AusSTS

@aussts.bsky.social

A network for science and technology studies (STS) scholars in Australia and New Zealand

Fieldtrips you say? We have: 🐦 A twilight tour at Zealandia ecosanctuary 🍻 A microbial encounter of the tastiest kind at Wild Workshop 🌠 And a screening of The Navigators film at Space Place Limited places all round so do sign up ASAP if you want to join one of these

AusSTS@aussts.bsky.social · 2w ago

🔔 Registration is now open for AusSTS 2026! Sign up before Sept 30, or sooner if you want a place on one of our field trips More details here aussts.org/aussts2026

One week left to nominate for the AusSTS Best Paper Prize! 🏆 The prize is open to current PhDs and ECRs who have conferred their PhD within the last two years of the submission closing date. Published and unpublished manuscripts accepted. Self-nominations encouraged! aussts.org/awards-prizes

AusSTS | Awards & Prizes

Celebrating excellence in STS scholarship. AusSTS Best Paper Prize for junior scholars and Making & Doing Award for innovative research presentations.

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AusSTS is thrilled to announce the launch of two new annual awards 🏆✨ The AusSTS Best Paper Prize celebrates the work of junior STS scholars in the AusSTS community. It is open to current PhDs and ECRs, who have conferred their PhD within the last two years of the submission closing date.

A wonderful write up from the AusSTS2024 team reflecting on decolonial practices in conference organising: What would it look like to run a genuinely decolonial event? Is it possible to run a genuinely decolonial event at a settler institution? decoloyarns.org/2025/08/11/h...

How to (start to) decolonise a science studies conference: reflections on AusSTS 2024

This is the first part of a four-part series that has come from the 2024 and 2025 AusSTS conferences.  What would it look like to run a genuinely decolonial event? Is it possible to run a genu…

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One month to go to get in your abstracts for AusSTS 2026! Stay tuned for more info on plenaries, field trips and more

AusSTS@aussts.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST). Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026

The Melbourne Node of AusSTS is holding a symposium today on AFTERMATH. Beginning with a plenary keynote by Prof. Hannah Landecker (UCLA) on "Not Liquid but Emulsified Modernity." Landecker asks us to attend to "the anthropogenic gelation of the present."

A round lecture room with three rows of seats. The audience are turned towards a speaker at the front of the room on right hand side of the image.

AusSTS CFP out now! Get your ‘Antipodean Interruptions’ in for this November at Wellington Uni/Te Herenga Waka. Read all about it at our slick new website - aussts.org 👀🙂‍↕️

AusSTS | Australasian Science & Technology Studies Network

AusSTS is a network for STS researchers across Australasia. Join our community for conferences and events. Next conference: Wellington, Nov 9-11, 2026.

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AusSTS@aussts.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST). Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026

Annnnnd we're live! Get your proposals in for #AusSTS2026 in Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington ⛰️🌫️ This year's theme is 'Antipodean Interruptions'. Think antipodean methodologies, ontologies, epistemologies, legacies. Interruptions across scales, sites, subjects. Some inspo ✨👇

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AusSTS@aussts.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST). Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026

The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST). Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026