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Place: Czech Technical University, Prague Dates: June 28-30, 2023 Abstracts: July 10, 2022 (early) https://amps-research.com/conference/heritages-prague/ CALL: 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Heritage. It established culture as a concept to be safeguarded. That event came three decades after the World Heritage Convention. Through that, UNESCO had set up its World […] The post CFP — Cities, Architecture and Cultural...

This report from the ‘Temporalities of Care in Conservation Environments’ workshop held online in January 2022 brings together reflections on care in workshop organising, perspectives on modes of temporality from field work in various conservation environments allowing careful encounters, as well as analytical and methodological experiments in ‘rough relationing’. The post Temporalities of Care in Conservation Environments: A Workshop Report first appeared on Society...

Call for Applications – AusSTS2022: “Generation” Date: Thurs 28th and Fri 29 July, 2022 As STS practitioners, we grapple with the understanding that generating knowledge and ideas are always practices in becoming, unfinished, and multiple, never isolated. We are asked to think about the socio-technical, material-discursive, and political relations that generate some worlds and ideas, and […] The post Call for Applications for the 2022...

At the Athena Institute of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam we invite applications for a full-time appointment as assistant professor (tenure-track) in Transdisciplinary Science & Technology Studies, specializing in material approaches for transformation. Within STS there is increasing attention for transdisciplinary scholarship that explores new forms of knowledge production, expression, and travel in relation to technoscience. This development […] The post Assistant Professor — Transdisciplinary Science &...

LIVED SPACE, PAST AND PRESENT Queen’s University Belfast, UK Dates: 01-03 December 2022 Abstracts: 01 July 2022 (Round 1) Nb. 05 October 2022 (Round 2) Place: Virtual https://amps-research.com/visioning-qub/ CALL: German psychotherapist Karlfried Graf von Dürckheim coined the term “lived space” (der gelebte Raum) in 1932 to refer to the experiential and perceptual characteristics of space […] The post CFP — Design, Historic Representation, and...

LIVABLE CITIES – NEW YORK A cross-departmental initiative at City – Tech (CUNY), New York. Place: New York / Virtual Dates: 14-16, June 2023 Early Abstracts: July 5th, 2022 https://amps-research.com/conference/livable-cities-new-york/ CALL SUMMARY What makes a city livable? Transport, housing, health and environment. Matters of culture, entrepreneurship, crime and safety. Affordability and education. Depending on whose […] The post CFP — Cities and Livability, New...

Virtual Conference: REPRESENTING SPACE, PLACE, AND LIMINALITY: RECOLLECTIONS AND PROJECTIONS 01-03 December 2022 Cape Peninsula University of Technology Abstracts due 01 July 2022 (Round 1) https://amps-research.com/visioning-cput/ CALL: The concept of liminal space has gained traction in contemporary discourses on place and space, particularly since the proliferation of placeless geographies (Ralph) and Non-Places (Auge) in the […] The post CFP — Representing City Space, Virtual...

The Department of Social Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for a one-year teaching stream contractually limited appointment at the level of Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Health & Society to commence July 1, 2022. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All […] The post One-year teaching position — Health &...

We are excited to announce that the fifth edition of the Internet Researchers’ Conference (IRC) will be held online on May 25-27, 2022! This annual conference series was initiated by the researchers@work (r@w) programme at CIS in 2016 to gather researchers and practitioners engaging with the internet in/from India to congregate, share insights and tensions, and […] The post Internet Researchers’ Conference 2022 first appeared...

Toronto, Canada; Sheridan College | Routledge Dates: 26-28 April 2023 Abstracts: 10 July 2022 (Early) https://amps-research.com/conference/applying-education/ Complexity theory, complex systems, complex strategies and a complex world. The range of concepts, practices, scenarios and metaphors through which we consider intricate, interconnected and changing phenomena is vast. It is seen as central to the design process itself. […] The post CFP — Applying Education in a...

Serious games are a type of game used for educational and training purposes, which usually are presented in digital form. This post presents a recently-started postdoc research by analyzing some of its core literature, its goals and research questions. The post Collaborative Dynamics and Knowledge Co-Production in serious games first appeared on Society for Social Studies of Science.

Special Issue: China’s Digital Infrastructures: Networks, Systems, Standards Guest Editor: Gabriele de Seta, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bergen, Norway (gabriele.seta@uib.no) Time Schedule: —15 May 2022: abstracts (250-300 words) submitted to editor (gabriele.seta@uib.no) —15 June 2022: Invitation to submit full papers sent to authors —15 October 2022: full paper submission —15 January 2023: peer review reports sent […] The post Special Issue: China’s Digital Infrastructures: Networks,...

The Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science (http://www.eands.virginia.edu/) seeks candidates to teach specific undergraduate courses on science, technology, and society [STS] and engineering. This position is part-time with the successful applicants being paid per course as wage-faculty.Candidates must have at least a Master’s degree or prior […] The post Lecturer (Faculty Wage) in STS —...

The fifteenth History of Recent Economics Conference (HISRECO) will be held at the University of Lausanne, Centre Walras Pareto, on October 28-29, 2022. Since 2007, HISRECO has brought together researchers from various backgrounds to study the history of economics in the postwar period. The increasing availability of archival materials, along with the development of new perspectives inherited from […] The post 15th HISRECO Conference — Call for...

Inviting Postdoctoral Scholars to submit applications for an NSF-funded position that will study how professional community organizers use data to pursue grassroots-led projects and influence data-intensive technologies. This position will support long-term engagement and programming with community partners guided by principles of research justice. Duties will chiefly involve recruiting self-described, professional community organizers for compensated, […] The post Postdoctoral Scholar — Community Organizing and...

Please consider volunteering for the interdisciplinary panels that will review proposals submitted to NSF’s upcoming National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes competition. (For more details, please see the program information page, which has links to the solicitation, FAQ, and more). This is an opportunity both to serve and to learn about and shape this ongoing national initiative.   This year […] The post Volunteer positions — National Artificial Intelligence...

We are pleased to announce that the special issue on New Materialist Informatics, edited by Goda Klumbyte and Claude Draude, has been published by the journal Matter: Journal of New Materialist Research. The special issue presents work spanning humanities, social sciences, arts, computer science and design that engages intersections of new materialism and informatics. Seeking to showcase some […] The post Announcement: Special Issue “Prospects for a...

The International Network for Engineering Studies (https://inesweb.org/) seeks a liaison to serve as a bridge between the network and 4S. INES is a global, interdisciplinary network of scholars and practitioners that seeks to: Advance research and teaching in historical, social, cultural, political, philosophical, rhetorical, and organizational studies of engineers and engineering; Build and serve diverse […] The post Liaison @ International Network for Engineering...

NSF Engines BAA Description This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is the first funding opportunity for the NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program, a bold new initiative of the National Science Foundation that will create regional-scale innovation ecosystems throughout the United States. Providing up to $160 million of funding for up to 10 years to […] The post NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines)...

The U.S. National Science Foundation is partnering with the Social Science Research Council to support research that advances scientific knowledge about public health guidance and its impact on the health and well-being of individuals and communities. The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) will donate up to $7.5 million to NSF over the next two years […] The post Impact of public health guidance is...

Ritu Ghosh describes how in the name of putatively protecting surrogate workers from the apparent exploitation entailed by the industry of surrogate pregnancy in India, the state is, instead, washing its hands off the protection of surrogate workers’ rights. The post Enigmas of Corporeal Justice: Surrogacy and Legality in India first appeared on Society for Social Studies of Science.

The University of California, Berkeley faculty and academic leadership have identified the Goldman School of Public Policy’s (GSPP) Master of Development Practice (MDP) program as a priority for growth and prominence. We invite applications for an open-rank adjunct faculty position to serve as Program Director of the MDP graduate degree program. The Goldman School holds […] The post MDP Program Director / Professor of...

A colleague and I are advertising 4 research fellowships at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Positions are 2.5 to 3 years in length and equivalent to postdoc/senior postdoc roles (Level A/B in the Australian system).    We are interested in researchers who use socio-legal and or science & technology studies frameworks to investigate questions related to intellectual property (broadly construed). We are quite interested in projects around […] The post University of Queensland in Brisbane, Postdoc...

The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Liberal Arts in the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is seeking a full-time lecturer. This position will be a one-year appointment with the possibility of renewal to a second year. Duties and responsibilities include teaching introductory interdisciplinary studies courses, courses on the […] The post Full Time Lecturer position in Interdisciplinary...

Throughout 2022, the Data Science Journal invites submissions related to the evolution and future directions of data science (broadly defined), including recent advances, retrospective analyses, and community inspirations and provocations.When the Data Science Journal began publication by CODATA in 2002, it was perhaps the first journal dedicated to the new concept of “data science.” Data […] The post 20 Years of Data Science —...

In this post, Gent Shehu and Víctor Muñoz Sanz recount their visit to an automated glasshouse for orchid cultivation as part of the research project “Architectural Encounters with AI: The New Data-driven Agricultural Landscapes in the Dutch Delta Systems”, and reflect on the implications of an architecture dictated by non-human-centered demands and affordances. The post “The Plant Knows Best”: A fieldwork report on automated...

The Great Reconfiguration: A Socio-Technical Analysis of Low-Carbon Transitions in UK Electricity, Heat, and Mobility Systems By Frank W. Geels and Bruno Turnheim Cambridge University Press (April 2022) Summary This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. Drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective, it develops a whole system […] The post New book — The Great Reconfiguration:...

Conference of Irish Geographers Limerick, Ireland 18-20 May 2022 Session Title: Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into smart-city initiatives Session Organisers: Zongtian Guo (guoz@tcd.ie), Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Jie Guo(jie.guo2015@gmail.com), Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangdong Academy of Science. In recent years, AI has been incorporated into the research and practice of smart cities, and several […] The post Call for Abstracts — Integration of...

5th International Conference on RETHINKING CLUSTERS: CRISIS AND PATH RENEWAL OF PLACES IN TIME OF UNCERTAINTY 5-7 September 2022, Osaka Metropolitan University (Hybrid) Organisers:  Dimitris Pettas, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow, Technical University of Berlin Vasilis Avdikos, Assistant Professor, Panteion University Antigoni Papageorgiou, Postdoctoral Researcher, Panteion University Platforms have rapidly expanded around the globe, while their importance as […] The post Call for Abstracts — Platform-generated urban...

The actor-network theory (ANT), initially enunciated in the field of science and technology studies, is one of the most recent and controversial theoretical and methodological approaches in the social sciences. Its relational character determines that the interaction between actants (human and non-human) constantly defines and redefines social actors. Thus, they are configured as actor-networks, since […] The post New book “La teoría del actor-red...

The Ecology, Evolution, Environment & Society (EEES) graduate program at Dartmouth College (New Hampshire, United States) seeks applicants for fully-funded PhD study at the intersection of political ecology and science and technology studies (STS), beginning in September 2022.  Candidates interested in pursuing critical qualitative research on agri-food, water and/or energy systems are especially welcome to […] The post Funded PhD position in political ecology/STS...

The Department of Environmental Studies is searching for two assistant professor positions as part of cluster hires. Position are in Water Policy and Governance; and Climate Justice/Urban Sustainability. Brief descriptions below; see full details at https://www.esf.edu/hr/clusterhire/   1) Urban Sustainability Faculty Cluster Initiative: The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY […] The post Two Tenure-track positions in Environmental Studies...

Catalyst would like to take this opportunity to announce a new Call for Papers: Autoimmunities in the Wake of Covid-19Guest Editors:  Travis Alexander (Rice University) and Nishant Shahani (Washington State University) We invite submissions to a special section of Catalyst that considers the role of autoimmunity in the wake of COVID-19. We invite an open-ended range of methodological and disciplinary paradigms including STS, […] The post Call for Papers — Autoimmunities in...

The Department of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of MedicineThe Center for Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins UniversityThe Program in Racism, Immigration, & Citizenship, Johns Hopkins University PRESENT Molina Symposium on the History of Medicine RECKONING WITH RACE & RACISM IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE May 5th – 6th, 2022 The legacies of race and racism […] The post Johns Hopkins University Conference: Reckoning with...

Overflowing email inboxes. Back-to-back Zoom meetings. Unending data extraction. Constant connectivity. Data-driven productivity measurement. Gruelling gig economy work. The pressure to maintain social media presence. Netflix binging. Daily life in digital culture can be exhausting. The Digital Exhaustion Research Group (DigEx) invite papers for a half-day symposium (27th May 2022) hosted by the Communications Programme at […] The post Call for Papers — Digital Exhaustion:...

The Department of Science & Technology Studies (STS) in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor with experience in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) to begin Fall 2022. We seek a scholar who will contribute to the […] The post Assistant Professor in Science & Technology...

STS Italia, the Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies with the support of European Association for the Study of Science and Technology announces the call for its 6th Summer School, “Disentangling Futures: Promises, Scenarios, Experiments”, to be held in Padova (Italy) from September 27th to October 1st, 2022. The Summer School is organized in […] The post 6th STS Italia Summer School “Disentangling...

We are offering a 3-year PhD fellowship at Medical Museion, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, focused on Research Culture, commencing 15 September 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. Our group and research: Medical Museion is a university research unit as well as a public museum where research, public/stakeholder engagement and museum work […] The post Fully funded PhD position at Medical...

For the 2022 Annual Meeting, our Society invites participants to explore colonial and postcolonial legacies as they relate to the historical processes of globalization, imperialism, and technological change. The 2022 meeting will give us an opportunity to finally meet in New Orleans. An early and important port for global empires, this city has been sustained […] The post SHOT Annual Meeting New Orleans —...

Knox College invites applications for a Digital Humanities Media Specialist / Postdoctoral Fellow to begin July 1, 2022. The Digital Humanities Media Specialist / Postdoctoral Fellow will be an active participant in a collaborative social justice and civic engagement project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The appointment is for three years, beginning July […] The post Digital Humanities Media Specialist / Postdoctoral...

Session Title: Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into smart-city initiatives Session Organisers: Zongtian Guo (guoz@tcd.ie), Trinity College Dublin and Jie Guo (jie.guo2015@gmail.com), Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangdong Academy of Science. Session Abstract: In recent years, AI has been incorporated into the research and practice of smart cities, and several researchers have noted that AI is becoming an […] The post Call for Papers — Integration of...

We are pleased to announce the newly established (2022) inaugural prize in Race and Histories of Technology: This annual prize, awarded by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), recognizes outstanding scholarship that explicitly explores the multiple intersections and junctures between race/ethnicity and the history of technology. The prize is part of a collective […] The post Inaugural Race and Histories of Technology...

Call For Papers: Media, Power, Technological Determinism  University of Washington Graduate Conference  June 4th, 2022, Seattle and Online  Paper Proposal Submission Deadline: April 29th, 2022   Keynote Speaker (Online): Nicole Starosielski (NYU) Guest Panel Respondent (Online): Weixian Pan (NYU Shanghai)  Does the modern office floor plan of the skyscrapers redefine the division of labor? Does […] The post Call For Papers — Media, Power,...

The Georgia Tech Ethics, Technology, and Human Interaction Center (ETHICx), together with the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, starting August 1, 2022. This is a two-year, non-renewable fellowship. Responsibilities include participation in interdisciplinary research projects related to AI ethics & policy, service, and a 1/1 teaching assignment, […] The post Postdoctoral Research Fellowship — Georgia Tech...

Karina Rider reflects on the notion of "repair work," communities of civic technologists, and six months of associated fieldwork that she carried out in the San Francisco Bay Area between 2018-19. The post Working through Disillusionment with the High-Tech Sector first appeared on Society for Social Studies of Science.

The Living and Working with Robots (LWR) project at UT Austin invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow who conducts sociotechnical research at the intersection of emerging technologies and real-world communities. As a Core Research Project of the Good Systems Research Grand Challenge, the LWR project’s mission is to build and study robot systems designed to […] The post Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociotechnical Studies of...

The School of Social Sciences and its Department of Sociology at the University of Geneva is opening a graduate assistant position in STS at 80% starting on August 1, 2022 (or to be agreed). The successful candidate will prepare a doctoral thesis in sociology on a theme related to science and technology under the supervision of Professor […] The post Call for applications — PhD position...

4S will hold its annual election in June, seeking to fill seats for President-Elect, four Council members and one 6S (Student Section) representative, all of whom will serve December 2022 through the annual meeting in 2025. Please submit nominations by May 31st, 2022. Nomination forms are available here: https://www.4sonline.org/what-is-4s/governance/presidential-nomination/ https://www.4sonline.org/what-is-4s/governance/4s-council-nomination/ https://www.4sonline.org/what-is-4s/governance/6s-representative-nomination/ Contact Bryn Seabrook (4S Council Elections Committee) with […] The post 4S Council Nominations — 2022 first...

Dear friends of the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, Your conference team of Diana Hicks, Julia Melkers, Susan Cozzens and Cassidy Sugimoto of the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology are beginning planning for a return of the Atlanta Conference in spring 2023.  We are at present looking at […] The post Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation...

New book on STS methods: Doing document analysis. A Practice-Oriented Method by Kristin Asdal and Hilde Reinertsen  SAGE Publications 2022 https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/doing-document-analysis/book276193  STS’ers are increasingly turning to documents, texts, and archives in their study of practices. Focusing on document analysis both in practice and as practice, the book provides an innovative and versatile toolkit for analysing […] The post New book on STS methods —...