This came out a year and half ago as online first in @sthv.bsky.social Really happy to see it now as part of an issue! The article is #openaccess and theorizes the implications of environmental care using seagrass Posidonia in the Balearics as a case study. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Blocks and Overflows of Care: Territorialization and Marine Conservation in the Balearic Sea - Jose A. Cañada, 2026

The article expands upon care theory in Science and Technology Studies by attending to marine spaces and practices for conservation of marine and coastal ecosys...

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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...

DUPRF

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

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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Decommissioning as Residual Care: Transforming Nuclear Reactors into Waste" by Ange Pottin @angepottin.bsky.social + Ulrike Felt @ulrike-felt.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #nuclear #residues #decommissioning #care #nuclearwaste

New OnlineFirst article: "Eating Dust: Toxic Air and Parasitic Relations of Gold Mining in DR Congo" by Simon Marijsse journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #artisanalmining #gold #Congo #dust #silicosis #geo-anthropology

Eating Dust: Toxic Air and Parasitic Relations of Gold Mining in DR Congo - Simon Marijsse, 2026

Since the late 2000s, artisanal and small-scale gold miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have incorporated mechanized ball mills in their workflow. W...

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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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This coming Monday we kick off our second instalment of the ST&HV STS School, this time in Seoul. 4 days of seminars, workshops, plenaries and field trips, hosted by the Department of Science Studies at Seoul National University and KAIST Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy. So excited!

New paper! Presence, absence, and contingent engagement: mobilising care in the endgame of hepatitis C elimination. Led by Sophia Schroeder in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social, from our NHMRC Synergy project with @burnetinstitute.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper! Presence, absence, and contingent engagement: mobilising care in the endgame of hepatitis C elimination. Led by Sophia Schroeder in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social, from our NHMRC Synergy project with @burnetinstitute.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Managing the Boundaries of Citizen Science: Reordering Science–Society Relations" by Claudia Göbel, Kevin Altmann, Sascha Dickel,, Michael Kitzing,, and Andreas Wenninger #citizenscience #participation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Managing the Boundaries of Citizen Science: Reordering Science–Society Relations - Claudia Göbel, Kevin Altmann, Sascha Dickel, Michael Kitzing, Andreas Wenninger, 2026

Today, science is expected to open up to publics and be more responsible. At the same time, the legitimacy and autonomy of academic work are increasingly challe...

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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Treasure Hunting in Tanzania as a Chronopolitical Practice" by Jia Hui Lee #undergroundSTS #treasure #hunting #resource #nationalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Treasure Hunting in Tanzania as a Chronopolitical Practice - Jia Hui Lee, 2026

In Morogoro, Tanzania, people regularly embark on treasure hunting expeditions, usually near places or buildings associated with German colonialism. In recounti...

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New OnlineFirst article: "Synthetic Participation: How Zoom Shaped the Experience of Participation in the Danish Climate Assembly" by Irina Papazu + Rose Marie Højbjerg Henrichsen #participation #digital #mediation #climatechange #citizensassemblies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Synthetic Participation: How Zoom Shaped the Experience of Participation in the Danish Climate Assembly - Irina Papazu, Rose Marie Højbjerg Henrichsen, 2026

As part of the Danish Climate Act of 2019, the government established a Climate Citizens’ Assembly to secure public participation in the formulation of climate ...

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New OnlineFirst article: "Promises/Manual Labor Paradox: The Accountability Style of On-Site Validation in Microbiology Laboratory Automation" by Joaquín Yrivarren, Alessandra C. Jacomuzzi + Miquel Domènech #accountability #robots #AI #credibility #legitimation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Promises/Manual Labor Paradox: The Accountability Style of On-Site Validation in Microbiology Laboratory Automation - Joaquín Yrivarren, Alessandra C. Jacomuzzi, Miquel Domènech, 2026

This study investigates the role of validation reports in legitimizing laboratory automation through artificial intelligence and robotic systems in clinical mic...

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Come along to our next @contemporarycriticalthought.org event! Molly McPhee & Nerea Calvillo Gonzalez lead a discussion of Herd/Atmospherics, to examine how forms of collectivity are materially produced through atmospheric management. May 21 👉 www.contemporarycriticalthought.org/post/herd-at...

HERD/ Atmospherics

Rethinking Herd/Atmospherics amidst the here and now of our present planetary condition.

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TWO great jobs in History and Philosophy of Science at Sydney! Rank from Lecturer (Assistant Prof) to Assoc Prof. Particularly interested in candidates working in the areas of early modern science, or science or medicine in Asia, or Indigenous knowledge systems... #HPS #STS #histstm #histsci

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philosophy of Science - Camperdown, Australia job with UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | 410910

Build your research and apply your expertise by contributing as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philos...

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Come along to our next @contemporarycriticalthought.org event! Molly McPhee & Nerea Calvillo Gonzalez lead a discussion of Herd/Atmospherics, to examine how forms of collectivity are materially produced through atmospheric management. May 21 👉 www.contemporarycriticalthought.org/post/herd-at...

HERD/ Atmospherics

Rethinking Herd/Atmospherics amidst the here and now of our present planetary condition.

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1/ A few thoughts on the recent hantavirus outbreak. I'm not entirely sure all of those commenting had read up on the literature, especially www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... and this outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/hantavirus...

“Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina | NEJM

From November 2018 through February 2019, person-to-person transmission of Andes virus (ANDV) hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in Chubut Province, Argentina, and resulted in 34 confirmed infe...

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www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Hantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scare

But the US’s withdrawal from the WHO – and cuts to the country’s health system – stymie officials’ response

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As hantavirus outbreak discussion kicks off, it is timely to remember that outbreaks do not simply require us to speed up existing evidence-based approaches, but necessitate new ways of thinking about how more adaptive evidence-making might be done: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Terrarium as Geo-Fetish: On the Vectorialist Re-Commoning of the Earth" by Sungyong Ahn #terrarium #geo-fetish #Badiou #actornetworktheory #vectoralist #cosmopolitics journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Terrarium as Geo-Fetish: On the Vectorialist Re-Commoning of the Earth - Sungyong Ahn, 2026

This article examines the transformation of terrarium building from a colonial-era hobbyist practice into a contemporary YouTube-based citizen science movement,...

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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Developmental new space in South Korea: Militarized developmentalism and the privatization of outer space" by Hae-Seo Kim #outerspace #newspace #developmentalism #militarism #SouthKorea journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Developmental new space in South Korea: Militarized developmentalism and the privatization of outer space - Hae-Seo Kim, 2026

“Developmental New Space” might, at first glance, seem to be an oxymoron since New Space is often conceptualized as being free from centralized government suppo...

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Today is the 25th birthday of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Sydney. Thank you to Marianne Jauncey and her extraordinary team for continuing to meet people where they are at. Harm reduction in the every day. More of it. youtu.be/EmvXY-o3FNk

25 years ago, they said we should not open.

YouTube video by FairTreatmentAU

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An ethnographic study of wildfire management in Australia, Timothy Neale’s "How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent" critiques the colonial logics of control deployed and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/tFWv5RK

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "“Go to Another State”: Rust Belts, Microchip Futures, and Innovation's Others in Upstate New York" by Marlise Horvath Schneider and Sebastian M. Pfotenhauer #innovation #policy #microchips #semiconductors journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“Go to Another State”: Rust Belts, Microchip Futures, and Innovation's Others in Upstate New York - Marlise Horvath Schneider, Sebastian M. Pfotenhauer, 2026

Innovation is regularly depicted as the answer to regional socioeconomic decline and deindustrialization. Yet, the results of regional innovation strategies are...

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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Otherwising or Attaching? Play, Care, and Critique in Interdisciplinary Public Engagement" by Catherine M. Montgomery, Santini Basra, Corrienne McCulloch, and Annemarie B. Docherty #DesignSTS #criticalcare #interdisciplinarity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Otherwising or Attaching? Play, Care, and Critique in Interdisciplinary Public Engagement - Catherine M. Montgomery, Santini Basra, Corrienne McCulloch, Annemarie B. Docherty, 2026

This article builds on the affective turn in Science and Technology Studies (STS) analyses of public engagement with science to explore the tension between epis...

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Sub-tropical multispecies entanglements at the annual @sthv.bsky.social Editorial Collective meeting 🦎

A wonderfully energising two days in Meanjin / Brisbane plotting and planning with the @sthv.bsky.social Editorial Collective ✨

Science, Technology, & Human Values@sthv.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our collective are getting together for our annual planning meeting, this year in Meanjin / Brisbane on Turrbal and Jagera Country 🌞 🌞 🌞

New OnlineFirst article: "More Instrument than Data" by David Ribes and Eric Monteiro #instruments #data #stability #instability #breakdown #coherence #tinkering journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "China Time Machines: The Temporal–Spatial Dynamics of China's Global Digital Platforms and Technocapitalist Expansions" by Yichen Rao Chronotope #fintech #digitalcapital #riskanalysts #platformeconomy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Mapping the Hospital: Epidemiology, Infection, and Antibiotic Governance at the Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain" by Cristina Moreno Lozano @crinamoreno.bsky.social #infectionmedicine #antimicrobial #governance #hospitals journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "A Tool, Connector, or Data Processor: On the Multiplicity of an Algorithm and Its Worlds" by Ida Schrøder, Helene Friis Ratner, and Laura Kocksch #heterogenousengineering #multiplicity #childwelfare #decisionsupport journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A Tool, Connector, or Data Processor: On the Multiplicity of an Algorithm and Its Worlds - Ida Schrøder, Helene Friis Ratner, Laura Kocksch, 2026

This paper explores the development of an algorithm for child welfare administration in Denmark. Based on an ethnographic study of the development process, we a...

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