Max Bautista-Perpinyà
Education
PhD Candidate in Philosophy (Université catholique de Louvain)
- FNRS Aspirant Doctoral Fellow (4-year fully funded scholarship).
- Diss.: “Many Forests, Convergent Politics. Forest Genetics, Terrestrial Ecology, and the Environmentalist Movement in the Making of Spanish Contemporary Democracy (1943–2007)”.
MSc in History and Philosophy of Science, Cum Laude (Utrecht University, 2020)
- Diss.: “To be a molecular scientist. The negotiation of epistemic and social virtues in 1970s Nature’s marketplace”.
MSc in Neuroscience, High Honours (Université de Strasbourg, 2016)
- Diss.: “Limbic morphology and emotion in Borderline Personality Disorder”.
Research Projects
Working Group Member, EXCHANGESCI (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Spain), 2025–
- Exchange Zones of Epistemic Resistance and Alternative Innovation: Activism, Grassroots Movements and Expertise in the Iberian Peninsula, 1970s-1990s. PI: Jaume Valentines-Álvarez (iHC-UAB).
Visiting Researcher, Institut d’Història de la Ciència (UAB), 2024
- Archival research, interviews, and presentation of preliminary findings to the iHC community.
PhD candidate, Mapping and Responding to Taxonomic Disorder for the Biodiversity Crisis (Fonds de la recherche scientifique, Belgium), 2021–2024
- Philosophical project on the extent and characteristics of ‘taxonomic disorder’ in the scientific literature. In charge of historical study on how the concept of ‘biodiversity’ is operationalised in practices of nature conservation and forest management. PI: Charles H. Pence (UCLouvain).
Publications
Articles
- Devine, S., Bautista Perpinyà, M., Delrue, V., Gaillard, S., Jorna, T. F. K., Meer, M. van der, Millett, L., Pozzebon, C., & Visser, J. (2020). “Science Fails. Let’s Publish.” Journal of Trial & Error, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.36850/ed1.
- Burgos, D. F., Cussó, L., Sánchez-Elexpuru, G., Calle, D., Bautista Perpinyà, M., Desco, M., Serratosa, J. M., Sánchez, M. P. (2020). “Structural and Functional Brain Abnormalities in Mouse Models of Lafora Disease.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(20), 7771. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207771.
Book Reviews
Forthcoming
- Bautista Perpinyà, M.. “Conclusions: Entre l’acadèmia i l’associatiu: cap a una història ambiental arrelada.” In Història ambiental i comunitats locals, eds. Judit Gil-Farrero & Carlos Moruno. Serie Historiografia local. Afers. Invited contribution.
Conference Presentations and Sessions Organised
- ESHS/HSS. European Society for the History of Science/History of Science Society (Edinburgh 2026, session organiser).
- EURHO. European Rural History Organisation (Coimbra 2025).
- ISHPSSB. International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (Porto 2025).
- AHC. Asociación de Historia Contemporánea (València 2025).
- SEHCT. Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas (Xixón 2025).
- SPQ. Société de philosophie du Québec (Québec City 2025).
- Gewina. Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and University Woudschoten Conference (Utrecht 2024).
- WCEH. World Congress of Environmental History (Oulu 2024, session organiser).
- ESHS. European Society for the History of Science (Barcelona 2024, session organiser; Brussels 2022).
- RUEDHA. Red Española de Historia Ambiental (Granada 2024, session organiser; Granada 2022).
Invited Lectures
- Closing address, V Jornada d’Historiografia Local: Història ambiental i comunitats locals, Centres d’Estudis de Parla Catalana (CCEPC), Institut Ramon Muntaner (IRMU), Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs (IEI), Diputació de Lleida, 2025.
- “Science and Action: Roundtable on the history and future of the relationship between research and management at La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park,” La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park, Girona, 2024.
- “¿Qué es una publicación científica? Reflexiones históricas, filosóficas, y críticas,” Jornadas sobre la carrera investigadora, Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Madrid, 2021.
- “Ciencia Abierta: Globalidad y Localidad,” IV Convención Científica Internacional. Sistemas latinoamericanos de indexación: ética o estética, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Manabí, 2020.
- “The Journal of Trial and Error meets the Early-Career Swiss Society for Neuroscience,” Second Swiss Early-career Researchers Symposium, University of Bern, Bern, 2020.
- “The Journal of Trial and Error. Publishing science in the making: trying and erring in the age of open science,” Annual Graduate Student Symposium, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 2019.
Teaching Experience
Internship Coordinator, Journal of Trial and Error, 2021
- Designed internship framework and assessment for MSc HPS student (Utrecht University).
Workshop Instructor, Utrecht University (Life Sciences Faculty), 2021–2022
- Designed and delivered workshops on publication ethics, outreach, and open science (500+ MSc students).
Student Supervisor, Universität Freiburg, 2016
- Supervised undergraduates; taught neuroimaging sectioning techniques.
Editorial Work
Co-founder, Journal of Trial and Error, 2018–2022
- Diamond Open Access journal. Developed editorial policy, coordinated design, institutional outreach.
Editorial Assistant, ARTECHNE ERC Project (Utrecht University), 2021
- Edited two volumes: Histories of Conservation and Art History in Modern Europe (Routledge) and The Making of Technique in the Art (Brepols).
Assistant Managing Editor, Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2020
- Manuscript processing, reviewer coordination, editorial management.
Conference and Workshop Organisation
- Co-Organiser, Jornadas CIMETEC, Young Iberian Conference in History of Science, Medicine & Technology (2026)
- Co-Organiser, 10th PhD Belgian-Dutch Conference in the History of Science, Medicine, and the Humanities: Beyond Switching Plastic Straws (Gewina, 2025)
- Co-Organiser, International workshop ‘Disciplinary Crossroads: History of Science and Environmental History’ (Institut d’Història de la Ciència-UAB, 2024)
- Co-Organiser, International workshop ‘Integrating the History and Philosophy of Biodiversity: Narratives of Diversity, Extinction, Conflict and Value’ (UCLouvain & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 2023)
- Representative of Corps Scientifique - CORSCI (PhDs, Postdocs, Teaching Assistants, Scientific Collaborators) at the Institut supérieur de philosophie, UCLouvain (2024-25; 2025-26).
Research Areas
- History of Ecology and Forestry; Environmentalism and Political Transitions; Environmental History; Values in Science; Open Science.
Languages
- Catalan: Native
- Spanish: Native
- English: Full Professional
- French: Advanced Intermediate
max.bautista@uclouvain.be
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