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Sonja van Wichelen

@sonjavw.bsky.social
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Science and Technology Studies | Biolegality | Postcolonial Science Studies | Southeast Asia -- and wannabe skateboarder ...

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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And there's still time to submit an abstract for the "Legibility" Symposium in Sydney! #STS
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Do join! Hope to see you there, if not in-person then online...
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Check out an in-person book launch in #Sydney hosted by @gleebooks.bsky.social for Nikita Kaur Simpson’s "Tension" on June 25. She will be in conversation with Sophie Chao, @wombatscholar.bsky.social, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, and Michael Edwards. buff.ly/OnKTuG0
The event flier features a green "gleebooks" logo that takes up a quarter of the space. The rest of the flier is split into two columns: one is dark peach and the other pale peach. On the dark peach side is the book cover for "Tension," which has a bright orange background and the title centered in yellow, caps. The light peach side features headshots of the authors in conversation. Below the headshots is black text that summarizes the event information.
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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
48 hours for Society members to nominate for Council positions of 6S (student representative), Treasurer and President-Elect. Here's what you can do— To become a member: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem... To nominate: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
48 hours left to submit your abstracts to— 1. Submissions to Open Panels 2. Closed Panels 3. Making & Doing 4. Meet-Ups 5. Roundtables Submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Call for nominations remains open for the 2026 4S Council elections! Help shape the future of STS—nominations invited for Council, President-Elect, Treasurer & 6S student rep. Deadline: April 19! For more info: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
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4S Nominations 2026
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
AusSTS 2026 in Aotearoa! Deadline extended to April 10. aussts.org/aussts2026 #STS
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AusSTS | AusSTS 2026
Submit to AusSTS 2026: Antipodean Interruptions, 9-11 Nov at Victoria University of Wellington. Deadline: 3 April 2026. All career stages welcome.
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📣 PhD opportunity at University of Sydney/University of Glasgow! Come work with me, Sophie Chao, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social & @dremilinesmith.bsky.social on "Epistemic Infrastructures of Planetary Health Governance in Southeast Asia" #STS #hitmed #Planetary #PhDopportunity
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University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Social Sciences - Student funding opportunities - Postgraduate Research - Latest PhD opportunities
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Sydney STS Peeps 📣 Join us for a talk by Deboleena Roy (Emory University): “Stolonic Strategies: Biophilosophies and Community Building in STS.” With discussants @cwaldby.bsky.social & @jiannitien.bsky.social Chaired by @shoshohini.bsky.social 🗓 17 March | USYD | See flyer for deets
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Don't forget to join us this Friday at Sydney Uni for the inaugural event of SydSTS! #STS
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
And check out the new Sydney STS Network website: sydneysts.framer.website #STS
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Sydney STS Network
The Sydney Science and Technology (STS) Network brings together researchers, students, and practitioners interested in how science, technology, and society shape one another.
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Sydney STS folks 👋 Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Deadline for Open Panels closes soon! #STS
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Applications open for Ischia Summer School! Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS ischiasummerschool.org
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About the school - Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences
Ischia 2013 Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences: About the summer school.
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Science matters – and so do its stories. Please consider supporting Knowable Magazine this holiday season. secure.qgiv.com/for/knowable...
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Nice 5-year STS/anthropology post at the ANU working with excellent people on an important project. The institution's had problems but seems to be overcoming them. I like Canberra as a city, too #STS @aussts.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social
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Research Fellow, Ethnography and Sociology of the Artificial Cryosphere - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: ANU Academic Level BSalary package: $118,632 - $134,507 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerms: Full-time, Continuing (contingent funded) This position is continuing (contingent funded...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Applications due December 10!
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Join me in Cambridge for the CRASSH Symposium on Science Diplomacy — a chance to think with scholars across STS, HPS, sociology, IR & socio-legal studies. #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @joyzhang.bsky.social @samhistsci.bsky.social @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48677...
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Science diplomacy in a time of fractured institutions - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Looking forward to my time at CRASSH -- eager to exchange ideas and to meet new colleagues!
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Check out this exciting event (in-person & online) celebrating the work of Professor Catherine Waldby. Hope to see some of you there! #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
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Petition to ANU Council
In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS www.sthvschool.org
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Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
so cool ...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
3-year research fellowship at Edinburgh! A great opportunity for folks working at the intersection of medical sociology, STS and socio-legal studies. International applicants are welcome! #STS www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
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Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellow. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
So pleased to see this out in the world!
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
We warmly welcome proposals for the Biolegalities Series! And delighted to introduce our advisory board: Amade M’charek, Irus Braverman, Margaret Davies, @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social, Thomas Lemke, Brad Sherman, Britta van Beers, Miguel Vatter, and Catherine Mills. link.springer.com/series/15629 #STS
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Biolegalities
As advances in genetic engineering, postgenomic sciences, synthetic biology, neurotechnology, and biomedicine reshape the fabric of life, new legal, ethical, ...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
#AusSTS25 was a blast. Such cool plenaries from @elizabethstephens.bsky.social‬, Jaya Keaney, @blueskychris.bsky.social‬, @wombatscholar.bsky.social and ‬@karilancaster.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the organizers for such a great ride!
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Kari Lancaster @karilancaster.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Loving being back on home soil and with this excellent #STS community as @aussts.bsky.social 2025 kicks off today. A reminder that all the keynotes are being streamed live. Get amongst it 👇
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research! FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
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FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
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Tanja Schneider @taschn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
⚡️Exciting job opportunity at the University of Geneva: assistant or associate professor of platform studies⚡️ #STS #MediaStudies #DigitalSociology #DigitalAnthropology #AcademicSky
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Professeur-e en "Etudes des plateformes numériques (platform Studies)" (6417)
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Such a tremendous loss for STS and legal anthropology! Will miss his sharp analysis, humour, and graceful disposition...
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
And also his 'masterclass' for early-career researchers, May 29
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Looking forward to hosting this talk by Andy Lakoff here at Sydney, May 28. #STS #histstm #preparedness
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
So much looking forward to this talk by Courtney Addison at UNSW next week! www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/defere...
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A deference to preference: The metabolic relations of pest control in Aotearoa | UNSW Sydney
The School of Humanities and Languages invite you to A deference to preference: The metabolic relations of pest control in Aotearoa – a talk with Dr Courtney Addison of Victoria University, Wellington...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Can’t wait to read "Land of Famished Beings" by colleague and friend @sophiechao2024.bsky.social! Available from @dukepress.bsky.social in August. #STS #cultanthro
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Just noticed that there's a 2.5-year STS postdoc position available at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, to work in the excellent Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Closing date very soon: March 7! #STS #histstm #medanthro
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Research Fellow
The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (CBSS) at the Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, is looking for a Research Fellow (working within science and technology studies (STS)/medical s...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
And CFP open for AusSTS 2025!! Do consider submitting #STS #HPS !!
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Can't wait to go to Ruha Benjamin's talk tomorrow in Sydney!!
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Post-doc in planetary health humanities, to work with Andy Lakoff and colleagues at USC on their timely project on 'The city on life support: Los Angeles as a laboratory for planetary health'. Important topic... #STS #envhum #medanthro
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Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
Learn more about applying for Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Too late to offer a paper but soon registration for HoMSEA in Yogyakarta will open. An interesting article in the NYT on Yogya in the past day or so. While it's not as magical as in 1978, when I first visited, still worth experiencing. Not to forget Solo, only a few hours away, and much quieter....
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Never Heard of Yogyakarta? It Might Be the Center of the Universe. (Gift Article)
The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as the Cosmological Axis, a cradle of Javanese culture.
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A revealing report from Rachel Yang on our Sydney meeting last year on the social sciences of epidemic intelligence and disease modelling, when we discussed 'epistemic preparedness' - much to ponder. Organised with @sonjavw.bsky.social & @karilancaster.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social #STS #histstm
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Reimagining Disease Modelling and Outbreak Analysis: A Report on the "Critical Social Science Approaches to Epidemic Intelligence" WorkshopSearchMobile Menu
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Rare #jobfairy alert - lecturer (permanent position, c. assist prof) in Medicine, Health and Society, pref. Global south expertise. #histSTM #STS - deadline 2 March 2025 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Check out this continuing Lecturer opportunity in HPS at USyd (and come hang out with the Sydney STS folks!) Focus: History of science or medicine in Asia/Pacific #histstm #histsci #STS
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Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science
Full time, continuing position. Located at the Faculty of Science on the Camperdown Campus Exciting opportunity for a Lecturer to join the School of History and Philosophy of Science Base Salary Level...
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
For the Sydney peeps, do join me in celebrating the launch of Jaya Keaney's book tonight at The Glebe Hotel!
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A dream postdoc opportunity with amazing colleagues at Brown (Anthropology of Environment and Health) apply.interfolio.com/159067
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Black(sky) to the future!
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The text of my Bernal Prize lecture has now appeared in @sthv.bsky.social open access. A brief account of intellectual development and postcolonial science studies. Pleased to appear in a special issue dedicated to my dear friend Adele Clarke #STS #histstm #histsci
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Islands and Beaches in Science and Technology Studies - Warwick Anderson, 2024
The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) annually awards the John Desmond Bernal Prize to one or more individuals who have made distinguished contribution...
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Science, Technology, & Human Values @sthv.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Our breaking new is that our November issue is out now: journals.sagepub.com/toc/sthd/49/6 Feat. contributions on "Situating Adele Clarke" by Murphy, Haraway, Oudshoorn + van Wichelen; an editorial on "centripetal and centrifugal forces" in STS; Bernal lectures; research articles + much more
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