Kari Lancaster

Herd/The Masses Rethinking Herd/The Masses amidst the here and now of our planetary condition.

The Herd gathers once again! Join us in London on March 18, as we spin off in new directions, to rethink Herd/The Masses. Sign up to @contemporarycriticalthought.org for updates. Details online: www.contemporarycriticalthought.org/post/herd-th...

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

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

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ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Don't forget to join us this Friday at Sydney Uni for the inaugural event of SydSTS! #STS

Worth making the comparison to Australian academic salaries too, where starting level lecturer/PDRA salaries often outpace Reader salaries advertised at top UK institutions. Also lots of (other) issues there. But historically strong unions make a difference, perhaps?

All good things come to an end It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS on 31 July 2026.

Shocking news. Obviously one doesn't know the ins and outs, but it's hard to comprehend how such a large and weathy university as UCL finds itself unable to support a cutting-edge humanities research institute. Solidarity with everyone affected. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Research Waste, Redundancy and the Rise of the Machines: The Questionable Future of Systematic Reviews Click on the article title to read more.

🆕Open Access - Research Waste, Redundancy and the Rise of the Machines: The Questionable Future of Systematic Reviews

Sarah Larney

doi.org/10.1111/dar....

@umontreal-en.bsky.social @crchum.bsky.social @chumontreal.bsky.social

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

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.

And check out the new Sydney STS Network website: sydneysts.framer.website #STS

We're trying, compañero! Always open to proposals, suggestions, collaborations, and donations! www.contemporarycriticalthought.org

Expendable Workers: Food Delivery and Technopolitics in China - Angela Ke Li, 2026 Through a case study of Meituan Waimai, China's dominant food delivery platform, this article examines how algorithmic management is entangled with labor p...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Expendable Workers: Food Delivery and Technopolitics in China" by Angela Ke Li #technopolitics #migrantlabor #algorithmicmanagement #designlogic #fooddelivery journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In London? I’m organising this series with Marsha Rosengarten and Nele Jensen as part of evolving happenings of @contemporarycriticalthought.org. Join us as we unravel the concept of the Herd, to experiment with new ways of thinking health amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.

Funding Schemes - Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness The Foundation currently offers 4 different types of awards, across fellowships, conference travel, research development and symposia. Please note that the Foundation no longer funds PhD studentships.

UK based sociologist of health? @fshi.bsky.social funding round for grant development, workshops, postgrad conference travel and post docs now open - closes 27th march www.shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/

New OnlineFirst article: "Post-Socialist Biotech: Labor, Value, and Risk in China's Transitional Economy" by Taomo Zhou + Hallam Stevens #risk #labour #value #biotech journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Unruly Aquifers: Groundwater, Karst Landscapes, and a Post-Yugoslav Border Site - Dženeta Hodžić, 2026 This paper deploys the concept of unruliness to examine ethnographically how groundwater in karst landscapes resists being rendered knowable and governable. Foc...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Unruly Aquifers: Groundwater, Karst Landscapes, and a Post-Yugoslav Border Site" by Dženeta Hodžić #unruliness #groundwater #karst #hydrogeology #transboundary journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST).

Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026

In London? I’m organising this series with Marsha Rosengarten and Nele Jensen as part of evolving happenings of @contemporarycriticalthought.org. Join us as we unravel the concept of the Herd, to experiment with new ways of thinking health amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.

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...

A Postgenomic Quilt: The Turn to Endophenotypes and Deep Phenotyping in Human Genetics - Daniel Navon, Kathryne Metcalf, 2025 How do experts stitch together seemingly irreconcilable scientific objects? This paper examines the way “endophenotypes” and “deep phenotyping” are deployed to ...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "A Postgenomic Quilt: The Turn to Endophenotypes and Deep Phenotyping in Human Genetics" by
Daniel Navon + Kathryne Metcalf #endophenotypes #deepphenotyping #psychiatry #biobanks #raredisease #postgenomics #genetics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Mythologies of Wealth in Platform Economies: The Case of the Ride-Hailing Platform Didi in China - Jun Zhang, Jack Linzhou Xing, Gonçalo D. Santos, 2025 This article reactivates the concept of myth—which is well-developed in social science literature—to study digital technologies and platform economies. It conce...

New OnlineFirst article: "Mythologies of Wealth in Platform Economies: The Case of the Ride-Hailing Platform Didi in China" by Jun Zhang, Jack Linzhou Xing + Gonçalo D. Santos #enchantment #technology #platform #mythology #techno-optimism #speculativecapitalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Time Politics of Agroforestry Science - Timothy McLellan, 2025 This article examines the time politics of agroforestry science through an ethnographic study with scientists at the Institute for Farms and Forests (IFF) in Ch...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Time Politics of Agroforestry Science" by Timothy McLellan @timmclellan.bsky.social #agroforestry #environmentalhumanities #fastscience #institutions #naturebasedsolutions #temporalempathy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Obligation to Know and the Right to Know: A Relational Approach to Environmental Justice Communication and Datafication" by Katherine L. Dickinson, Leah Horgan, Stephanie Pease, Carla Nyquist, et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation - Riikka Homanen, 2025 Donor conception is an area where increased emphasis on “openness” has produced major changes to legal, medical, and kinship practices. Anonymous gamete donatio...

New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation" by Riikka Homanen #donoridentity #kinship #sociotechnical #technology #fertility #markets journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New OnlineFirst article: "Making Queer Kin in the Labor of the Greenhouse" by Xan Sarah Chacko #botanicalhumanities #coloniality #greenhouse #kinship #feministSTS #pedagogy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Society Job Description: Full-time, Ongoing position.Parramatta South campus with flexible working arrangements.Salary: $147,138 – $169,011 per annum, plus 17% Super and Leave Loading.Lead impactful interdisc...

#STS job in Sydney, at WSU - Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Society who will contribute to a world-leading inquiry exploring how technologies shape, and are shaped by, social, political and cultural forces. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...

Submission to open panels—Extended deadline for 4S Toronto 2026!
Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...

Join us! Lots happening as we kick off events in 2026 - wetlandic thought, animal readings, writing sessions, bringing down capitalism, book launches to come, big ideas, critical explorations and speculative experiments. What’s not to love? Sign up for updates at www.contemporarycriticalthought.org

Deadline for EASST abstracts has been extended to 9 March!
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇

Deadline for EASST abstracts has been extended to 9 March!
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇