Science as Culture
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Science and Technology Studies journal exploring how (arte)facts, processes, products shape & are shaped by society, since 1987!
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/csac20
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/csac20
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DEADLINE EXTENSION! Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has extended the deadline for conference Open Panel submissions until 9th February 2026. The conference is being held in Toronto, 7-10th Oct 2026.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENSION! Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has extended the deadline for conference Open Panel submissions until 9th February 2026. The conference is being held in Toronto, 7-10th Oct 2026.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
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New commentary by @cellllla.bsky.social, @perhaxis.bsky.social and myself: "The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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January 30, 2026 at 6:24 PM
New commentary by @cellllla.bsky.social, @perhaxis.bsky.social and myself: "The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📜 New article!
👉 As part of our 'Forum on Tech Oligarchy," @Jonathan Roberge, Nicolas C., and Victor Galaretta analyse the crystallisation of tech oligarchy during the tumultuous months following the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 As part of our 'Forum on Tech Oligarchy," @Jonathan Roberge, Nicolas C., and Victor Galaretta analyse the crystallisation of tech oligarchy during the tumultuous months following the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
DOGE Blitzkrieg: on Musk's artificial intelligence statecraft
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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January 30, 2026 at 6:34 AM
📜 New article!
👉 As part of our 'Forum on Tech Oligarchy," @Jonathan Roberge, Nicolas C., and Victor Galaretta analyse the crystallisation of tech oligarchy during the tumultuous months following the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 As part of our 'Forum on Tech Oligarchy," @Jonathan Roberge, Nicolas C., and Victor Galaretta analyse the crystallisation of tech oligarchy during the tumultuous months following the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
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Science as Culture is accepting book and media reviews. Check our updated list with potential books, fictional pieces, movies, and podcasts to review. We are also open to suggestions for new material.
More info: 👇
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Science as Culture is accepting book and media reviews. Check our updated list with potential books, fictional pieces, movies, and podcasts to review. We are also open to suggestions for new material.
More info: 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/sacrev
SaC Book and Media Reviews
Reviews Science as Culture https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/current Updated Sept 2023 Book and Media Reviews For more information or to make a submission, contact the Reviews Editors Mascha Gug...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:33 AM
📕 📽️ 🎧
Science as Culture is accepting book and media reviews. Check our updated list with potential books, fictional pieces, movies, and podcasts to review. We are also open to suggestions for new material.
More info: 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/sacrev
Science as Culture is accepting book and media reviews. Check our updated list with potential books, fictional pieces, movies, and podcasts to review. We are also open to suggestions for new material.
More info: 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/sacrev
"Looking back on this article at a time when both the sciences and humanities face unprecedented attacks in the context of environmental change, we suggest that now more than ever, it is vital to find ways to collaborate at this juncture and contribute to new political possibilities."
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"Looking back on this article at a time when both the sciences and humanities face unprecedented attacks in the context of environmental change, we suggest that now more than ever, it is vital to find ways to collaborate at this juncture and contribute to new political possibilities."
In their own words:
“The paper mobilises the figure of the "threshold" to work through the meetings of different disciplines as they grapple with a changing planet. We suggest that critical encounters across arts and sciences are needed to generate transformed approaches to climate change."
“The paper mobilises the figure of the "threshold" to work through the meetings of different disciplines as they grapple with a changing planet. We suggest that critical encounters across arts and sciences are needed to generate transformed approaches to climate change."
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 AM
In their own words:
“The paper mobilises the figure of the "threshold" to work through the meetings of different disciplines as they grapple with a changing planet. We suggest that critical encounters across arts and sciences are needed to generate transformed approaches to climate change."
“The paper mobilises the figure of the "threshold" to work through the meetings of different disciplines as they grapple with a changing planet. We suggest that critical encounters across arts and sciences are needed to generate transformed approaches to climate change."
A blast from the past!
We are (re)releasing an old gem free access: the article "Arts, Sciences and Climate Change: Practices and Politics at the Threshold," originally published in 2011, by Jennifer Gabrys and Kathryn Yusoff
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
#stsbluesky #climatechange
We are (re)releasing an old gem free access: the article "Arts, Sciences and Climate Change: Practices and Politics at the Threshold," originally published in 2011, by Jennifer Gabrys and Kathryn Yusoff
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
#stsbluesky #climatechange
Arts, Sciences and Climate Change: Practices and Politics at the Threshold
Within climate change debates, writers and scholars have called for expanded methods for producing science, for proposing strategies for mitigation and adaptation, and for engaging with publics. Ar...
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A blast from the past!
We are (re)releasing an old gem free access: the article "Arts, Sciences and Climate Change: Practices and Politics at the Threshold," originally published in 2011, by Jennifer Gabrys and Kathryn Yusoff
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
#stsbluesky #climatechange
We are (re)releasing an old gem free access: the article "Arts, Sciences and Climate Change: Practices and Politics at the Threshold," originally published in 2011, by Jennifer Gabrys and Kathryn Yusoff
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
#stsbluesky #climatechange
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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...
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
About the Conference
www.4sonline.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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...
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
🆕 We have a fresh paper just out!
👉 In our latest piece, Giannis Perperidis and @tsekeris.bsky.social present the potential of the digital commons to challenge tech oligarchies on organizational, ethical, technological, and economic fronts!
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 In our latest piece, Giannis Perperidis and @tsekeris.bsky.social present the potential of the digital commons to challenge tech oligarchies on organizational, ethical, technological, and economic fronts!
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Imagining techno-political alternatives: the (digital) commons as a response to tech oligarchies
In our paper, we begin by examining the foundations of tech oligarchic power through the lens of Andrew Feenberg’s philosophy of technology – particularly his concept of ‘operational autonomy’. We ...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
🆕 We have a fresh paper just out!
👉 In our latest piece, Giannis Perperidis and @tsekeris.bsky.social present the potential of the digital commons to challenge tech oligarchies on organizational, ethical, technological, and economic fronts!
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 In our latest piece, Giannis Perperidis and @tsekeris.bsky.social present the potential of the digital commons to challenge tech oligarchies on organizational, ethical, technological, and economic fronts!
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
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Kicking off 2026 with a new piece in @sciasculture.bsky.social titled “Manufacturing the Leviathan: Palantir’s Technological Republic and the Nationalist Faction of the Tech Oligarchy". The piece is part of the forum on "Tech Oligarchy" edited by @keanbirch.bsky.social. A brief summary:
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Kicking off 2026 with a new piece in @sciasculture.bsky.social titled “Manufacturing the Leviathan: Palantir’s Technological Republic and the Nationalist Faction of the Tech Oligarchy". The piece is part of the forum on "Tech Oligarchy" edited by @keanbirch.bsky.social. A brief summary:
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We're also now on Instagram: 4Son.line
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We're also now on Instagram: 4Son.line
‼️ Our final issue of 2025 is out! Volume 34, Number 4 is now available, featuring intriguing discussions on interdisciplinarity, expertise, science governance, and science and technology publics.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/current
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/current
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‼️ Our final issue of 2025 is out! Volume 34, Number 4 is now available, featuring intriguing discussions on interdisciplinarity, expertise, science governance, and science and technology publics.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/current
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/current
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📢 Hello #STSers!
The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South).
Find out more here: 4sonline.org/news_manager...
Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!
The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South).
Find out more here: 4sonline.org/news_manager...
Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!
Call for Assistant Editors for 4S Backchannels (Global South)
4sonline.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📢 Hello #STSers!
The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South).
Find out more here: 4sonline.org/news_manager...
Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!
The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South).
Find out more here: 4sonline.org/news_manager...
Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!
New Book Review just out!
In our latest piece, "How to blow up a techno-market fix," Jorrit Smit and Guus Dix review Les Levidow's "Beyond Climate Fixes" and show how counter-publics can destabilize techno-market fixes
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
In our latest piece, "How to blow up a techno-market fix," Jorrit Smit and Guus Dix review Les Levidow's "Beyond Climate Fixes" and show how counter-publics can destabilize techno-market fixes
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
How to blow up a techno-market fix
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New Book Review just out!
In our latest piece, "How to blow up a techno-market fix," Jorrit Smit and Guus Dix review Les Levidow's "Beyond Climate Fixes" and show how counter-publics can destabilize techno-market fixes
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
In our latest piece, "How to blow up a techno-market fix," Jorrit Smit and Guus Dix review Les Levidow's "Beyond Climate Fixes" and show how counter-publics can destabilize techno-market fixes
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
❗ Another great piece on interdisciplinary is out!
👉 In our latest piece, drawing from their own experience on AI Ethics, the authors invite readers to think about disciplinary differences as opportunities, not barriers in interdisciplinary collaborations
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 In our latest piece, drawing from their own experience on AI Ethics, the authors invite readers to think about disciplinary differences as opportunities, not barriers in interdisciplinary collaborations
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Making problems: interdisciplinary collaboration and AI ethics
@sciasculture.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #AI #Ethics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@sciasculture.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #AI #Ethics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Making problems: interdisciplinary collaboration and AI ethics
The impacts of AI and algorithmic systems on society are often spoken of as a grand societal challenge and it is increasingly understood that cultivating more fair, accountable, or transparent uses...
www.tandfonline.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
❗ Another great piece on interdisciplinary is out!
👉 In our latest piece, drawing from their own experience on AI Ethics, the authors invite readers to think about disciplinary differences as opportunities, not barriers in interdisciplinary collaborations
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 In our latest piece, drawing from their own experience on AI Ethics, the authors invite readers to think about disciplinary differences as opportunities, not barriers in interdisciplinary collaborations
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
📜 NEW PAPER JUST OUT!
👉 Rachel Fishberg and @kristofferkropp.bsky.social provide a critical outlook on the push for interdisciplinarity in EU framework programs such as Horizon 2020.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 Rachel Fishberg and @kristofferkropp.bsky.social provide a critical outlook on the push for interdisciplinarity in EU framework programs such as Horizon 2020.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
📜 NEW PAPER JUST OUT!
👉 Rachel Fishberg and @kristofferkropp.bsky.social provide a critical outlook on the push for interdisciplinarity in EU framework programs such as Horizon 2020.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
👉 Rachel Fishberg and @kristofferkropp.bsky.social provide a critical outlook on the push for interdisciplinarity in EU framework programs such as Horizon 2020.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
📜 New article just out📜
In "How does co-creation facilitate transdisciplinarity? The case of an EU energy demand research programme," the authors analyze the use of co-creation frameworks in European Union-funded projects
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
In "How does co-creation facilitate transdisciplinarity? The case of an EU energy demand research programme," the authors analyze the use of co-creation frameworks in European Union-funded projects
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
How does co-creation facilitate transdisciplinarity? The case of an EU energy demand research programme
Climate change has provoked several grand societal challenges that require transdisciplinary approaches to interconnected problems. The need to re-shape our energy systems away from fossil fuels th...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
📜 New article just out📜
In "How does co-creation facilitate transdisciplinarity? The case of an EU energy demand research programme," the authors analyze the use of co-creation frameworks in European Union-funded projects
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
In "How does co-creation facilitate transdisciplinarity? The case of an EU energy demand research programme," the authors analyze the use of co-creation frameworks in European Union-funded projects
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
New Book Review released!
In our latest review essay "Otherwising as productive practice and meaningful work in STS," Christine Hine reviews the book "A Place for Science and Technology Studies: Observation, Intervention, and Collaboration," by Jane Calvert
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In our latest review essay "Otherwising as productive practice and meaningful work in STS," Christine Hine reviews the book "A Place for Science and Technology Studies: Observation, Intervention, and Collaboration," by Jane Calvert
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Otherwising as productive practice and meaningful work in STS
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New Book Review released!
In our latest review essay "Otherwising as productive practice and meaningful work in STS," Christine Hine reviews the book "A Place for Science and Technology Studies: Observation, Intervention, and Collaboration," by Jane Calvert
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In our latest review essay "Otherwising as productive practice and meaningful work in STS," Christine Hine reviews the book "A Place for Science and Technology Studies: Observation, Intervention, and Collaboration," by Jane Calvert
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In our latest piece "Grounding circularity in Fryslân," @ahendriks.bsky.social, Gert Goeminne, and Erik Paredis investigate how the notion of circular economy gains meaning and what shifts it enables in future imaginaries.
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Grounding circularity in Fryslân: discursive politics in the embedding of sociotechnical imaginaries
The circular economy (CE) promises sustainable resource use, but how this vision materialises in specific contexts remains contested. In the Dutch region of Fryslân, a distinct sociotechnical imagi...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In our latest piece "Grounding circularity in Fryslân," @ahendriks.bsky.social, Gert Goeminne, and Erik Paredis investigate how the notion of circular economy gains meaning and what shifts it enables in future imaginaries.
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Final days before the submission deadline for our upcoming special issue "Co-creating Low-Carbon Transitions," co-edited by Sophie Nyborg, Julia Kirch Kirkegaard, Thomas Berker, Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, and Gisle Solbu.
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
September 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Final days before the submission deadline for our upcoming special issue "Co-creating Low-Carbon Transitions," co-edited by Sophie Nyborg, Julia Kirch Kirkegaard, Thomas Berker, Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, and Gisle Solbu.
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
💹 As the political underpinnings of value creation become ever more pressing, Science as Culture is making available free access the commentary "On the Political Vernaculars of Value Creation," by Fabian Muniesa, released almost ten years ago.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
On the Political Vernaculars of Value Creation
Published in Science as Culture (Vol. 26, No. 4, 2017)
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
💹 As the political underpinnings of value creation become ever more pressing, Science as Culture is making available free access the commentary "On the Political Vernaculars of Value Creation," by Fabian Muniesa, released almost ten years ago.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
‼️ NEW ARTICLE ALERT
📑 In our latest piece, Jonna Brenninkmeijer and Jeannette Pols investigate the dynamics of socio-material collaboration and competition/individual research excellence in a Dutch chemistry lab
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
📑 In our latest piece, Jonna Brenninkmeijer and Jeannette Pols investigate the dynamics of socio-material collaboration and competition/individual research excellence in a Dutch chemistry lab
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Good chemistry and its interruptions: about caring scientists and uncooperative molecules
Science policy has increasingly organised science as if it were a training ground for excellent individual scientists who can be found through fierce competition for research money and publications...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
‼️ NEW ARTICLE ALERT
📑 In our latest piece, Jonna Brenninkmeijer and Jeannette Pols investigate the dynamics of socio-material collaboration and competition/individual research excellence in a Dutch chemistry lab
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
📑 In our latest piece, Jonna Brenninkmeijer and Jeannette Pols investigate the dynamics of socio-material collaboration and competition/individual research excellence in a Dutch chemistry lab
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Volume 34, Number 3 is now available, featuring intriguing discussions on expertise, scientific practice, the scientific community, and biotechnology.
Full volume: www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/3...
Full volume: www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/3...
September 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Volume 34, Number 3 is now available, featuring intriguing discussions on expertise, scientific practice, the scientific community, and biotechnology.
Full volume: www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/3...
Full volume: www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/3...
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Abstract deadline: 01 October 2025
Manuscript deadline: 01 January 2026
#STS #energy #transitions #cocreation #cfp
@sciasculture.bsky.social
Abstract deadline: 01 October 2025
Manuscript deadline: 01 January 2026
#STS #energy #transitions #cocreation #cfp
@sciasculture.bsky.social
⚡️My #STS colleague Julia Kirch Kirkegaard is co-editing a special issue on Co-creating low-carbon transitions in the journal @sciasculture.bsky.social⚡️
More information and #CfP ⬇️
More information and #CfP ⬇️
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...
#sustainability #STS #lowcarbon #transitions #cocreation
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
August 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Abstract deadline: 01 October 2025
Manuscript deadline: 01 January 2026
#STS #energy #transitions #cocreation #cfp
@sciasculture.bsky.social
Abstract deadline: 01 October 2025
Manuscript deadline: 01 January 2026
#STS #energy #transitions #cocreation #cfp
@sciasculture.bsky.social
‼️ NEW ARTICLE ‼️
📑 In "Challenging epistemic injustices in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index: an engagement", José Ballesteros-Figueroa (Tecnológico de Monterrey) reflects on the tensions and power dynamics that emerge in environmental governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
📑 In "Challenging epistemic injustices in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index: an engagement", José Ballesteros-Figueroa (Tecnológico de Monterrey) reflects on the tensions and power dynamics that emerge in environmental governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Challenging epistemic injustices in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index: an engagement
This article presents an engagement study rooted in ethnographic fieldwork at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) during the development of the 2020 Environmental Performance I...
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
‼️ NEW ARTICLE ‼️
📑 In "Challenging epistemic injustices in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index: an engagement", José Ballesteros-Figueroa (Tecnológico de Monterrey) reflects on the tensions and power dynamics that emerge in environmental governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
📑 In "Challenging epistemic injustices in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index: an engagement", José Ballesteros-Figueroa (Tecnológico de Monterrey) reflects on the tensions and power dynamics that emerge in environmental governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...