UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Calling all Undergraduate Finalists! Help shape STS’s future by completing the NSS. Your feedback has already created real change - from transition mentors for new students to a dedicated STS Student Advisor. Make your voice count and help improve life at UCL!

Beyond the Screens: The Legacy of the Digital Health Ambassadors Over the last five years, the Digital Health Ambassadors (DHA) programme, delivered by Partnership for Young London with Good Thinking and NHS England, has brought together young people aged 16-25 from across London to shape digital mental health information, resources and campaigns - ensuring youth voice was not just included, but central to decision-making.From co-designing wellbeing content and supporting NHS youth engagement work, to creating digital campaigns that reached thousands, the Amb

🎉 Congratulations to UCL STS student Tanisha Zaman on the publication of Beyond the Screens: The Legacy of the Digital Health Ambassadors. A fantastic achievement. View the full paper here:

Sir Roland Jackson 9th Bart (1954-2026)

It is with great sadness that we report the sudden and unexpected death of Roland Jackson whilst climbing on Helvellyn on 10 January 2026.
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Congratulations to UCL STS’s Professor Simon Werrett on the publication of his new paper exploring the rich intersections of art and science in eighteenth‑century Russia. A fascinating contribution to the field. Read it here:

Pragmatic pluralism and problem framing: Why pragmatism demands pluralism In this paper I focus on the benefits of scientific pluralism in practice. My main motivation is to investigate how do these benefits play out in prac…

🎉 Congratulations to UCL STS’s Dr Erman Sözüdoğru on his new paper “Pragmatic pluralism and problem framing: Why pragmatism demands pluralism.”
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.co...
#UCL #STS #Philosophy #Pragmatism #Research

🧠📚 Why STS still matters.
A new Science Museum Group Journal piece revisits 40 years of Leviathan & the Air-Pump and the anniversary event hosted by the Science Museum & UCL Department of Science & Technology Studies.
👉 https://bit.ly/4pxtnse
#WeareSTS #UCL #ScienceMuseum

We’d like to wish all our staff, students, and community a joyful festive season. UCL will be closed from 5:30pm on Tuesday 23rd December 2025 and will reopen at 9:00am on Monday 5th January 2026.
We look forward to welcoming you back in 2026!
#HappyChristmas #FestiveSeason

Join our Sci-Comm students on a trip to the BBC Broadcasting House!🗞️

#bbc #bbcbroadcastinghouse #journalism #sciencejournalism #sciencecommunication

An insight into Jamie Lewis’ fascinating Bigfoot lecture.🐾 #bigfoot #weirdscience #unusualthings #sciencefiction

Watch to find out what our Sci-Comm lot got up to the in the @sciencemuseum.org.uk WonderLab. Students were tasked with evaluating museum and exhibition ethics.🏛️🧪

#sciencemuseum #scienceandtechnology #museumexhibition #universitylife #universitytrip #londonlife #scicomm #sciencecommunication

On 18 November @stsucl.bsky.social History of Science Reading Group we discussed Tanfer Tunc, 'Science and Diplomacy: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Third Presidential Cruise’, @isisjournal.bsky.social , 2024, 115/4. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

🎓 Mel A., BSc Sociology & Politics of Science student, shares thoughts on The New Jim Crow in conversation with Dr Jenny Bulstrode.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4pJFnYj

#UCLSTS #StudentVoices #TheNewJimCrow #Sociology #PoliticsOfScience

🎉 Exciting news from @UCLSTS! We’re thrilled to welcome Professor Andy Stirling as an Honorary Professor in our department. Andy, is a emeritus professor at Sussex, and has been a valued friend to the department for decades. For more info 👉https://bit.ly/4hFlY7K

STS is proud that Helen Pearson, Honorary Professor of Practice with us, and who teaches on our SciCom MSc, has been awarded the European Science Journalist of the Year Award from the European Federation for Science Journalism.

#ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication

We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Science Communication Technician (Equipment and Resources) to join our Department from November 2025. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/43BnBxu

Closing Date: 10th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #Sciencecommunication #MSc

We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU

Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer

We were honoured to host the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture, featuring 2024 award winner Natasha Loder. Her talk, From Print to Prompts: What the Past Says About the Future of Science Journalism, explores the evolution of science reporting—from the analog age of print, through digi AAAS Kavli Foundation Award Lecture Natasha Loder (15/10/2025)

We were honoured to host the 2025 @aaas.org Kavli foundation Journalism Award Lecture by Natasha Loder. Her talk, From Print to Prompts, explored the wild ride from analog to AI—and the future of science journalism. Watch here: youtu.be/9L6zKT6O240
🎥 Video by Evan Sykes
#ScienceWriting

🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor Emily Dawson on her Inaugural Lecture last night: Popular Culture and Science. A brilliant evening celebrating her work and vision! #InauguralLecture #ScienceAndCulture

@uclsts hosted a taster lecture for students visiting from all over South Africa
#education #scienceandtechnology #tastersession

UCL-STS Hosts 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture From Print to Prompts: What the Past Says About the Future of Science Journalism - A lecture by Natasha Loder, The Economist's health editor

Still time to join us on 15th October to talk the future of science journalism with @natashaloder.bsky.social as @stsucl.bsky.social hosts the @aaas.org @kavlifoundation.org Award lecture. Sign up here:

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UCL graphic announcing KEF success: bold text reads ‘A leading university for knowledge exchange - 5 years in a row,’ with ‘knowledge exchange’ highlighted in green; UCL logo top-right; photo of the UCL Portico with ‘WELCOME’ banners at the bottom.

UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).

Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL

#KEF5

@uclenterprise.bsky.social

It's the start of the new Academic Year! It was great to meet our new #undergraduate cohort at our Welcome Session this morning. #WeAreSTS #STS #HPS #STSUCL

Yesterday Tate Modern saw us wandering around its exhibits for our away day. We discussed good & bad theologies of radio technologies; whether Rothko's moods exist or are performed, & what happens to art when stripped of context. All while setting off alarms & getting told off for touching exhibits.

“A Breath of Fresh Air: A Smoke Free Future” A Breath of Fresh Air : A Smoke Free Future looks at the thoughts and opinions around the Tobacco and Vapes bill from young people and key senior stakeholders in the healthcare sector. This project recruited a youth advisory group made up of 16–25-year-olds from across London. They have an interest in youth Smoking and Vaping affairs and express their lived experiences, opinions and overall thoughts in regular workshops, trips and focus groups. The objectives for this work included: • Gathering

We're proud to share that STS student Tanisha authored A Breath of Fresh Air: A Smoke Free Future for NHS London & London Tobacco Alliance published by Partnership for Young London. Her research on vape marketing & UK policy was cited by Brunel academics! 👏 Read Here:

From Print to Prompts: Join The Economist’s Health Editor Natasha Loder at UCL STS on 15 October for the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture on the future of science journalism. For full details and to register to attend, please visit: http://bit.ly/4poAV1R

We’re hiring! We are currently recruiting for a 3-year Lecturer in Nature, Environment and Society to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit:http://bit.ly/45MipZl

Closing Date: 5th October 2025
#nature #environment #society #WeAreSTS

Are you joining us in September? Would you like to meet some of your new classmates? Come along to our Meet your Classmates event. Register here: http://bit.ly/45ZQx2V

✉️ Our July 2025 Newsletter is out now!
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Last Friday, we held an STS taster session with Year 12 students at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury.

We talked about different topics, such as AI, and what it’s like to be part of STS.
#stsucl #education #WeAreSTS

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We are currently looking for an Education Administrator to join our Professional Services team and work across our taught and research programmes. This is a full-time, permanent position - all details are available here:

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