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Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Cool, and, my next piece is in part about what to do with critique. Cool to see others in the field thinking about the same questions!

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Graduate Student Association at YorkU presents STS After Critique on April 2nd 2026. A keynote by Yousif Hassan, and student & faculty panels will consider what it means to challenge stigmatizing, racist, patriarchal, ableist, and colonial ways of doing science & technology. Register below!

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STS After Critique: Transforming Sociotechnical Injustices

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I am pleased to share this conversation about crisis, governance, and everyday use of #crypto in contexts of volatility, in the Society for Economic Anthropology's podcast Mergers & Acquisitions. It was a pleasure to share the space with Wesam Hassan and Al Lim. open.spotify.com/episode/7kPU...

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From Everyday Crypto Speculation to its Geopolitics: In Conversation with Wesam Hassan and Antulio Rosales

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Lina Pinto-García @linapintogarcia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Together with Denielle Elliott (@stsyorku.bsky.social), we’re organizing a workshop on brain health & art (Aug 12–14, Jardín Botánico de Medellín), supported by @connectedminds.bsky.social. Call for participation (deadline April 30) 👇 ENGLISH url-shortener.me/HLPP ESPAÑOL url-shortener.me/HLPZ

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Self-nominations for awards are strongly encouraged! For more information on eligibility and assessment visit: aussts.org/awards-prizes

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AusSTS | Awards & Prizes

Celebrating excellence in STS scholarship. AusSTS Best Paper Prize for junior scholars and Making & Doing Award for innovative research presentations.

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The AusSTS Making and Doing award celebrates non-traditional research scholarship that prioritises enacted, embodied and situated forms of STS knowledge making. Examples of Making & Doing activities include ethnographic films, installations, hands-on workshops, games, and more.

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

AusSTS is thrilled to announce the launch of two new annual awards 🏆✨ The AusSTS Best Paper Prize celebrates the work of junior STS scholars in the AusSTS community. It is open to current PhDs and ECRs, who have conferred their PhD within the last two years of the submission closing date.

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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...

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Lina Pinto-García @linapintogarcia.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Online Workshop: From Dissertation to Book Join me to explore how to turn a dissertation into a book. I’ll share the process behind "Maraña" and its upcoming Spanish edition, plus tips on pitching presses and navigating a book’s afterlife. @stsyorku.bsky.social Register tiny.cc/dissertation...

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Tomorrow! ITS Virtual Seminar Series with Dr. Jeff Nagy. Big Blue: Depression from the DSM to AI Psychodiagnostics. December 3, 2025 from 12:00 pm till 1:30 pm. Register here: yorku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Lina Pinto-García @linapintogarcia.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Excited to give a virtual talk at York University on Jan 28! Research with Colombia’s Neurosciences Group of Antioquia shows their care practices for families with Alzheimer’s may be even more crucial than their biomedical research. @stsyorku.bsky.social

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This Wednesday I'm giving a virtual talk at the Institute for Technoscience & Society at York University @stsyorku.bsky.social ! Info on how to register is here: www.yorku.ca/research/its...

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

"Demystifying Publishing Landscapes for Early Career Researchers: A Reflection on ECR Panel at EASST/4S Amsterdam" published in EASST Review by Sarah Rose Bieszczad & Pouya Sepehr (w/ contributions from myself & Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner) #STS #EASST easst.net/easst-review...

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Demystifying Publishing Landscapes for Early Career Researchers: A Reflection on the ECR Panel at EASST/4S Amsterdam

by Sarah Rose Bieszczad and Pouya Sepehr

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

New #CfP for a Special Issue from @sciasculture.bsky.social: "Co-creating Low-Carbon Transitions" edited by Sophie Nyborg, Julia Kirch Kirkegaard, Thomas Berker, Tomas Moe Skjølsvold & Gisle Solbu #sustainability #STS #lowcarbon #transitions #cocreation think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Co-creating Low-Carbon Transitions

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

For all those people out there thinking about writing ...

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STSVienna @stsvienna.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

📆‼️‼️Join the cohosted #ViennaSTSTalk & #IPWLecutres by Kean Birch (York University) on Do Artefacts Have Political Economy? @univie.ac.at‼️‼️ 🔽🔽🔽 sts.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Invitation Vienna STS Talks x IPW Talks by Kean Birch on May 08, 2025, 17:00-18:30

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Deadline approaching May 1st for the next round of research fellowships sponsored by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine -- funding available for scholars to travel for research in library / archival collections of consortium members: www.chstm.org/news/apply-2... #HistSTM

Information from the fellowship application page: "Research Fellowships (Application deadline on May 1 and December 15)
Research Fellowships are for scholars who would like to conduct research in the collections of two or more Consortium member institutions. Research Fellows will be awarded a stipend of $1,000 plus $750 for use of each collection, $425 if the collection is less than 100 miles from another collection for which a stipend has already been awarded. Fellows typically receive between $2,500 and $5,000 depending on number and locations of collections used.

How to Apply
Late applications will not normally be accepted.

All Fellowships: Applications must include

an abstract limited to 150 words
a single PDF file, single-spaced, in Times New Roman font, no smaller than 11 pt type with at least 1” margins:
- Curriculum Vitae, limited to 3 pages
- project description explaining the research project and how it will advance scholarship in the history of science, technology or medicine, limited to 6 pages
- references cited in the project description, limited to 2 pages
contact information for two recognized scholars who will be asked to submit letters of recommendation. We will send instructions to these scholars upon receipt of an application, but applicants should let their recommenders know to have a letter ready for submission. Letters are due 15 days after the application deadline."

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

New #Postdoctoral Job! I'm recruiting for multi-country project on research #metadata & evaluation - UK, Germany, France, and Canada. Funded by SSHRC under Open Research Area 8 initiative. More info: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-... #research #metascience #researchevaluation #universities #metrics

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Just out! Article on "Architectures of #assetization: Legacy infrastructures and the configuration of #datafication in UK #highereducation" w/ @jkom.bsky.social & Sam Sellar in New Media & Society #platforms #edtech #digital #bigtech journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Come join us for in-person film showing! "Becoming the Butterfly" - a film screening & roundtable on brain injuries. 10th April @ 6.30-8.30pm (details below)

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Next week! @keanbirch.bsky.social is giving lecture on "Rise of the Tech Oligarchy" as part of the inaugural Richard A. Jarrell Fund Science, Technology & Society talks When: Tues, 25 March @ 3-4.30pm Where: Osgoode Hall IKB 1006, YorkU Keele Registration: natssts.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/vie...

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STS Research Talk March 25th 3:00-4:30pm

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Go see how many of your publications have been used to train #Meta's #artificialintelligence systems!

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Lukas Engelmann @engelmal.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🚨Job Klaxon🚨 Seeking a post-doc for 5.5 years (!) on our brand new @medicinewithoutdoctors.org project! The candidate will be working with @cathm.bsky.social and the wider team to lead on playful, design-based methodological collaboration. Deadline 31 March 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD146/p...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors) at The University of Edinburgh

Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share! - 2yr postdoc in wealth research - 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty - 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy - 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology - tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Supportive academics & community members! Please sign this Google Docs letter b4 March 10. Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.

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Indigenous Studies Response to York’s Suspension of their Program

Dear Dean McMurtry, Provost Peters, and President Lenton, As two Indigenous studies administrators (Dr. Chris Andersen is the Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and Dr....

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We’re celebrating "Maraña" by Lina Pinto-García (MA ’14, PhD ’20, STS, #YorkU) with an engaging discussion! 📢 Chair: Denielle Elliott 🎙 Speakers: Aryn Martin, Drew Belsky & Luis Van Isschot 📅 Mar 4 | ⏰ 10 AM | 📍 York U | 💻 Hybrid 🔗 Register: rb.gy/qryzik

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#CfP Call for Papers: Exploring Solutions to the Challenges of Our Time: A Positive Turn in Economic #Sociology? Mid-Term Conference of the European Sociological Association #ESA Research Network “Economic Sociology”. 📌 Apply by 1 May 2025. ➡️ www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

No more political activism, just boot licking.

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TECHNIS @technis4.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

@technis4.bsky.social webinar (Tue. 25th of Feb), Conor Douglas, York University, Toronto: "How social pharmaceutical innovations are addressing problems of availability, accessibility and affordability of drugs for rare diseases". To join please visit technisnet.org/seminars/

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

New research from Institute for Technoscience & Society Director Kean Birch on implications of #bigtech and their control over our #personaldata on competition policy

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

New paper by ITS member Elisha Lim and colleagues, "Abolish privacy" || firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph... #privacy #datagovernance

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

📢 Join us for the York U launch of "Maraña: War & Disease in the Jungles of Colombia" by Lina Pinto-García! Lina earned her MA & PhD in STS at York U. Maraña is the final outcome of her PhD research. 📅 Mar 4 | ⏰ 10 AM 📍 York U | 💻 Hybrid 🔗 Register: rb.gy/qryzik

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

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International Fellowships 2025

The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Call for papers: @4sweb.bsky.social 4S Open Panel on "Assetization through time and space" organized by myself, Jane Bjørn Vedel, Susi Geiger, & Jacob Hellman #STS #sociology #anthropology #politicaleconomy #assetization www.4sonline.org/call_for_sub...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/01/2025

Tech billionaires are throwing their support behind President-elect Donald Trump. On "The Daily," our reporter explains the growing MAGA-fication of Silicon Valley.

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Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump

Silicon Valley billionaires are throwing their support behind the president-elect.

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