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The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University now is accepting applications for residential fellowships for the 2022–23 academic year.  We encourage applications from scholars and thinkers from diverse backgrounds, institutions, and countries. We are particularly eager to receive applications from accomplished scholars and thinkers who engage with the significant societal […] The post Residential Fellowships — Center for Advanced...

Applications are now open for a Postdoctoral Fellowship on a Wellcome Trust-funded research project on Maps of Malignancy in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King’s College London. The Department of Global Health & Social Medicine is seeking a Research Associate to work as part of a research team on […] The post Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Research Associate) in...

Initially for 4 years, with possible tenure. The advertised positions will be part of a new team with a focus on Digital Behavioral Research, in particular the establishment of an app-based infrastructure for the collection of survey data and digital behavioral data. https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/21477/2-Postdocs-Senior-Researchers-in-the-field-of-Digital-Behavioral-Research?language=en-US The post 2 Postdocs / Senior Researchers in the field of Digital Behavioral Research — GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social...

1 Team Leader (Senior Researcher) “Transparent Analytics and Open Science”. Initially for 4 years, with possible tenure. We are offering an opportunity for an experienced senior researcher to take on a leading role in the coordination and conduction of innovative research for infrastructure development. This is aimed at making digital behavioral data openly and sustainably […] The post Team Leader (Senior Researcher) “Transparent Analytics...

Tampere University seeks an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in social studies of science (tenure track levels 1-2). The position is in the degree programme of Social Sciences. The Unit of Social Research is the largest unit in the Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC). Its key research themes are the transformation of social governance, social and […] The post Assistant/Associate Professor in Social Studies of...

The Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for a tenure-track position, rank Assistant Professor, beginning Fall 2022. AOS: Ethics and Data Science, with a strong preference for non-ideal approaches and for research that is significantly grounded in philosophical traditions traditionally underrepresented in the field (e.g., feminist, queer/trans, non-Western, […] The post Assistant Professor, Ethics and Data Science...

Position title: Assistant Professor Open date: September 7th, 2021 Next review date: Friday, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Sunday, Oct 31, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only […] The post Tenure Track Faculty Position: Assistant Professor...

held virtually on July 18-19, 2022 Conference Date: July 18-19, 2022 Papers (Extended Abstracts) Due: Jan. 31, 2022 Workshops & Tutorials Due: Mar. 14, 2022 Panels Due: Mar. 14, 2022 Notification Due: Mar. 31, 2022 We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2022 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety)! […] The post 2022 International Conference on Social Media...

The Oxford Internet Institute and Faculty of Philosophy (Institute for Ethics in AI) are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of AI & Society, in association with a Senior Research Fellowship at Wadham College. The post will sit within the OII, and the post holder will work closely with colleagues in the Institute for Ethics […] The post Associate Professor of AI & Society...

Description NYU Shanghai is currently inviting applications for a position at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor in Theory of Media and Technology, Interactive Media Arts. Interactive Media Arts (IMA) is a 4-year undergraduate program at NYU Shanghai that encourages students to explore the expressive possibilities of emerging media. Our students are challenged to combine practice and theory, connecting […] The post Tenured/Tenure-track Position in Interactive Media Arts,...

The Union of Concerned Scientists seeks a creative and forward-thinking leader with a visionary, broad and interdisciplinary approach to serve as the next director of the Global Security Program. Since its founding in 1969, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has advanced its mission of using rigorous, independent science to solve some of our planet’s […] The post UCS seeks Director for Global Security...

NYU Shanghai is currently inviting applications for a position at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Clinical Professor in Science, Technology and Society (STS). We invite applications from candidates in any field of the humanities with broad teaching interests in STS. This is a Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty (FTCC) position. Candidates must have completed a […] The post Clinical Professor in Humanities: Science, Technology,...

The Sanford School of Public Policy and the Duke Initiative for Science & Society seek a tenure-line faculty member with research and teaching interests in the area of technology policy. The preferred candidate will be at the advanced assistant or associate professor level. This faculty member will be jointly appointed between the Sanford School of […] The post Assistant/Associate Professor in Technology Policy at...

In June 2021, members of the International Network for Engineering Studies (INES) coordinated the virtual workshop “Living in a Crisis Moment: Empirical Research, Social Action, and Mentorship in Engineering Studies.” This report-back focuses on one part of the INES workshop: a session titled “How We Build: Feminist and Anti-Racist Practices in Engineering Studies.” The post How We Build: Feminist and Anti-Racist Practices in Engineering...

Description: The Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Race, Science, and Technology at the rank of assistant professor. We seek a dynamic, innovative scholar whose research and teaching engage the intersections of race, science, and technology. In keeping with the department’s commitment to interdisciplinarity, we […] The post Assistant Professor — Ohio State University,...

Professor Aihwa Ong TransAsiaSTS and the Deakin Science and Society Network and are pleased to share that Professor Aiwha Ong will be giving a highly topical seminar on the 24th September, with incoming 4S president Professor Emma Kowal as discussant. The eventbrite link has more info, and you can simply join the youtube live Abstract: The global demand […] The post Can Science Sovereignty & Science Diplomacy...

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Research Group Visualization and Data Analysis Reference number: 12125 The research group Visualization and Data Analysis (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Torsten Möller, Dr. Laura Koesten) at the Faculty of Computer Sciences invites applications for the position of a research assistant aiming at a PhD degree. We seek a highly motivated PhD researcher with a […] The post PhD candidates at the University of...

Scientific Staff at the Research Group Visualization and Data Analysis Reference number: 12122 The research group Visualization and Data Analysis (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Torsten Moeller, Dr. Laura Koesten) at the Faculty of Computer Sciences invites applications for the position of a research assistant aiming at a PhD degree. We seek a highly motivated PhD researcher with a background in […] The post PhD candidates at the University of...

Full time, fixed term contract for 12 months. We are seeking to appoint a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow for 12 months commencing January 2022. You will be employed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow as part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship funded project “Scaling Trust: An Anthropology of Cyber Security”, based at the University of […] The post Postdoctoral Research Fellow — University of...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research We are seeking a self- motivated scientist able to work effectively with diverse colleagues across multiple research and clinical settings to join this small team and contribute to national conversations about team science and clinical and translational research. The incumbent will be comfortable in a […] The post Scientist, Team Science Core appeared first...

June 15-17, 2022 Venue: Hotel Scandic Rosendahl, Tampere, Finland Call for Papers and Panels Decreasing fertility rates and delayed family formation have raised concern across the world. Meanwhile, human population growth is regarded a problem for global ecological sustainability. This paradox has instigated discussions about future population control, family relations, and reproductive and environmental justice. […] The post Reproductive Futures: Emergent injustices, hopes and...

The Cornell University Department of Information Science (IS) in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (CIS) invites applications for full-time, long-term Lecturer or Senior Lecturer positions at Cornell’s Ithaca campus. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York, with a county population of about 100,000 people in the heart of the […] The post 2021-2022 Cornell Information Science Full-time Teaching...

The Cornell University Department of Information Science (IS) in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (CIS) has tenure track and tenured faculty positions available. The IS Department spans Cornell’s Ithaca and New York City campuses; our nearly 40 faculty members are leaders in their respective fields within Information Science’s interdisciplinary structure, […] The post 2021-2022 Cornell Information Science Tenure-track Faculty...

The Cornell University Department of Information Science (IS) in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (CIS) has tenure track and tenured faculty positions available. The IS Department spans Cornell’s Ithaca and New York City campuses; our nearly 40 faculty members are leaders in their respective fields within Information Science’s interdisciplinary structure, […] The post 2021-2022 Cornell Information Science Tenure-track Faculty...

Drawing from a project at Data & Society to map the conceptual vocabulary of AI in/from the Global South, Ranjit Singh and Rigoberto Lara Guzmán invite readers to a storytelling workshop to theorize the unevenly distributed conditions for and consequences of data and AI in/from the Global South. The post Parables of AI in/from the Global South appeared first on Society for Social Studies...

Job Summary: Purdue University’s Anthropology Department is seeking to fill two in-residence, tenure track Assistant Professor positions focusing on science, technology, and society (STS) and/or health and medicine, to begin August 2021. The successful candidates will join a vibrant and growing department whose Anthropologies of Tomorrow (AOT) initiative embraces publicly engaged and interdisciplinary scholarship that includes community partnerships, racial […] The post Assistant Professor of Anthropology — Purdue...

The WGQS Department at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, CA seeks applications for a full-time (academic year), tenure-track assistant professor with a specialization in feminist, queer, and/or trans* dis/ability studies, with a particular focus on critical approaches that emphasize dis/ability as a social situation and a political process; consider dis/ability […] The post TT hire in Feminist/Queer/Trans* Dis/Ability Studies...

Job #JPF06811 INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIETY AND GENETICS, NEUROSCIENCE INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM / L&S Life Sciences / UCLA NEUROBIOLOGY / David Geffen School Of Medicin / UCLA POSITION OVERVIEW Position title: Assistant Professor APPLICATION WINDOW Open date: September 8th, 2021 Next review date: Friday, Oct 8, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to […] The post Rising to the Challenge-Two Positions in...

Job #JPF06853 INSTITUTE FOR SOCIETY AND GENETICS / L&S Life Sciences / UCLA POSITION OVERVIEW Position title: Assistant Professor APPLICATION WINDOW Open date: September 7th, 2021 Next review date: Friday, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Sunday, Oct 31, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications […] The post Tenure Track Faculty Position: Assistant Professor...

Progress in Environmental Geography is a new journal that aims to be a creative meeting ground for diverse inquiry on the interactions between people and their environments, providing an intellectual forum for agenda-setting review articles and progress reports. The journal provides space for multiple strands of inquiry that address a wide range of human–environment interactions, and […] The post New journal: Progress in Environmental Geography...

The Department of Anthropology seeks candidates whose research examines and engages with diverse stakeholders in environmental injustice (including diverse community members, government agencies, business sectors, activist organizations, media outlets, etc), how they perceive both problems and restorative possibilities in Black communities, and the many cultural and social dynamics that undermine inclusive prosperity and Black thriving. […] The post Assistant/Associate Professor of Anthropology Job Posting...

Dr. Khara Grieger is seeking diverse candidates for a postdoc position focused on risk sciences, risk governance, stakeholder engagement, and responsible innovation. The ideal candidate for this role is familiar with best practices in risk governance and risk evaluations and is interested in working with stakeholders at the state and national levels. The primary responsibilities […] The post Postdoc position available in Interdisciplinary Risk...

This year, the Australiasian STS graduate workshop was held as a multi-sited event. Here, TopEndSTS reflect on the Darwin node of this event, presenting their report-back in the form of a zine. This publication is designed to continue the conversations that arose from the event, circulating both in place and online. The post Encountering Gurambai/Rapid Creek: A Zine by TopEndSTS appeared first on Society...

The Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies cordially invites you to our virtual anniversary conference to be held on September 23rd, 2021. Panels around the globe will share their experience and their work with us.  Speakers include Yuko Fujigaki, Joan Fujimura, Ulrike Felt, Hee-Je Bak, Mitsuru Kudo, Wei Hong, Mai Suzuki, Wen-Hua Kuo, Shannon […] The post JSSTS 2021 and Beyond – 20th...

Faculty Search: Department of Anthropology and Sociology The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Amherst College invites applications for two full-time appointments specializing in the anthropology or sociology of race, health, and the environment, beginning on July 1, 2022.  One of the positions will be a tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor.  The […] The post Assistant Professor and Associate or Full...

Laulima Government Solutions, LLC is looking for a qualified Research Ethics and Integrity Scientist in Silver Spring, MD. JOB DESCRIPTION: Candidate shall provide research ethics and integrity-based analysis, education, and expertise to the HSPB. Tasks include: -Help design and conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses in the context of research studies of RCR/research ethics and research integrity based issues (i.e.- […] The post Research Ethics and Integrity Scientist —...

Call for Applications: 1x Post-Doc position in philosophy and social studies of biology, Department of Philosophy I, Ruhr University Bochum The Institute of Philosophy I at the Ruhr University Bochum seeks applications for a post-doctoral research position. It will be part of the Emmy Noether-rese­arch group ROTO (“The Return of the Organism in the Biosciences: […] The post PostDoc, Department of Philosophy I, Ruhr...

We have a new Assistant Professor position in Race and Media Studies in US, Transnational or Global contexts at the U. of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where the 1st PhD in Communications in US was seeded. Please feel free to share this post. The Deadline is rolling, but reviews will begin on Oct. 8, 2021. https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=151135&job=college-of-media-assistant-professor-department-of-media-cinema-studies-151135 […] The post Assistant Professor position in Race and...

(Stanford University Press) Biological explanations for violence have existed for centuries, as has criticism of this kind of controversial research, haunted by a long history of horrific abuse. Yet, this research program has endured because of, and not despite, its notorious legacy. Drawing on extensive analysis of neurobiological research, interviews with neuroscientists, and participant observation, […] The post New book by Oliver Rollins –...

We are pleased to invite you to the online launch of the recently published volume The Imposter as Social Theory edited by Steve Woolgar, Else Vogel, David Moats and Claes-Fredrik Helgesson. Date: 22 September, 16:00-17:30 CET Registration (no later than 19 September!): https://doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt/24681 The figure of the imposter can stir complicated emotions, from intrigue to […] The post Online book launch of The Imposter...

The Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), Section for Consumption, Bioethics and Governance, in the Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for a PhD scholarship in the Sociology of Sustainable Food and Pleasure to start December 15, 2021. IFRO carries out pure basic and applied social science research and has […] The post PhD fellowship in Sociology of Sustainable...

Guest editors: Barbara Czarniawska – University of Gothenburg Gianluca Miscione – University College Dublin Elena Raviola – University of Gothenburg Rafael Alcadipani da Silveira – EASP-FGV Emre Tarim – Lancaster University We have been studying formal organizations for at least a century, if not longer, and there is not much that we do not know […] The post Call for papers: Organizing Outside Organizations...

The Department of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo invites applications from highly motivated social science PhDs with an interest in the social dimensions of emerging approaches to confront climate change. The successful applicant will join PI Dr. Holly Buck and the research team to conduct research on how communities in different regions […] The post Postdoctoral fellow position in climate technologies...

The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites abstracts (sessions, papers, posters, and videos) for the Program of the 82nd Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2022. The theme of the Program is “The Revolutionary Potential of the Social Sciences: Transforming Possibilities.” The 2022 SfAA Annual Meeting offers researchers, practitioners, and students from diverse disciplines and organizations the opportunity to […] The post SfAA 82nd Annual Meeting in SLC...

In this post, we interview Dawn Walker on the values and social transformation in the design of web decentralization projects, and the role of research activism. The post Building Value-Driven Alternatives of Decentralized Internet Infrastructures: Interview with Dawn Walker appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science.

In the D-WISE project “Digitale Wissenssoziologische Diskursanalyse” at the University of Hamburg, we are looking for a research fellow starting October 15, 2021 (60% part-time, limited to December 2022 due to parental leave replacement). The D-WISE project aims to develop new IT-analysis approaches as digital support for the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse Analysis. […] The post Research fellow — Project D-WISE —...

Journal of Sociological Perspectives Guest Editors:  Fernando Domínguez Rubio (University of California, San Diego) and Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra (University of California, San Diego) This Special Issue aims to map out current “trading zones” (Galison) between sociology and Science and Technology Studies. What can sociology and STS learn from one another today? What are the […] The post 2022 Special Issue in “New Perspectives...

We’re seeking a dynamic person who will energetically develop and implement our communication and brand awareness strategies around the conjoining topics of environment, science, and data. The goal of this position is to increase our visibility and develop communities around our programs through online communication (SEO, website, social media, etc.), public relations and brand strategy. For more […] The post Communication and Content Manager — Open...

This position will lead the work of identifying opportunities and possibilities for creating an inclusive environmental data ecosystem. The Director of Policy Initiative’s primary responsibilities will be to develop policy recommendations related to the inclusion of environmental data at all levels of government; interact with and comment on projects and policy as they relate to […] The post Director of Policy Initiatives — Open...

The Arctic Research Center at the University of Virginia is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in social science. This NSF-funded position will investigate how a team of environmental scientists, architects, and social scientists collaborates with each other and with the residents of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, to study the interactions between climate change and Arctic infrastructure. See […] The post Postdoctoral Research Associate — Arctic Research...