After a break, The HPS Podcast is back for Season 6! 🎙️ In our first episode, I'm joined by Dr. Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature, for a conversation about trust in science, transparent peer review, COVID-19's legacy, & the inequities that continue to shape who gets published.

S6 E1 - Magdalena Skipper on Scientific Publishing

Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 30 July · 39min

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CFP: Twinning Earth Workshop. Toronto, 6 Oct. Contributions invited which examine and theorize the stakes of twinning Earth digitally and in livable habitats on distant planets. EOIs by 14 August. Organisers: Tero Karppi and Hanna E. Morris (UofT), Michael Richardson (UNSW) tinyurl.com/jyjmuy7h

CFP Twinning Earth 2026

CFP: Twinning Earth Workshop University of Toronto, Oct 6, 2026 Two interconnected media-technological tendencies are reshaping relationships with our home planet. First: projects of digital twinning...

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Are the social sciences and humanities becoming “harder”? This bibliometric analysis of nine Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines explores the progress of "hardening" and what it means for the future of SSH research. 🔗 bit.ly/4fvCSoJ #EduSky #STS

Are the social sciences and humanities becoming “harder”? - Scientometrics

This study aims to answer the question: Does the “hardening” phenomenon in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) represent the parallel development of empirical research and interpretive research, or is it a linear extension of the scientific hierarchy? Taking 161,084 articles published from 2000 to 2024 in Social Sciences (Management, Education, Economics, Sociology, Psychology) and Humanities (History, Literature, Art, Philosophy) as the research objects, this study employs bibliometric methods to elucidate the hardening characteristics of SSH. Our findings reveal that SSH hardening is an irreversible trend, unfolding in three distinct phases: accumulation, acceleration, and sustained enhancement. Based on hardening values and growth rates, disciplines fall into four types: rapid-hardening (Psychology, Arts), first-hardening (Education), later-hardening (Sociology, Management), and hardening-stable (Literature, Economics, Philosophy, History). Overall, the social sciences exhibit stronger hardening than the humanities, a differentiation shaped by both knowledge hardness and organizational hardness. Meanwhile, “hardening” does not entail paradigm replacement but rather an extension of the methodological spectrum. The convergence of SSH toward greater logical rigor and precision does not imply abandoning their core values of speculation and critical thinking. Instead, it represents a necessary evolution to enhance their capacity to address complex real-world problems, engage in interdisciplinary dialogue, and contribute critical insights to contemporary challenges.

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The HPS Podcast is back! 🎙️ Season 6 returns at the end of this month, and we've spent the past few months collecting and preparing some exciting new interviews that we can't wait to share with you. Stay tuned for more updates! In the meantime, why not revisit some episodes from Season 5? 🎧

The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University ...

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JOBS: 2 postdoctoral scholars sought for 4 year positions with the @mpiwg.bsky.social –NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding. Deadline 10 Aug. Details: tinyurl.com/5avz8p28 #STS #Law #HPS #Art #KnowledgeHolders

STS Event: @drgokcegunel.bsky.social speaks on her new book: Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations (dukeupress.edu/floating-power). A SSSWARM seminar. Join us 13 August, in-person at Uni of Sydney, or online. More details: tinyurl.com/tv9wk23e #sts #GlobalSouths

Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" is looking to hire a Graduate Assistant to support: 🖍️ copy-editing English-language academic texts 🗂️ maintaining reference databases 📚 researching and summarizing literature 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 21, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci #STS

📢 New open-access article just out! 📜 "Ecologies of time: interdisciplinarity and temporal misalignments in data-mediated environmental research collaboration," by Virginia Vargolskaia and @ulrike-felt.bsky.social #interdisciplinarity #knowledgeproduction #STS 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...

Ecologies of time: interdisciplinarity and temporal misalignments in data-mediated environmental research collaboration

Temporal misalignments pose significant challenges to interdisciplinary collaborations between ecologists and data scientists in environmental research projects. Even though data infrastructures ar...

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I am thrilled to announce the 1st Michigan Science & Tech Policy fellowship! We're looking for someone w/AI expertise & policy interests, to work in the MI Dept of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. App deadline Aug 9. Learn about the MiST fellowships: stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/fellowships/...

The ISHPSSB June 2026 Newsletter is now available! 👉https://www.ishpssb.org/news/newsletters/336-newsletter-volume-37-no-1-issue-70-june-2026

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ttap20/3/1?nav=tocList #Tapuya3 #OpenAccess #Healthcare #InternationalHealthcare #HealthcareCulture #ReproductiveHealthcare #STS

Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society

Volume 3, Issue 1 of Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society

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As a big conference week opens tomorrow in the UK, with our session on the history of openness first up tomorrow at #HSS in Edinburgh and various sessions later in Cambridge for #SPSP, we opened the call for the 2027 ISHPSSB meeting in Buenos Aires - congressin.com/e/ishpssb202... #HPS #philsci

CFP: “LEGIBILITY” : The Inaugural STS Sydney Network Symposium, 11-12/2/2027. We invite contributions that explore “legibility” as a critical analytic, and consider the ongoing work of translation, classification, and inscription that make socio-technical worlds readable. tinyurl.com/ytu66umx

Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2027 round is now open. It's usually a very competitive field, often best fit for someone who has done 1 postdoc already. Applications close 11 August. www.deakin.edu.au/research/our...

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Explore the Deakin University Project Research Fund (DUPRF) for researchers seeking financial support to advance innovative projects and initiatives.

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Two PhD scholarships at ANU School of Sociology with the cryocultures.org project. EOIs welcome until 7 Aug 2026: tinyurl.com/27adz7tt #scholarship #STS #sociology

"Worlds Beyond Bios," edited by Sophie Chao, @winterchristine.bsky.social, and @dschlosberg.bsky.social, explores how entities not traditionally recognized as “alive” play active roles in shaping multispecies worlds. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/Gjsa8v2

Save the date for Timothy Neale speaking on his new book in Sydney, 1 Sept 2026. More details soon!

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This July, pick up two new environmental studies titles: "We Live with the Sea" by Andrew Littlejohn, which studies post-tsunami Japan, and "How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent' by Timothy Neale, which explores wildfires in Australia. buff.ly/zs9RK2C

Registration is open for the Utopia/Dystopia symposium, Uni Syd, 9 Oct 2026. Hosted by sophiechao.wixsite.com/ssswarm and @sydsts.bsky.social Details and tickets: events.humanitix.com/utopiadystopia Speakers @wombatscholar.bsky.social @anthroprofhage.bsky.social and a host of others #anthro #sts

Please read, use, and share these 3 recently published articles on 'how (not) to do' research: 1 Doing realist evaluations with justice in mind: tinyurl.com/yyhjbrsb 2 Analysing demographic diversity in global health: tinyurl.com/4pk8jtvy 3 Dignity-based practice in research: tinyurl.com/3hzfry5k

STS postdoc opportunity at Birmingham

Research Fellow in Science and Technology in Society at University of Birmingham

An academic position as a Research Fellow in Science and Technology in Society is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

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The Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab is the Institute for Advanced Study is seeking an 18-month Civic Science Fellow. PhD in social sciences, humanities or sciences and experience w/ research and writing on the social & democratic implications of AI. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/679200/c...

Civic Science Fellow - School of Social Science - 18 Month Appointment - Princeton, New Jersey (US) job with Institute for Advanced Study | 679200

IAS is seeking a 2026–27 Civic Science Fellow to advance understanding of the social, democratic, and scientific implications of AI.

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Looking forward to @hanspols.bsky.social public lecture at the State Library of NSW on the rise and decline of community mental health care in Australia. 6-7.30 pm August 12, 2026. Registration open. @anzshm.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social @aahpsss.bsky.social @sydsts.bsky.social

Ben Haneman Lecture 2026: Professor Hans Pols

How can our mental health system thrive? The 2026 Dr Ben Haneman Memorial Lecture by Professor Hans Pols explores the origins of community mental health in Australia.

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*Scholarship alert* Two PhD opportunities at ANU: Cultures of the Cryosphere: Infrastructures, Politics and Futures of Artificial Cooling. Applications close 7 Aug 2026. tinyurl.com/27adz7tt #sts

🎉We’re hiring!🎉 Four exciting opportunities for ECRs interested in the good governance and constructive communications of synthetic genomics and genetic technologies in general. research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien... #AcademicJobs #PostdocJobs #ResearchJobs #STS #Governance #RRI

PhD Opportunity! Interested in the history of the #microbiome & #symbiosis concepts since 1900? Work with Maureen O'Malley, Nic Rasmussen & myself on our new Australian Research Council Discovery Award at Univ of Sydney. Applications: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships... #histsci #histmed #STS

Check out an in-person book launch in #Sydney hosted by @gleebooks.bsky.social for Nikita Kaur Simpson’s "Tension" on June 25. She will be in conversation with Sophie Chao, @wombatscholar.bsky.social, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, and Michael Edwards. buff.ly/OnKTuG0

🎉🍾❗We congratulate @ulrike-felt.bsky.social on being awarded the 2026 Bernal Prize by @4sonline.bsky.social for her distinguished contributions to the field of STS! @univie.ac.at 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪 #STS #SciCom

Ulrike Felt was awared with the Bernal Prize 2026

Ulrike Felt was awarded the John Desmond Bernal Award by the Society for Social Studies of Science for her distinguished contributions to the field of STS!

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‘Data Imaginaries’ Reading Group When: Friday afternoons, every 4 weeks, from 3 July 2026 Where: UNSW Sydney Kensington campus We welcome participants from across Sydney. Details in next post and at: sydneysts.framer.website/news-events/... #sts #data

DATA IMAGINARIES

New ‘Data Imaginaries’ Reading Group. Friday afternoons, every four weeks from 3 July 2026

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David Rutledge interviewed me about 'Spectacles of Waste' for ABC RN's Philosophers' Zone - now available as podcast. Also broadcast on RN this weekend. Trying to recall the book was like prepping for an exam. Hope I passed! @politybooks.bsky.social #histmed #histstm #sts @austhistassoc.bsky.social

Purity, filth and 'promiscuous defecators': why we're weird about poo - ABC listen

Why are we so repelled yet fascinated by bodily waste? Today we're talking purity, pollution, colonial sanitation regimes, medicine and public health, and how they've been shaped by our deeply ambival...

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In unexpected good news: !!JOB!! Come and work on our new multidisciplinary programme at UCL as a 'Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society'. Permanent full-time position in London. Deadline 28 June. Specialism open. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #dh #sts

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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