighborhood psychology professor • Empowerment through education • Researching attention, memory, & emotion at UNSW Sydney • A little piece of NJ Down Under • Teaching through excitement about other people's dreams
@holdenthorp.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Science and Professor of Chemistry and Medicine at George Washington University. Opinions not those of AAAS. https://www.zotero.org/holdenthorp #ActuallyAutistic
@samaragreenwood.bsky.social
Historian and Philosopher of Science / PhD Candidate / Co-Host of The HPS Podcast / Architect / Interested in Everything University of Melbourne www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast
@histphilosophy.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich; hosts podcast about the History of Philosophy... without any gaps. www.historyofphilosophy.net
@hpspodcast.bsky.social
Popular podcast discussing all things history, philosophy and social studies of science. Run by Grad Students at The University of Melbourne. Bluesky posts by Samara and Thomas Season 5 dropping soon! www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast
@quiteclare.bsky.social
History and Philosophy of Maths and Science, and philosophy of parenthood. Mariah-Carey/Denis-Irwin-admirer. Postdoc Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪 -she- 🏊♀️ Ramblings &c. : claremoriarty.com
@sigridwallaert.bsky.social
Philosophy postdoc at Ghent University - feminist rage, social epistemology, medical humanities - she/they - 🍉 www.sigridwallaert.com
@elsakugelberg.bsky.social
Political theorist at the University of Oxford. Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College. Affiliate, mintresearch.org, ANU. Columnist and contributing writer, Dagens Nyheter Kultur. https://elsakugelberg.com
@emilyherring.bsky.social
Writer My biography of Henri Bergson – Herald of a Restless World – is out now! "The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year.” John Banville Bylines Aeon, The TLS, The New European She/Her https://linktr.ee/eherring
@tenthcentury.bsky.social
Medievalist, folklorist, flâneuse. And I read MSS. The rest is history.
@elirubin.bsky.social
"only humility is revolt" —Aaron Zeitlin Existential historian of religion, rupture, kabbalah, hasidism, philosophy, literature, and modernity 📘*Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism* elirubin.online
@nicolafh.bsky.social
She/her. Cyberpsychology at IADT. Researches online communication & dating Hosts a cyberpsychology podcast - “In Bits” with @drliam.bsky.social https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R1n04owVEAH4k8OaajcyZ?si=evh1YzIJSX6XhNubur-A8A Www.nicolafoxhamilton.com
@alisabokulich.bsky.social
Professor @ Boston U, History & Philosophy of Science—esp Philosophy of Geosciences, Director Phi-Geo Research Group, Assoc @ Harvard U. Hist Sci, Radcliffe Fellow Alum. Settler, wife, & mother. 📸s my crappy phone. Webpage: https://bokulich.org/
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social
#Physics, #philosophy, #complexity. Johns Hopkins & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest: Quanta & Fields, book 2 of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.com/ He/him.
@lisabortolotti.com
Philosopher (Birmingham/Ferrara). Founder of the Imperfect Cognitions blog and The Philosophy Garden. Editor of Philosophical Psychology.
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
@saraprotasi.bsky.social
Professional philosopher and amateur dancer. I think about emotions, morality, beauty, disability. Author of The Philosophy of Envy. She/they. https://saraprotasi.weebly.com/ https://philpeople.org/profiles/sara-protasi #philosophy #philsky
@astrokatie.com
Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
@geneickers.bsky.social
Critical/Feminist Philosophy of Mind of Emotion, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology @ Uni Osnabrück - Working on Scripts, Social Norms, Interaction, Emotion, Gender & Transness, Social Media (They/He) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@lapaul.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science Yale University author of Transformative Experience and coauthor of Causation: A User’s Guide
@thebusyowl.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science/Psychiatry, Bioethicist, Cat Lady, Aegean. Prof. at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. Lover of the Great Lakes. website: https://www.serifetekin.org/
@carriejenkins.net
Philosophy prof. Author of What Love Is and What It Could Be, Sad Love, Victoria Sees It, and some other things. Sphynx cat staff. On unceded land. she/they www.carriejenkins.net
@goingloopy.bsky.social
philosophy prof at FernUniversität Hagen: https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/philosophie/lg1/ | views are my own | blogging at: http://handlingideas.blog | musicking at: https://soundcloud.com/martin-lenz-2
@charactergap.bsky.social
I am the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, and author of several books including The Character Gap, Moral Psychology, and Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue. Contributor @Forbes. christianbmiller.com
@opheliaderoy.bsky.social
Thinker, sailor, swimmer, PI. Prof. LMU, Munich. Philosophy of mind/cognitive science interested in collective experiences, social interactions & uncertainty - and in better sharing of science across society.
@quillkukla.bsky.social
Philosopher/geographer writing about sex, language, science, and cities. Trying not to waste any time. Gender: Peep. Berlin/DC
@audreysh.bsky.social
Usually I pet dogs but sometimes do philosophy, mostly yelling about prisons (she/they)
@dansperber.bsky.social
@alexgphilosophy.bsky.social
Philosopher at Rutgers University. Author of Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections (OUP, 2024). Interested in political philosophy, ethics, democratic innovation, neglected philosophical traditions, Seahawks, Sonics, poetry. Check out lottocracy.org!
@byrdnick.com
I study how to improve decisions and well-being at #Geisinger. 🎓 gScholar: shorturl.at/uBDPW ▶️ youtube.com/@ByrdNick 👨💻 psychologytoday.com/us/blog/upon-reflection 📓 byrdnick.com/blog 🎙️ byrdnick.com/pod
@wtgowers.bsky.social
Mathematics professor at Collège de France and fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.
@celiaheyes.bsky.social
Theoretical psychologist studying the evolution of human cognition. All Souls College, University of Oxford https://users.ox.ac.uk/~ascch/
@blairwilliams26.bsky.social
Award-winning academic. Lecturer in AusPol. Research examines the gendered media coverage of women in politics. Also loves craft. #feminist #disabilityactivist #unionist #craftivist TEDx speaker 🏳️🌈 Canberra/Naarm
@katemanne.bsky.social
Writer and philosophy professor at Cornell. Author of DOWN GIRL, ENTITLED, and UNSHRINKING. Writing weekly at http://katemanne.substack.com. She/her
@thombrooks.bsky.social
Principal of Collingwood College, Durham from 1 September. Professor of Law and Government, Durham Law School. Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School. Immigrant.
@katjathieme.bsky.social
Into words, sentences, genres. https://katjat.medium.com/
@briandavidearp.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics and of Philosophy & Psychology (ctsy), National University of Singapore. Director, Oxford-NUS Centre for Neuroethics & Society
@hiphination.bsky.social
Philosophy professor at UCR. Podcast at Slate. Associate director at Marc Sanders Foundation. hiphination.org
@felipedebrigard.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. Director of the Imagination and Modal Cognition Lab - www.imclab.org. Pun aficionado. (he/him/el) 🇨🇴
@edouardmachery.bsky.social
History and Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science,Experimental Philosophy, distinguished Prof at Pitt, Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science
@afthescientist.bsky.social
Virologist, PhD, collector of hobbies & plants, 🏳️🌈, 🐈⬛, currently in career & prof dev for scientists, AuDHD & hypermobile, she/her Pfp: sassy sketch of me - white woman with a shaved head wearing pearls & cateye glasses by @atlastalos.bsky.social
@skyecleary.bsky.social
Author of How to Be Authentic, Existentialism & Romantic Love, How to Live a Good Life. Thinking Partner at Philosophy at Work. DJ.
@bjking.bsky.social
Anthropologist, animal advocate, science writer, caretaker of aging cats. Books include How Animals Grieve; Animals' Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals; see www.barbarajking.com for more.
@kprather.bsky.social
Professor UC San Diego, aerosols, air quality, clouds-climate, health, viruses, bioaerosols, public speaker, environmental justice. ❤️ ❤️ gardening, cooking, empathy. https://airborne.ucsd.edu https://kprather.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/
@drlarisa.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psychology at Columbia studying how kids and adults think about morality, religion, and law. Lover of balloons. Lab website: columbiasamclab.weebly.com
@chrisbrooke.bsky.social
"an already elusive subject is considered here from a variety of oblique angles"
@xriskology.bsky.social
Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term “TESCREAL” w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
@annaalexandrova.bsky.social
Philosophy of science, methodology of social sciences, wellbeing/happiness studies, evidence based policy, measurement/quantification. Professor at Cambridge HPS, Fellow of @kingscollege.bsky.social https://philpeople.org/profiles/anna-alexandrova
@andyperfors.bsky.social
Prof at UniMelb. I'm a computational cognitive scientist studying human inference, learning, information systems, culture, and (mis/dis)info. Nerd & opinionated loudmouth in Oz, originally from America, citizen of both. Parent of two. 🏳️⚧️ perfors.net
@mjcrockett.bsky.social
Psychology professor at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | AI hype-buster | They/She 🏳️🌈 www.crockettlab.org
@aliciaandrz.bsky.social
assistant prof. of Shakespeare | book: “queer pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays” | proud CUNY alum | bylines: Chronicle, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Electric Lit, Catapult, American Theatre, LitHub, Huffington Post, etc aliciaandrzejewskiphd.com
@littmath.bsky.social
Assistant professor (of mathematics) at the University of Toronto. Algebraic geometry, number theory, forever distracted and confused, etc. He/him.
@cailinmeister.bsky.social
Philosopher and applied mathematician at UC Irvine. Author of The Misinformation Age and Origins of Unfairness. Mother. Mother of Chickens.
@colinyeo.bsky.social
Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
@crookedfootball.bsky.social
Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018). Pensioner.
@disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way. Lives with epilepsy.
@davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social
Historian. Academic Advisor @ University of Virginia. Columnist @ Boston Review. Book: TAKING AMERICA BACK: THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND THE FAR RIGHT // Yale Press // April 2024
@kkdumez.bsky.social
Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Next up: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
@bonniehonig.bsky.social
PhD. political theorist, feminist, cultural critic, and a 2023-24 Guggenheim Fellow working on a book about performativity (the good kind). New article on Singin in the Rain ☔️ and Sorry to Bother You 🐴 out now in Cultural Critique
@garymarcus.bsky.social
AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley. Newsletter (50k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
@floralashes.bsky.social
Transfeminine jurist and bioethicist | Ass. prof at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law | Clerked at Supreme Court of Canada | www.florenceashley.com | they/them/that bitch
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Blogs at acoup.blog
@tlecaque.bsky.social
Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. He/him.
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social
Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her. Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring. Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk
@adapalmer.bsky.social
Novelist (SF, fantasy), historian (Renaissance Europe, intellectual history, Italy, classical reception), composer (filk, Viking stuff), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), food, cool photos of history (#SomethingBeautiful) Blog exurbe.com
@erictopol.bsky.social
physician-scientist, author, editor https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/ Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
@luckytran.com
Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication. Bylines in the Guardian, Washington Post, and more. WHO Fides member. Grist 50 Fixer. Opinions my own and do not reflect those of my employer. http://linktr.ee/luckytran
@chanda.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof.: Theoretical Cosmology and Particle Physics ⚛️ 🔭 & Black Feminist Science Studies 🧪 Writer 📚: #DisorderedCosmos #EdgeOfSpaceTime #CosmosIsABlackAesthetic Web: chanda.science all Black/all Jewish. queer/agender/woman. Posts by/for me🖖🏽
@antheabutler.bsky.social
Professor, Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker. Comedic truth teller.
@jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at UMaine, researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writer and podcaster for the planet. Chaotic good professor. Working to be a good ancestor. She/her. #BiInSci #DisabledInSTEM
@katharinehayhoe.com
climate scientist posts 100% my own 🇨🇦 is my home distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH alum, UToronto and UIUC author, Saving Us
@theabigailthorn.bsky.social
Actress & Writer. Sharako Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Jess in DJANGO; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; Belle in DRACULA’S EX-GIRLFRIEND. Philosophy Tube & @KillJamesBond ✨👑
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@focusfronting.bsky.social
opinions are not my own and represent those of noam chomsky if he were in law school. she/her.
@helendecruz.net
Philosopher writing on science, religion, SFF, SFWA, Codex, lute music. newsletter: http://helendecruz.substack.com website: https://helendecruz.net/ My book Wonderstruck - https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691232126/wonderstruck