Flash talks Flash talk sessions are designed to host presentations that do not showcase ongoing research and results but, instead, papers that aim at formulating provocations, statements, initial idea...

Text: Maya Hey Picture: Alicia Ng, CSSM at Tvärminne Zoological Station, September 2024 How does a research group like CSSM—which organises itself as a poly-headed slime-mould—publish? With collective...

The CSSM is once again super excited to share our members’ contributions to the upcoming EASST conference, this year in Kraków between the 8th and the 11th of September, 2026. Find below all of the pa...

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki is looking for fellows for the month of May 2026. The annual CSSM fellowship is awarded to three scholars who may be at any ca...

MARBLOOM analyses from a social scientific perspective the changing relationship between humans and the environment in connection to algal blooms, a growing global phenomenon that is altering marine a...

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We are excited to be inviting contributions to a new lexicon in the field of social study of microbes, titled Wording and worlding with microbes. What is the aim of this lexicon? Wording and worlding ...

At present, research on microbes – whether in social sciences or in life sciences and biomedicine – is undergoing dramatic changes. A boom of microbiome research since the early 2000s has shown that m...

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki aims to develop theory and methods to better make sense of the complex relations between humans, nonhumans, microbes, and thei...

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is pleased to announce the open call for its artist residency in Helsinki in spring/summer 2025. Artists are invited to submit proposals that aim to produce...

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki is looking for fellows for the Spring 2025. The next period is April to June 2025. The annual CSSM fellowship is awarded to th...

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is pleased to announce the open call for its artist residency in Helsinki in spring/summer 2025. Artists are invited to submit proposals that aim to produce...

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is organising a Sensory Week on 27–31 May 2024. Over the course of five days, we will host activities that engage with the senses, including sound, smell, t...

The popularisation of microbiology, from school biology classes to popular science books and online materials, produces an idea of lively activity all the way down to a very small scale, a presence of...

We are happy to announce that Alma Heikkilä is the new artist-in-residence at the CSSM. Through painting, installation and sculpture, Alma examines things that are difficult to experience through the ...

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications to our annual PhD School in Helsinki on June 12–14, 2024. The PhD School is a unique opportunity...

By Antonia Modelhart I remember walking home after one literature discussion at the CSSM, feeling intimidated and a little bit down about how small my world is and how there is only so much I (can) kn...

Together with people from very diverse backgrounds, including science, gastronomy, and arts, we reflect, discuss, and bubble along with microbes to give legacy to unusual perspectives.

The CSSM fellowship is awarded to three scholars from any career stage annually. During their stay, fellows will work on their own projects while engaging in the academic life of CSSM, the Centre for ...

Centre for the Social Study of Microbes Helsinki, Finland The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki is a hub for social scientists and artists conducting research on hu...