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<p>Dear colleagues, <br>
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<p>I hope this message finds you well. Please see below for our call
for abstracts. We would be grateful if you could also forward it
to any interested colleagues.<br>
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<p>Thank you and warm wishes for 2024,<br>
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<p>Leonie Wiemeyer</p>
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lang="EN-CA">CfA: Biasing Mechanisms in Scientific Research</span></p>
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lang="EN-CA">Leibniz University Hannover</span></p>
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lang="EN-CA">May 31<sup>st</sup> – June 1<sup>st</sup>, 2024</span></p>
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DE" lang="EN-CA">In the philosophy of science, recent work has led to an
emerging consensus that science is not value-free, and that
values, including social and political values, play different
roles in the research process. It has also become clear that,
values can have both a positive and a negative impact on
science. Sometimes, values can contribute to science’s epistemic
and social goals, while other times, they can have a detrimental
effect on science’s epistemic goals, i.e., biasing research
results. With this framework in mind, the main goal of this
workshop is to clarify the negative roles of values in
scientific research, and in particular their sometimes-biasing
effects. While it is well-known that biases impact scientific
research results, we have a less clear understanding of the
different types of biases, their mechanisms, and their scope.
Current invited speakers include:</span><span
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lang="EN-CA">Heather Douglas (Michigan State University)</span></li>
<li> <span
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lang="EN-CA">Jacob Stegenga (University of Cambridge)</span></li>
<li> <span
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color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="ES">David
Teira (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)</span></li>
<li> <span
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lang="EN-US">Anke Büter (Aarhus University)</span></li>
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DE" lang="EN-CA">We welcome submissions that seek to advance our
understanding of negative biases and their effects in scientific
research. Questions that might be addressed include (but are not
limited to):</span><span
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<ul>
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mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-CA">In which
situations are biases most likely to occur? </span></li>
<li> <span
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-CA">Which
mechanisms enable biases to interfere with scientific
practice? Are these mechanisms intrinsic to scientific
practices or can we debias scientific procedures to mitigate
or eliminate them altogether? </span></li>
<li><span
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-CA">What
relationship(s) do biases have to values in science? Do
negative biases have any special implications for the
value-free ideal?</span></li>
<li> <span
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-CA">What
relationship(s) do biases have to diversity in science?</span></li>
<li><span
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-CA">How might we
characterize ‘negative’ biases?</span></li>
<li><span
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-CA">Are there
different types of biases or biasing mechanisms in science?</span></li>
</ul>
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DE" lang="EN-CA">This workshop is supported by the German Research
Foundation (DFG), as a part of the research project “A
Philosophical Approach to Biasing Mechanisms in Scientific
Research” and the <a
href="https://www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/"> SOCRATES</a>
Centre for Advanced Studies. Abstracts should be a maximum of
800 words, in English, and submitted by January 15<sup>th</sup>,
2024 at the latest. They can be submitted through the following
Google form: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://forms.gle/zhHsp9XaUGwAzKCU9">https://forms.gle/zhHsp9XaUGwAzKCU9</a>.
We aim to give notifications of acceptance by mid to late
February.</span></p>
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DE" lang="EN-CA">Any questions or inquiries can be sent to Jamie Shaw (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:jamie.shaw@philos.uni-hannover.de">jamie.shaw@philos.uni-hannover.de</a>)</span><span
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</span><span
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DE" lang="EN-CA">Warm wishes,</span><span
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<span
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DE" lang="EN-CA">Jamie Shaw, Manuela Fernandez-Pinto, and Torsten
Wilholt (Organizing Committee) </span>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr. Leonie Wiemeyer (sie/she)
Koordinatorin | Coordinator
Office days: Tuesdays and alternate Thursdays
“SOCRATES – Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information”
DFG-Kollegforschungsgruppe (KFG) 43, Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences
Institut für Philosophie
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Lange Laube 32
30159 Hannover
Germany
E-Mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:leonie.wiemeyer@philos.uni-hannover.de">leonie.wiemeyer@philos.uni-hannover.de</a>
Mobil: +49 (0)160 92470508
Telefon: +49 (0)511 762-14541
Find us online at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://socrates.uni-hannover.de">http://socrates.uni-hannover.de</a>!</pre>
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