Published On: Sep 24 2025
In an era of accelerating extinctions, what does it mean to discover thousands of new species in the deep sea? As we see the catastrophic effects of the Anthropocene proliferate, advanced technologies also grant us greater access to the furthest reaches of the world’s oceans, facilitating the discovery of countless new species. Sorting through the implications of this strange paradox, Stacy Alaimo explores the influence this newfound intimacy with the deep sea might have on our broader relationship to the nonhuman world. While many images of these abyssal creatures circulate as shallow c...
Published On: Sep 24 2025
Spain has become one of the most prominent fertility markets in the world, largely fuelled by the availability of human eggs. Behind the promise of cutting-edge technology and parenthood lies a carefully tailored system to recruit, manage, and discipline egg donors. In this book, published as part of Palgrave's flagship book series 'Health, Technology and Society', Anna Molas explores how young women are incorporated as egg donors into the global reproductive industry. Through in-depth ethnographic fieldwork with both donors and clinicians, the book reveals the fragile processes of selection, ...
Published On: Sep 24 2025
This open access book presents groundbreaking research, offering new empirical findings, showcasing a range of different methods, and advancing theoretical perspectives relating to science communication and trust. The investigation of science communication and trust is enhanced by the many international scholars and disciplinary approaches featured. The book includes three thematic sections: the first focuses on the role of trustworthy science communicators, the second is concerned with the varying contexts of science communication for trust, while the third unpacks various features of trust i...
Published On: Sep 24 2025
This volume edited by Noela Invernizzi and Leandro Rodriguez Medina enriches Latin American Science and Technology Studies by making a pioneering contribution to theories from its geopolitical margins. Rather than merely challenging Northern dominance, it fosters dialogue between Northern and Southern scholars, highlighting the complex, multi-situated development of science and technology and contributing to the field’s diversification and internationalization. This is the first book published in Palgrave's new series: Transnationalizing Theory in Science and Technology Studies.
Published On: Sep 24 2025
The journal Anthropology Theory Commons has just published a Forum on Ghosts and Haunting. The collection is led by Emma Kowal and Amanda Domingues and has articles by several of our 4S members (Mara Dicenta, Michelle Bootcov, Vivette García-Deister, Lydia Gibson, Lisette Jong, Ricardo Roque, Thiago P. Barbosa, Trevor Engel, Warwick Anderson)
Published On: Sep 24 2025
Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
Registration is open for a one-day, online pedagogy workshop on integrating Latin American and Caribbean history of science and environmental history into teaching in adjacent fields. The workshop aims to inspire historians to teach about Latin American science and environment, with a specific focus on the nineteenth and twentieth-century periods. Participants will come away with concrete ideas for teaching modules that can be integrated into existing courses or used to design new ones. The modules will include peer-reviewed readings, primary sources, and ideas generated from discussion. The w...
Published On: May 15 2025
Deadline: Dec 31, 2025
The Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (AI-HSS) of The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is seeking outstanding scholars at all career stages to strengthen our research and teaching capabilities in the ethics and philosophy of science and technology. Successful candidates will join either the Research Center for Ethics and Governance of Science and Technology or the Research Center for Philosophy, Logic, and History of Science and Technology, conducting cutting-edge research on ethical, philosophical, and governance issues related to emerging te...
Published On: Jan 17 2025
Deadline: Mar 31, 2025
The Publications Committee of the Society for Social Studies of Science solicits nominations and proposals for Editor(s) to lead the 4S-sponsored diamond open access journal, Engaging Science, Technology, and Society. ESTS is a vibrant peer-reviewed venue for addressing how science and technology infuse the world in which we live.
The journal publishes peer-reviewed content in both long-form and short-form genres: original research articles, thematic collections, engagements, perspectives, and research data. Content is organized into three issues annually, and includes work that represents ...
Published On: Jan 13 2025
Deadline: Jan 23, 2025
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, are seeking candidates to participate in the annual summer course on science diplomacy to be held on 21-24 July, 2025 in person in Trieste, Italy.
The AAAS-TWAS Science Diplomacy training program was established in 2014 to expose scientists, decisionmakers, diplomats and other interested stakeholders and institutions to science diplomacy concepts, explore key contemporary international policy issues relating to science, technology, environment and he...
Published On: Jun 10 2025
Deadline: Jun 18, 2025
The Global Development Awards Competition (GDAC) is GDN’s largest and longest-running programme that brings together a rich community of researchers and development practitioners. It is an award scheme that: Identifies talent and supports the career advancement of researchers in the Global South; Funds innovative social development projects implemented by NGOs that benefit marginalised groups in the developing world.
THEME - 2025 EDITION: Digital Transformation for Universal Health Coverage
Digital health is a cultural transformation of traditional healthcare. Digital technologies ...