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Sonja van Wichelen
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Science and Technology Studies | Biolegality | Postcolonial Science Studies | Southeast Asia -- and wannabe skateboarder ...
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Deadline for Open Panels closes soon! #STS
4sweb.bsky.social Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 8d
4 days left to submit! Call closes Feb. 9, 2026. You can submit (either hybrid or in-person) here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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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

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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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December 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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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
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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November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Applications due December 10!
sonjavw.bsky.social Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · Aug 8
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

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Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
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November 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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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...
Science diplomacy in a time of fractured institutions - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Looking forward to my time at CRASSH -- eager to exchange ideas and to meet new colleagues!
crasshlive.bsky.social CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Oct 9
Dr Federica Paddeu (Cambridge)
Dr Ayesha Siddiqi (Cambridge)
Prof @sonjavw.bsky.social (Sydney)
Prof Soile Ylivuori (Helsinki)

Read a brief introduction to fellows joining us this term on our blog. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/whos-he...

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Who’s Here? Introducing CRASSH Fellows in Michaelmas Term 2025 - CRASSH
A brief introduction to new fellows joining CRASSH this term.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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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
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
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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August 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS

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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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August 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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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
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
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August 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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so cool ...
wombatscholar.bsky.social Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · Aug 6
Delighted to learn that Dr Thao Phan is awarded the 2025 Max Crawford medal, Australia's major prize for early-career humanities researchers! Pleasantly surprised it went to an STS scholar for the first time too. Such good news!
@thaophan.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #STS
Dr Thao Phan wins 2025 Max Crawford Medal
Dr Thao Phan has won the 2025 Max Crawford medal for her work investigating dynamics of race and gender in algorithmic culture.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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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

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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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August 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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So pleased to see this out in the world!
July 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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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
July 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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#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!
karilancaster.bsky.social Kari Lancaster @karilancaster.bsky.social · Jul 12
Thanks to @aussts.bsky.social for an immensely stimulating, challenging, convivial, and inspiring conference. I’m leaving #AusSTS2025 with a head full of ideas, re-energised by conversations with colleagues and kin. There is a very special STS community in the antipodes 🫶
July 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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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 👇
July 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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#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 🧪
FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
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June 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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⚡️Exciting job opportunity at the University of Geneva: assistant or associate professor of platform studies⚡️

#STS #MediaStudies #DigitalSociology #DigitalAnthropology
#AcademicSky
Professeur-e en "Etudes des plateformes numériques (platform Studies)" (6417)
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June 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"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.

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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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May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Such a tremendous loss for STS and legal anthropology! Will miss his sharp analysis, humour, and graceful disposition...
wombatscholar.bsky.social Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · May 23
So sad that a dear friend and colleague, Mario Biagioli, died a few days ago, far too young. I find it hard to believe: Mario seemed always so vital, so full of energy and enthusiasm, a true intellectual. A great loss
#histstm #histsci #STS
Mario Biagioli (1955-2025) – ISHTIP.org
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May 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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And also his 'masterclass' for early-career researchers, May 29
May 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Looking forward to hosting this talk by Andy Lakoff here at Sydney, May 28.
#STS #histstm #preparedness
May 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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So much looking forward to this talk by Courtney Addison at UNSW next week!

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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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May 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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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
March 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM