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Swiss Association for the Studies of Science, Technology and Society; tweets in English, French and German by @bialski.bsky.social and @flojaton.bsky.social

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Such an amazing conference in beautiful Zurich! Big THANKS to all the contributors!
See you soon, and have a safe trip home 😘
#STSCH25
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On entend beaucoup parler de chatGPT ces temps-ci, évidemment. Mais savez-vous d'où vient l'architecture algorithmique qui alimente ce type de chatbots? C'est ce que j'ai tenté de retracer lors d'une conférence récente @unil.bsky.social, à découvrir ici: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW6j...
Aux origines de ChatGPT: histoire d’une évolution algorithmique
YouTube video by Université de Lausanne
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October 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Such an amazing conference in beautiful Zurich! Big THANKS to all the contributors!
See you soon, and have a safe trip home 😘
#STSCH25
September 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Avec l'espoir de contribuer à une réflexion approndie (et si possible apaisée) sur l'industrie de l'IA générative..
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Intelligence artificielle générative, bulle spéculative? - Le Temps
OPINION. Comment se fait-il que nous restions muets et aveugles devant les fondamentaux économiques de l’IA générative qui ne sont pas bons?, écrit Florian Jaton, sociologue. Il faut cependant affront...
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June 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Deadline extended until Sunday, May 18!!
Submit your papers here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Much looking forward!
Hey #STS friends!
Quick announcement for a great panel at the upcoming STS-CH 2025 conference in Zurich (Sept 10-12):
🔥🔥 Has critique of algorithms run out of steam? Social studies of AI, machine learning, and big data in questions 🔥🔥
To submit your papers: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Looking forward!
May 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Deadline extended! 😁 submit here ---> sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
2 days left to submit your papers, #STS friends!
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Dear #STS friends,
Very happy to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming STS-CH 2025 Conference, taking place from September 10–12, 2025, in Zurich!
You can consult the list of panels, and much more, here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you soon! 🤗
May 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
2 days left to submit your papers, #STS friends!
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Dear #STS friends,
Very happy to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming STS-CH 2025 Conference, taking place from September 10–12, 2025, in Zurich!
You can consult the list of panels, and much more, here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you soon! 🤗
May 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🗓️ The next #STS Switzerland conference will take place in Zurich on 10-12 Sept. 2025!

Join @loicriom.bsky.social and me for our panel on:

💥What Holds #Startups Together? Exploring Infrastructures, Places, and Knowledge💥

🔗 sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

@sts-ch.bsky.social
STS-CH Conference 2025
Holding things together? Change, continuity, critique Conference date: Sept 10 – 12, 2025Venues in Zurich: University of Zurich, ETH, ZHdKKeynotes by Brit Ross Winthereik and Hannah Rogers Sp…
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April 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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10 days left to submit your papers, folks!
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
Hey #STS friends!
Quick announcement for a great panel at the upcoming STS-CH 2025 conference in Zurich (Sept 10-12):
🔥🔥 Has critique of algorithms run out of steam? Social studies of AI, machine learning, and big data in questions 🔥🔥
To submit your papers: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Looking forward!
April 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Dear #STS friends,
Very happy to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming STS-CH 2025 Conference, taking place from September 10–12, 2025, in Zurich!
You can consult the list of panels, and much more, here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you soon! 🤗
April 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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🚨Call for papers🚨

@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep)

all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa

please distribute widely!
April 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Hey #STS friends!
Quick announcement for a great panel at the upcoming STS-CH 2025 conference in Zurich (Sept 10-12):
🔥🔥 Has critique of algorithms run out of steam? Social studies of AI, machine learning, and big data in questions 🔥🔥
To submit your papers: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Looking forward!
April 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hello friends! Just at the #STS-Hub in Berlin (sts-hub.de/25/). Who's here from our Swiss STS crew?
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March 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Découvrez ou redécouvrez le séminaire "IA et référence performative : le cas du projet TESLA et des néoantigènes en immunothérapie personnalisée du cancer" avec @flojaton.bsky.social de @gvagrad.bsky.social

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IA et référence performative - Florian JATON
IA et référence performative par Florian JATON (Genève - Tech Hub)
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February 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We have the wonderful Fabian Muniesa (@provokedeconomy.bsky.social) talking about his new book "Paranoid Finance" on Monday 10th Feb @ 11am EST

It's virtual, so everyone welcome! More details here: www.yorku.ca/research/its/
Institute for Technoscience & Society - Institute for Technoscience & Society
Upcoming! ITS Virtual Seminar Series Welcome to the Institute for Technoscience & Society! Our goal is to create a global hub of critical and interdisciplinary research and information about the relat...
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February 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Deadline extended until February 16! 🤺
Submit your panel here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Cry for our friend, Nicolas Nova
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News
Nicolas Nova (1977–2024) It is with immense sadness that we learned of the passing of our colleague Nicolas Nova on December 31st. Nicolas was a professor at the Geneva University of Art and Design…
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January 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you want to get nerdy and read about the reconfiguration of the social and political tenets of precision oncology happening at the crossroad of immunology and genomics, check out the new paper just published on SSS by Luca Chiapperino, Nils Graber and Francesco Panese! doi.org/10.1177/0306...
January 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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🚀 New article out! 🚀

How are musiques actuelles subsidized in French-speaking Switzerland?

🔍 Subsidizing ‘musiques actuelles’ in French-speaking Switzerland: mapping policy instruments and local arrangements

📖 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#MusicPolicy #CulturalFunding
Subsidizing ‘musiques actuelles’ in French-speaking Switzerland: mapping policy instruments and local arrangements
In this article, we examine public subsidies for musiques actuelles (popular music) in French-speaking Switzerland. Drawing on mixed-methods research focusing on the 2017–2019 period, we employ the...
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January 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Only 7 more days to apply to the Swiss-STS conference this September in Zurich. Aptly titled "Holding things together?
Change, continuity, critique" -- in times of various deepening fractions, lets meet and share how to hold this all together: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
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January 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
10 days left! ✊
Submit here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Peeps! The call for Panels for the STS-CH Conference 2025 is now open! The conference titled “Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique” will take place from Sept. 10–12, 2025 in Zurich and is being co-hosted by @ethzurich.bsky.social @sociology-uzh.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social.Join us!
January 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Any Swiss-STS folks heading to the German STS conference in Berlin in March? If so, ping us and let's meet up! Ps: the registration is free :)
STS-Hub 2025: Diffracting the Critical
The STS Hub 2025 'Diffracting the Critical' explores contemporary formations of critique in Science and Technology Studies (STS). Emphasizing feminist approaches, postcolonial studies, and more-than-h...
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January 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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A resolutely #STS conference in train-friendly Zurich!
To submit, go here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Peeps! The call for Panels for the STS-CH Conference 2025 is now open! The conference titled “Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique” will take place from Sept. 10–12, 2025 in Zurich and is being co-hosted by @ethzurich.bsky.social @sociology-uzh.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social.Join us!
January 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Peeps! The call for Panels for the STS-CH Conference 2025 is now open! The conference titled “Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique” will take place from Sept. 10–12, 2025 in Zurich and is being co-hosted by @ethzurich.bsky.social @sociology-uzh.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social.Join us!
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hi everybody!
Greetings from STS-CH, your association for #STS in and through Switzerland! So happy to start chatting here (instead of you-know-where...)

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January 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM