The European Health Data Space (#EHDS) promises integration, but hides deep infrastructural capture and data fragmentation across the EU. The EHDS Forum shares key STS reflections on data valuation, sovereignty, and the push for public accountability. 🌐🔗 easst.net/easst-review...
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Is the STS publishing system just "the weather" we can't change? 🌧️ Or are rigid formats & indexing metrics actively alienating us from the research we care about? Melina Antonakaki shares an open letter ahead of #EASST2026 & the More Than Publishing Now meetup: 👇 easst.net/easst-review...
From Jonas Salk’s open vaccine to the commercialization of modern biotech. 🔬 Hans Radder explores the ironic intersection of Salk, Bruno Latour, and the corporate capture of academic research in a three-act tragedy.🔗 easst.net/easst-review...
The July 2026 EASST Review features award winners, academic solidarity reports, and calls for Krakow conference submissions due October 12. The text is tailored to adhere to the 300-character limit for Bluesky. Read the full review at easst.net/easst-review/45-1/
Attending EASST2026? Join the Centre for the Social Study of Microbes meet-up! 🦠✨Whether you study AMR, fermentation, or are just microbially curious—come find camaraderie & cross-pollination. (📷Monique Horstmann) Details: buff.ly/PkOLi3l
Introducing the Centre for the Social Study of Microbes: a slime-mouldian approach to research
by Maya Hey, Jose A. Cañada, Alicia Ng
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How did an experimental 1960s course backed by physicist Peter Higgs reshape how we study scientific knowledge itself? 🧪🌌Explore the deep history of the "Edinburgh School" and 50+ years of pioneering #STS research in this evergreen archive feature.
Still growing strong 50 years of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh
by Robin Williams
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⏳ Only a few weeks left to enter the 3rd EASST Creative Writing Competition! Attending the conference? Submit your short stories, flash fiction, or poetry exploring this year's theme: "More than now: exploring resilient futures." easst.net/conference/e...
Short Story, Flash Fiction, and Poetry Competition
We’re delighted to announce the third creative writing competition for the EASST community. Deadline 1 July 2026
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🎟 EASST2026 Registration is officially open! If you are a panel convenor, author, chair, or speaker, secure your spot today to ensure your content stays in the programme. ⏳ Register here: easst.net/conference/e...
EASST2026 Registration Registration for the face-to-face EASST2026 conference is now open, with early-bird rates available until 13 July 2026 before fees increase by €100 and unregistered presentations are withdrawn. easst.net?p=25901
Rethink AI through an Ibero-American lens. 🌎 Join us on 29 May for the EASST symposium challenging dominant tech narratives. #STS #ArtificialIntelligence #EASST
Iberoamerican Imaginaries of Technology and Artificial Intelligence
Join us at this EASST symposium to discover how Ibero-American perspectives are transforming global AI debates and to help build new collaborative networks between Europe and the Americas.
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Last call for submissions to the summer 2026 issue of EASST Review. Submit your contribution via the online form: easst.net/easst-review...
Call for submissions to the summer 2026 issue of EASST Review
With the 15 May deadline approaching the EASST Review is currently accepting contributions for its next issue.
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⏳ Only 8 days left to contribute to the summer issue of EAAST Review. Submissions close 15th of May. We're looking for original research, event reports, group showcases, translations, topic debates, and features on pop culture in STS. Author are featured on a dedicated webpage.
Call for submissions to the summer 2026 issue of EASST Review
With the 15 May deadline approaching the EASST Review is currently accepting contributions for its next issue.
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There are just over two weeks remaining to submit to the EASST Review. The deadline is 15 May for pieces covering STS research, group reports, or publishing philosophies.
Call for submissions to the summer 2026 issue of EASST Review
With the 15 May deadline approaching the EASST Review is currently accepting contributions for its next issue.
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“Silent Days, Sleepless Nights”. Theatre as a form of collective resistance and care. At #EASST2026, researchers Laura Lucia Parolin and Carmen Pellegrinelli will present “Silent Days, Sleepless Nights”—a performance born from an ethnographic workshop with ER staff in Bergamo.
“Silent Days, Sleepless Nights”. Theatre as a form of collective resistance and care.
At #EASST2026, researchers Laura Lucia Parolin and Carmen Pellegrinelli will present “Silent Days, Sleepless Nights”—a performance born from an ethnographic workshop with ER staff in Bergamo.
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Confluences in Aquatic Science and Technology Studies easst.net/easst-fund-r... The workshop will take place at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, 6-10 July 2026, with support from the University of Leiden, the European Union, ISHPSSB, NWC and the EASST Fund.
Confluences in Aquatic Science and Technology Studies
The workshop will take place at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, 6-10 July 2026, with support from the University of Leiden, the European Union, ISHPSSB, NWC and the EASST Fund.
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Call for submissions to the summer 2026 issue of EASST Review, deadline: 15 May 2026. EASST Review is seeking contributions for the 2026 summer volume of the Review. Deadline: 15 May 2026. You can now submit your work directly via our new online submission form. Details: easst.net/easst-review...
Call for submissions to the summer 2026 issue of EASST Review
Deadline: 15 May 2026 We welcome contributions that engage with current developments related to STS, report on events you have organised, showcase a STS group you are a part of, delve into a STS theor...
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Three times and it’s becoming a tradition. We’re delighted to announce the third creative writing competition for the EASST community. Winners will be announced during the EASST2026 conference, 10 September 2026. Deadline 1 July 2026 easst.net/conference/e...
Short Story, Flash Fiction, and Poetry Competition
We’re delighted to announce the third creative writing competition for the EASST community. Deadline 1 July 2026
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The Call for applications for the EASST Fund is now open until 31 December 2025. Find all the details and how to apply on the website. easst.net/fund/
EASST Fund - Call for applications OPEN!
EASST Fund aims to promote national and cross-national community building within EASST, advance new questions, topics and perspectives in science and technology studies, as well as enable collaboratio...
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Have a great idea for a panel for EASST2026? Submit your proposal before it's too late! Final chance before the call for panels is closing tomorrow, Friday, 31 October (23:59 CEST). How to propose: easst.net/conference/e...
Call for panels and other formats
The deadline for submitting proposals is 31 October (23:59 CEST).
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Would you like to write something for EASST Review? We welcome contributions that report on events, showcase STS networks, delve into a STS topic or debate, or discuss publishing, practices and philosophies. Interested? Please contact the editorial team at review@easst.net easst.net/easst-review/
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Editorial: Beyond Big Conferences This issue reaches readers at the end of the teaching year for many and the start of the summer, when we look forward to being reunited with our writing projects, att...
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Call for panels now open until 31 Oct 2025. We invite you to join us for EASST’s Biennial Conference, to be held in Krakow, Poland easst.net/conference/e...
EASST2026 Home
The conference will take place on the main campus of AGH University of Krakow, walking distance from the Krakow’s vibrant city centre.
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