I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

You are truly amazing Strava! How is it possible that you promise a recap but but force people to watch it on a phone? Mobile first does not mean that you should totally neglect your website

This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️ We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges

S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge

Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 19/10/2025 · 50m

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We'll be celebrating (and critically reflecting on) 100 years of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, 9 October 2025. A great program! From Radcliffe-Brown ('Anarchy Brown') to ... who knows? An Indigenous professor of anthropology, maybe.

The Sydney Anthropology Centenary: 100 Years of Anthropology at the University of Sydney

Join us in marking the centenary of Anthropology at the University of Sydney—Australia’s first anthropology department.

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NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration. I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Thrilled to share new work by brilliant Catherine Lee & Brandon Kramer! They analyzed 2M biomedical abstracts over 30 years and found fascinating shifts in how we talk about diversity in research - diversity terminology is rising while race/ethnicity terms plateau. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401805122

The rise of diversity terminology in biomedical research | PNAS

Recent scholarship has highlighted the rise of “diversity projects” across various educational and business contexts, but few studies have explored...

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Looking for sociologists & STS scholars (science & technology studies) to join us for 2 yrs of fully funded research at RWTH, one of Europe’s top technical universities. Deadline: Oct 5, 2025 | Start latest Mar 2026 www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/botjje...

Die neue Suhrkamp-Vorschau ist da für den Herbst 2025, die Wissenschaft findet ihr ab S. 74! media.suhrkamp.de/mediadeliver...

Are you working on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of recent medical research and emerging medical technologies? This is your chance to join an inspiring community of researchers in a serene and collaborative environment! Deadline 2025-03-06 brocher.ch/calls/

🚨 I'm recruiting 2x postdocs and 1-2 DPhil (PhD) students at Oxford to work on AI, Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, and public interest technology research. Interested in human-centred and critical approaches to study the impact of data and algorithms on society? Join us next year!

Recruiting 2x three-year postdoctoral researchers and 1-2 PhD students – Synthetic Society

The Synthetic Society research team at the Oxford Internet Institute invites applications from enthusiastic and motivated candidates for two postdoctoral positions and 1-2 PhD positions in 2025, worki...

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APPLY NOW! Applications for our spring internship are due December 11. Interns gain exposure to the world of magazine editing and publishing by assisting with fact checking, proofreading, evaluating submissions, and more. Pay is $15 per hour.

Jobs and Internships - Boston Review

Learn more about jobs, internships, and fellowships at Boston Review.

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So grateful to @labortech.bsky.social for this recognition and also honored to be in such amazing company with everyone else on this powerful list of awards

Labor Tech Research Network@labortechresearchnetwork.org · 2y ago

Book Award honorable mention: Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times by Erin McElroy (Duke University Press) @erinmcel.bsky.social www.dukeupress.edu/silicon-vall...

The coolest postdoc I know is now accepting applications: 🧪🔬THE WITTIG POSTDOC IN FEMINIST BIOLOGY🧪🔬 Our interdisciplinary program @ UW Madison seeks to train the next generation of feminist scientists/scholars of science Please share widely and read more here: crgw.gws.wisc.edu/scholarships...

For my criminology folks, University of Vienna is looking for a tenure-track professor in Criminology, check it our www.researchgate.net/job/1017025_...

TENURE-TRACK PROFESSOR IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINOLOGY at University of Vienna in Vienna, AUSTRIA

Nov 7, 2024 | The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all... | NEW JOB

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You'll be shocked to hear I wrote a thing, and doubly shocked that it is not nice about Silicon Valley. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world

A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started a...

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When vaccines blunted their impact, we forgot the fear of the disease, and in our comfort, people began to forget why we needed the vaccines in the first place.

What this means is that the bird flu virus (H5N1} has*potentially* found a mutation that brings it closer to infecting humans more easily.

Hensley Lab@scottehensley.bsky.social · 2y ago

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/

Welche Bedingungen müssen erfüllt werden, damit transdisziplinäre Projekte gelingen? Für unseren Themenschwerpunkt "Transdisziplinäre Forschung" hat der Soziologe @andreasbischof.bsky.social seine Sicht auf die Herausforderungen gelingender Transdisziplinarität zusammengefasst. Mehr dazu 👇

Paradoxe Partizipation - Drei Herausforderungen gelingender Transdisziplinarität | VolkswagenStiftungSchließenWeiterWeiter

Für unseren Themenschwerpunkt "Transdisziplinäre Forschung" hat der Soziologe Andreas Bischof seine Sicht auf die Herausforderungen gelingender Transdisziplinarität zusammengefasst.

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If you’re interested in mental health and clinical psychology , tjis is sn important read www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/h...

The Gamer and the Psychiatrist

Did Dr. Alok Kanojia's livestreamed conversations with a troubled video game champion cross an ethical line?

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More info on our cross-cultural ERA-NET NEURON project on psychedelic transformations PsyTrans: www.neuron-eranet.eu/projects/Psy...

Pre-job-ad announcement: soon advertising 2 x 3-year research posts to work with me & Ethical Data Initiative at the Technical University of Munich (really fun & supportive environment!). Closing date for applications 1st April, start in September. Pls spread the word! Details v soon #philsky 🧪

Diversity is the DNA of the Humboldt Foundation, it is the engine for innovation in science. We say #YesDiversity and #NoHate. Openness – in our hearts, society and in politics are the basis for #peace and understanding in the world. No #Remigration #ScienceDiplomacy

Been offline most of today but seen a bunch of new users in the followers tab. here's a godo guide to getting started on bsky from-over-the-horizon.ghost.io/bluesky-soci...

Bluesky Social New User Guide

A comprehensive user guide to Bluesky Social. Updated periodically with new info as the app continues to evolve.

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Amazing Digital Sociology jobs at Bristol with fantastic people: We're recruiting for four roles: ✔ Professor in Digital Futures ✔ Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Digital Futures and AI ✔ Lecturer in Digital Futures (x2) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Oh wow! @alondra.bsky.social has been elected to the Board of Directors for The @innocence.bsky.social Project. This is huge great news for everyone involved, quite frankly. innocenceproject.org/team/alondra...

Alondra Nelson - Innocence Project

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I am looking for examples of corpus-based digital humanities approaches in philosophy of science. Please help! #philsci

My department (Science and Technology Studies, STS, at University College London) @stsucl.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Please follow if you like history/philosophy/sociology of science/technology/medicine plus science policy, science communication etc etc Has that left anyone out?

Fascinating long read about the only aspect of the OpenAI shenanigans I find interesting anyway

Fabrizio Gilardi@fgilardi.bsky.social · 3y ago

“The OpenAI saga is a fight between God and Money; between a quite peculiar quasi-religious movement, and a quite ordinary desire to make cold hard cash” @himself.bsky.social

10 fellowships at Käte Hamburger Center 4 Advanced Study in the Cultures of Research in Aachen (khk.rwth-aachen.de). In 2024.2025, we will focus on methods and perspectives of STS and also continue to work on the topic of Life-Likeness. Application deadline is December 31, 2023. #Academicsky #STS