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"Preserving, integrating and amplifying Indigenous and local knowledge are worthwhile aims, but the inherent power dynamics can cause issues that scientists need to be aware of." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @dorothydankel.bsky.social #postnormalscience @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social

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"Though it may seem that the scientific and the demonic are at polar ends of the spectrum when it comes to explaining the natural world, angels and demons have actually shaped modern scientific explanation as we know it today." We have never been Modern 😀

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Serhii Podolynsky foresaw ecological economics in the 19th century. Our ICTA-UAB researcher Joan Martínez-Alier highlights his vision of agricultural energetics & sustainability—ideas still shaping today's debates. #EcologicalTurn globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/pod...

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Angesichts großer gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen muss sich die Wissenschaft verändern: Sie sollte Menschen mehr mitreden lassen, glaubt Philosoph Silvio Funtowicz.

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“Only an honest conversation will lead us forward. Like any field with the potential to inflict harm on a global scale, research with dangerous, potentially super-transmissible pathogens cannot be left to self-regulation or lax & easily dodged rules” @zey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

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Models & the common good by @andreasaltelli.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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June 27 - Jerry Ravetz & @sfuntowicz.bsky.social will receive the K. Boulding Award for their influential work on Post-Normal Science at the isee-degrowth2025.no

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Well, if you know of a better 'ole, go to it

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"Unter postnormalen Bedingungen ist das Ziel nicht, Unsicherheit zu beseitigen, sondern verantwortungsvoll unter Berücksichtigung der verfügbaren Evidenzen zu handeln. Dabei ist es irreführend, nur von Fakten zu sprechen, ohne gleichzeitig auch ihre Qualität zu berücksichtigen."

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www.zeit.de/2025/11/silv...

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Open Access ✅️ 🙏 @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social

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link.springer.com/article/10.1... "The characteristics of complex adaptive systems support the original interpretation of the bioeconomy of Georgescu-Roegen: the current use of natural resources by industrialized societies is incompatible with the regeneration processes of ecological systems."

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“this book provides a fresh perspective on navigating uncertainty, drawing on the concept of extended peer communities within the post-normal science framework, which addresses uncertain facts, conflicting values, urgent decisions, & high stakes” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Damage Control in the Wake of Political Action That Threatens the Integrity of Medical Research www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social

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"Science at the Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority: post-normal science for recalibration of policy instruments." @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-2...

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"Even though the convenors ... have tried to bring in a much more varied group of experts, the themes are framed in technical terms, implicitly suggesting that scientific knowledge is paramount to understand & regulate the implications of emerging science & technology."

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✅ All our papers in Futures, now Open Access 🙏 @andreasaltelli.bsky.social @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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"La llamada «ciencia posnormal» ha puesto de manifiesto que... ahora la ciencia debe afrontar los efectos que su poder ha generado en relación con la supervivencia misma de la humanidad" www.nuso.org/articulo/315...

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"Faced with conditions of complexity, uncertainty & competing tenable knowledge claims, the actionable knowledge base must be pluralized & diversified" @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...

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"These processes pose challenges ... referred to as the 'post-normal age', where 'facts are uncertain, values are in dispute, stakes are high & decisions are urgent.' Hence, political & social disputes surround energy transition issues & remain contested." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Congratulations to Silvio Funtowicz and Jerry Ravtez for winning the prestigious Kenneth Boulding Award from the International Society for Ecological Economics. Their work on science for a post-normal agd that has fundamentally changed how we think about the sciences!

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"These difficulties align with the principles of postnormal science, which emphasize decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, value conflict, and high stakes" "Beyond crisis and grief: Rethinking conservation narratives" academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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“Unsurprisingly, the work of Funtowicz and Ravetz (1993) is the most cited reference within the sample, illustrating the anchoring of the SPI literature in the post-normal science paradigm.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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"With #arseniclife, they propagated through blogs & Twitter, outpacing the usual speed of science. The public watched science play out as a process, complete with arguments & conflicting interpretations, rather than existing as a set of settled facts." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/s...

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It seems @elsevierconnect.bsky.social has a review problem 😉 The collection still includes a paper that's not ours.

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“You can cite peer-reviewed research in support of almost any claim, no matter how absurd.” www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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www.nature.com/articles/d41... @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social

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"We want to believe that somebody is in control, even if it’s somebody we don’t like. At least that way, we can blame bad events on bad people. This is the eternal appeal of conspiracy theories."

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Special issue Article Collection: Jerome Ravetz & Silvo Funtowicz’s papers in Futures - 12 Feb 25 🤔 @elsevierconnect.bsky.social The collection includes a paper that's not ours. They are all from the 1990's, high time to make them Open Access. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Jerry Ravetz and Silvio Funtowicz have been awarded the 2025 Kenneth Boulding Award www.isecoeco.org/resources/bo...

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www.controversie.blog/scienza-post... @andreasaltelli.bsky.social

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Nice article from @unibergen.bsky.social, where our #MSCA SEAS #postdoc Aistė Klimašauskaitė is profiled: "As well as engaging in research on #deepseamining, her SEAS project has taken on a meta dimension of keeping an overview and assessing the SEAS programme itself." #OceanDecade #SciPol #STS🧪🔧🌏 🦤

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"Ya en la década de 1990, los epistemólogos Silvio Funtowicz y Jerome Ravetz hablaron de la «era posnormal» o «posnormalidad» para designar una escala de problemas que escapan a los parámetros de la ciencia normal y el enfoque de los especialistas" nuso.org/articulo/315...

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www.nature.com/articles/d41... "Uncertainty is thus not an intrinsic property of events, Spiegelhalter writes, but rather a reflection of the knowledge, perspective and assumptions of the person trying to understand or predict those events."

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Delighted that this absolute legend, @sfuntowicz.bsky.social, and his partner in crime are being recognised once more for their work, which has inspired generations of researchers and activists in the climate movement and beyond. I’m forever indebted to their wisdom and our always lively discussions