Abstract

TheCultureLab was a series of participatory workshops for postdocs at the Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, designed to create a space of shared reflexivity. Each workshop combined creative exercises from applied theatre and creative writing with topics from the philosophy of science and STS to experientially explore scientific and extra-scientific aspects of postdoctoral research life and lay the ground for group reflection with an eye on developing more sustainable research cultures. The workshops became a site of fruitful interaction between philosophers and scientists as a case of philosophy of science in practice. As a result, three postdoctoral researchers agreed to travel ‘across the road’ to explore relevant links with historians and philosophers of science further in conversation at the HPS Department. In the session, they will introduce their work, share reflections on research culture and on their encounter with and thoughts about history and philosophy of science.