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Sabina Leonelli
Leonelli in 2020
Scientific career
FieldsPhilosophy of Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Exeter
Alan Turing Institute
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
Websitesocialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/leonelli/

Sabina Leonelli is a philosopher of science and professor at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.[1] She is well known for her work on scientific practices, data-centric science, and open science policies. She was awarded the 2018 Lakatos Award for her book Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study (2016).[2]

Biography

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Originally from Italy, Leonelli moved to the UK for a BSc degree in history, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science at University College London and a MSc degree in History and Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics. Her doctoral research was carried out in the Netherlands at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with Henk W. de Regt and Hans Radder. Before joining the Exeter faculty, she was a research officer under Mary S. Morgan at the Department of Economic History of the London School of Economics.

Leonelli is the co-director of the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis)[3] and a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute in London.[4] She is also Editor-in-Chief of the international journal History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences[5] and Associate Editor for the Harvard Data Science Review.[6] She serves as External Faculty for the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.[7]

Involvement in science policy

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Leonelli is currently an ambassador of Plan S, an open-access science publishing initiative supported by cOAlition S.[8] From 2015 to 2017, Leonelli led the Open Science working group of the Global Young Academy, and from 2016 to 2019 represented the GYA on the Open Science Policy Platform of the European Commission.[9] In 2016, she co-chaired the production of the Open Data Position Statement by the GYA and European Young Academies[10] and in 2018, co-authored the GYA Statement on Plan S.[11]

Recognition

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Leonelli was awarded with the 2018 Lakatos award for Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study (2016), a book on the use of data and databases in contemporary biological research practices.[12]

She was elected to the Academia Europaea in 2021.[13]

Media appearances

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Podcasts

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  • Technoculture Podcast – Episode #9: Sabina Leonelli on the Open Science Movement[14]
  • Oxford Internet Institute Podcast on "Researching Life in the Digital Age: A Philosophical Analysis of Data-Intensive Biology" [15]
  • The Dissenter Podcast on Science in the World of Big Data[16]
  • SCI PHI Podcast [17]

Grants and projects

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Selected publications

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  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article 'Scientific Research and Big Data'[22]
  • Model Organisms (2020) with Rachel Ankeny. ISBN 978-1-108-74232-0[23]
  • Data Journeys in the Sciences (2020), Editors: Leonelli, Sabina, Tempini, Niccolò (Eds.). ISBN 978-3-030-37177-7[24]
  • Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study (2016). ISBN 978-0-226-41633-5[25]

References

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  1. ^ "Sabina Leonelli". Harvard Data Science Review. 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Sabina Leonelli and Craig Callender win the 2018 Lakatos Award". Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  3. ^ "People | Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences | University of Exeter". socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk.
  4. ^ "Sabina Leonelli". The Alan Turing Institute.
  5. ^ "History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences". Springer.
  6. ^ "Associate Editors · Harvard Data Science Review". Harvard Data Science Review.
  7. ^ "People | External Faculty | Discover The KLI". www.kli.ac.at.
  8. ^ "Ambassadors | Plan S". www.coalition-s.org.
  9. ^ "Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Position Statement on Open Data by the Young Academies of Europe and the Global Young Academy". Global Young Academy. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Sabina Leonelli". Global Young Academy.
  12. ^ Book reviews:
  13. ^ "Sabina Leonelli". Members. Academia Europaea. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Technoculture Podcast – Episode #9: Sabina Leonelli – EuroScientist". EuroScientist journal. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Researching Life in the Digital Age: A Philosophical Analysis of Data-Intensive Biology | University of Oxford Podcasts – Audio and Video Lectures". podcasts.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  16. ^ Ricardo Lopes. "#218 Sabina Leonelli: Science In The World of Big Data" (Podcast). The Dissenter. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  17. ^ "Episode 42 – Sabina Leonelli" (Podcast).
  18. ^ "From field data to global indicators". The Alan Turing Institute. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  19. ^ "Organisms and Us | University of Adelaide". arts.adelaide.edu.au. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  20. ^ "project | Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology | University of Exeter". socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  21. ^ "CORDIS | European Commission".
  22. ^ Leonelli, Sabina (2020), "Scientific Research and Big Data", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2020 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 29 November 2020
  23. ^ "Model Organisms | Philosophy of science". Cambridge University Press.
  24. ^ Leonelli, Sabina; Tempini, Niccolò, eds. (28 November 2020). Data Journeys in the Sciences. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37177-7. ISBN 978-3-030-37176-0. S2CID 226679382 – via www.springer.com.
  25. ^ Data-Centric Biology. University of Chicago Press – via press.uchicago.edu.
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