Mona Simion, professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, has been elected to the Governing Board of the International Science Council (ISC).
The International Science Council (ISC) is a non-governmental organization whose members are major disciplinary academic organizations (such as the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and the International Union of Geological Sciences) and major national academic organizations (such as National Academy of Sciences and the British Academy). The ISC was created in 2018 through the combination of two previously existing organizations: the International Council for Science and the International Social Science Council.
Its goals include promoting the value of science and “evidence-informed understanding and decision-making,” facilitating international interdisciplinary collaboration, publicizing scientific knowledge (especially as it relates to public policy), and defending “the free and responsible practice of science.”
While most of the disciplinary organizations that are members of the ISC are in the sciences, not all are. From what I can tell, just one philosophy organization is: the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
Professor Simion is not the first philosopher to have been appointed to the governing board of the ISC. Francoise Baylis, emerita at Dalhousie University, is currently a board member.
You can read more about why Professor Simion was elected to the position here. Her four-year term begins later this month.
