Published On: Feb 5 2026
Deadline: May 1, 2026
Over the last several decades, digital platforms have increasingly pervaded almost every sphere of our lives. Consequently, Trust & Safety has become indispensable. Though largely behind-the-scenes, T&S teams are charged with enhancing the brand perceptions and protecting the user bases of large platforms and startups alike. But what do we really know about the history of trust and safety? We propose a special issue of Internet Histories dedicated to topics directly related to historicizing all aspects of trust and safety: the ecosystem, field, domain, practice, protocols and tools, an...
Published On: Feb 5 2026
Deadline: Mar 15, 2026
2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Strong Programme in the sociology of scientific knowledge (SP) assuming its start 1976 with “Knowledge and Social Imagery” by David Bloor. It became a prominent 20th century trend-setter in Science Studies. In this issue, we want to present contemporary interpretations and criticism of the SP, evaluations of their relevance for epistemology and philosophy of science and technology, their inspirations for historical and sociological approaches to science.
Published On: Jan 28 2026
Deadline: Mar 1, 2026
The Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages invites proposals for its second annual international conference, Global Futures of Higher Education: Autonomy in the Crosshairs, to be held May 7–9, 2026, at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. This conference examines the future of higher education in an increasingly authoritarian global environment marked by democratic backsliding, political polarization, and intensifying state efforts to control knowledge production. A central concern of this convening is systemic autonomy in higher education.
Published On: Jan 26 2026
Deadline: Feb 16, 2026
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. For over three decades, the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program has advanced scholarship on the ELSI of genetics and genomics. The ELSI Congress brings together scholars who are dedicated to understanding and shaping the impact of genomic science on society, and to share research, exchange ideas, and influence the future of the field. We welcome submissions from all disciplines and methodologi...
Published On: Jan 26 2026
Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
The Sexual Health Exploration Project is excited to share that with support from the Humanities Research Center and the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, a virtual symposium on Authority & Health-Science-Knowledge will take place April 17–19, 2026. If you and/or your colleagues, students, and community connections are doing work in any areas of health, science, and knowledge production, we encourage you to view the full call for proposals on our website. We are open for submissions now and our initial deadline is February 1...
Published On: Jan 26 2026
Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
How does geopolitical authority in AI get performed through signals, imaginaries, and staged infrastructures rather than enforceable control? This experimental roundtable invites scholars and practitioners to co-design and deliberate with AI agents that represent geopolitical actors or political imaginaries. As part of the EASST2026 Krakow conference, we welcome 300–500 word proposals engaging AI sovereignty, signaling, deterrence, and political futures through STS, IR, political theory, or performance studies.
Published On: Dec 30 2025
Deadline: Mar 26, 2026
For this year’s annual HPS conference, we are seeking a variety of perspectives on the phenomenon of “scientific expertise”: How have sciences, expertise, and the state been co-constitutive and mutually reinforcing? How have (and how do) practices of quantification and categorization contribute to colonial expansion and reification of racial hierarchies? How can we assess “good judgment” within scientific practices? Can such assessments be articulated and generalized to domains “outside the lab,” or are they inevitably “tacit” and context-s...
Published On: Dec 30 2025
Deadline: May 14, 2026
Dear Collegues, We are writing with reference to the VI Annual International Conference promoted by the International Lab for Innovative Cultural and Social Research (ILIS).
The mission of ILIS is to promote theoretical, epistemological and methodological advances in the field of social sciences.
The title of this year conference is “Epistemic Shifts in the Post-Digital Society. The dilemma of knowledge production between generative models and quantum futures” and it will be held on the 14th and the 15th of May 2026 according to a hybrid format (online and on-site).
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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: Oct 18 2025
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
As part of the Desirable AI programme – a collaboration between Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the University of Cambridge – this interdisciplinary conference, will explore the profound implications of large language models (LLMs), affective computing, and emotionally responsive AI. As machines venture into realms once thought uniquely human – emotion, creativity, irrationality – we ask: What does this mean for language, ethics, and the future of human expression? We welcome theoretical, empirical, and practice-oriented contributions from schola...