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Academic works

Devine S, Bautista Perpinyà M, Delrue V, Gaillard S, Jorna T, van der Meer M, Millet L, Pozzebon C, Visser J. ‘Science Fails. Let’s Publish.’ Journal of Trial and Error. https://doi.org/10.36850/ed1.

Burgos DF, Cussó L, Sánchez-Elexpuru G, Calle D, Bautista Perpinyà M, Desco M, Serratosa JM, Sánchez MP. ‘Structural and Functional Brain Abnormalities in Mouse Models of Lafora Disease.’ International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(20):7771. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207771.

Book reviews

Bautista Perpinyà, M. & Pence, C. H. (2023): ‘David Sepkoski’s Catastrophic Thinking’, BJPS Review of Books. https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/perpinya-pence-on-sepkoski/.

Talks & events

2023

Co-organiser, Integrating the History and Philosophy of Biodiversity. Narratives of Diversity, Extinction, Conflict and Value, Brussels, October 20-21. https://pencelab.be/events/biodiversity-2023/

• Co-organised with Charles H. Pence. Hosted at the Museum of Natural Sciences.

Speaker, 9th PhD Conference in History of Science and Humanities, Soeterbeeck Abbey, April 20-21.

• “Scientific forestry in post-Franco Spain: making ‘better’ trees at a national network of experimental stations.”

2022

Speaker, 10th conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Brussels, September 7-10.

• “’Straight trunks’ and ‘original biocenosis’: production and conservation aims of Spanish foresters during the last third of the twentieth century at the Instituto Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza.”
• Session - “Sustainability and Biodiversity.”

Speaker, III Congreso de la Red Española de Historia Ambiental de España, Granada, May 11-13.

• “Descentralizando la historia de la biodiversidad: el conocimiento científico y su co-construcción con políticas nacionales ambientales en el ICONA.”
• Session - “Movimientos sociales-ambientales. Nuevas propuestas.”

2021

Speaker, British Society for the History of Science, Online, July 13.

• “‘If You Need a New Microscope – Why Purchase an Old One?’ Scientific Advertisements in Nature and Their Role in the Printed Forum of the Laboratory Research Community.”
• Lightning Session – “Patrons, Publics, and Profiteers: Selling Science in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.” https://youtu.be/0Bhw1H8JuJU.

Host and organiser, Journal of Trial and Error events, Online, June 15.

• “Open Science rankings: yes, no, or not this way? A debate on developing and implementing transparency metrics.”
• A three-way debate organized by the Journal of Trial and Error, the Open Science Community Tilburg and Utrecht, and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (Leiden). https://youtu.be/TMGaNvo-SgM.

Invited speaker, Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Online, February 2.

• “¿Qué es una publicación científica? Reflexiones históricas, filosóficas, y críticas.”
• Roundtable – “¿Qué es una publicación científica? Cómo generar una publicación científica. Tipos de publicaciones. Publicar en abierto: Open Science. Publicar resultados negativos.” https://youtu.be/BsdnXtBwKAc?t=4129.

2020

Speaker, Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Utrecht, October 29.

• “To be a molecular scientist: Technical social responsibility in 1970s Nature advertisements and leaders.”

Host and organiser, Journal of Trial and Error events, Online, November 30.

• Journal Launch Online Event: Opening Issue, the Journal of Trial and Error.

Invited speaker, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, IV Conveción Científica Internacional, Online, October 20.

• “Ciencia Abierta: Globalidad y Localidad.”
• Roundtable “Sistemas latinoamericanos de indexación: ética o estética.” 

Panellist, Open Publishing Fest, Online, May 25.

• “Presenting the Journal of Trial and Error.”

Invited speaker and panellist, University of Bern, Early-Career Swiss Society for Neuroscience, Bern, February 21.

• “The Journal of Trial and Error meets the Early-Career Swiss Society for Neuroscience.”

Invited speaker, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Open Science Community RproducibiliTea meeting, Rotterdam, February 12.

• “ReproducibiliTea: Meet the Journal of Trial and Error.”

2019

Seminar organiser and presenter, Utrecht University, November 26.

• “Engaged History: Should Academia Lead to Activism?”

Invited speaker, Cambridge University, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, July 19.

• “The Journal of Trial and Error. Publishing science in the making: trying and erring in the age of open science”.
• Annual Graduate Student Symposium.

Outreach

Blogpost (2021). “Online conferences won’t do it. Instead of ‘sustainable’ academic history, we need engaged historians working less and collaborating with activists”, Sustainable Academia seires, Next Generation Action Team (NEXTGATe), European Society for Environmental History and Historians for Future.

Interview (2020). “JOTE in conversation with researchers: Daniël Lakens. Whose fault is it that science is irreproducible? And who the heck are metascientists?” Journal of Trial and Error.

Interview (2020). “JOTE in conversation with researchers. How does failure arise? How do you deal with it? – Léa Roumazeilles.” Journal of Trial and Error.

Blogpost (2020). “Open Science Symposium – Starting off with the Natural Sciences.” Blog: the Road to Open Science, Open Science Community Utrecht.

Editorial, with Martijn van der Meer (2019). “Are we facing a bigger monster? The Journal of Trial and Error visits Cambridge.” Journal of Trial and Error.

Blogpost (2020). “Holanda Abierta.” Post in blog of association ‘Científicos Españoles en los Países Bajos/Spanish Scientists in the Netherlands (CENL/SWNL)’.