Check out Concept Cartography, an interactive site I co-created mapping the politics of knowledge, connecting concepts like epistemic injustice, disadvantage, interlacing, and well-ordered science across feminist epistemology, Indigenous studies, and political philosophy.

We have recently published our Munich Manifesto. If you are sympathetic to its aspirations, consider becoming a signatory.

Rena Alcalay;  Team Philosophie und Geschichte der Wissenschaft und Technik; Foto: Andreas Heddergott /TUM; Verwendung frei für die Berichterstattung über die TUM bei Nennung des Copyrights /
Rena Alcalay; Team Philosophie und Geschichte der Wissenschaft und Technik; Foto: Andreas Heddergott /TUM; Verwendung frei für die Berichterstattung über die TUM bei Nennung des Copyrights

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Philosophy of Open Science research group in the School of Social Sciences and Technology at the Technical University of Munich, a European Research Council-funded initiative that researches fair and equitable practices across diverse scientific communities.

I specialize in social and applied epistemology, exploring how structural harms in epistemic norms shape patient experience, scientific judgment, and diverse research environments.

When I’m not working, you’ll find me outside with my dog, Kora.

In October 2024, I legally changed my name to Rena Beatrice Alcalay. I kindly request that my full name be used when referencing my written work. Where my previous name, “Rena Goldstein,” may have appeared, please now refer to me as “Rena Alcalay.”

Public Science Lab at the Long Day of Urban Nature, Munich, May 2026. Photo: Vincent Hoesi https://publicsciencelab.org/2026/05/15/public-science-lab-at-the-long-day-of-urban-nature/