University of Virginia | Open Rank Tenured/Tenure Track Professor of Data Science in Data and Society

Published On: Sep 25 2026

Deadline: Nov 1, 2026

The University of Virginia School of Data Science is a leader in preparing students, advancing research, and developing the intellectual foundations that underpin the age of artificial intelligence. We seek exceptional candidates for an open-rank tenured or tenure-track faculty position in the School of Data Science (SDS) within the Data and Society domain, broadly understood to include integrative work across the social sciences, policy, humanities, law, business, and more technical areas of data science.

San José State University | Assistant Professor in Sociology, Specialization in Health and Human/Technology Interaction

Published On: Sep 24 2026

Deadline: Oct 23, 2026

The Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (SISS) at San José State University (SJSU) invites applications from scholars in the areas of Human/Technology Interaction, Social Psychology, Sociology of Health and Illness/Mental Illness, and/or Science and Technology Studies (STS). Candidates are expected to teach and develop courses in their area of specialty and core sociology topics. The ideal candidate will have a strong research agenda focusing on the societal impacts of emerging technologies and scientific knowledge at the individual and interactional levels.

Harvey Mudd College| Hixon-Riggs Early Career Fellowship in Science and Technology

Published On: Sep 24 2026

Deadline: Nov 2, 2026

Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, California) invites applications for the Hixon-Riggs Early Career Fellowship in Science and Technology Studies, beginning fall 2027. Applications are invited from artists and scholars working at the intersection of art and science, technology and society (STS). Applicants’ methods can draw from fields in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts, including, but not limited to anthropology, art, design, environmental studies, gender studies, geography, history, literature, media studies, philosophy, political science, religious studies, and sociology.

CfP | Software Libraries: Following the Infrastructures of Code Special Issue

Published On: Sep 24 2026

Deadline: Nov 1, 2026

This Special Issue of Computational Culture addresses the underresearched topic of software libraries by inviting 500-word abstract submissions on topics that may include: following libraries as sociotechnical objects; the political economy and platformization of libraries; libraries as epistemic and normative infrastructures; and creative and critical (re)appropriation.

CfP | A Guide to Key Theories for Science and Technology Studies

Published On: Sep 24 2026

Deadline: Oct 15, 2026

The Guide to Key Theories for Science and Technology Studies will bring together a broad range of theories within the STS field, concisely explained to act as a vital reference point for advanced research, and to be of use to students at all levels and their lecturers.
The volume will be published in the Edward Elgar Guide to Key Theories series, making the case for the relevance of formalising STS theories.
This Open Call for Chapter Proposals invites contributors to submit a first outline of their envisaged contribution in the form of an abstract.

New Book | Media Change: Contemporary Cases, Consequences, and Conceptualizations

Published On: Sep 24 2026

In Media Change, Neil Thurman explores the multifaceted dynamics of media change across technologies and societies through a series of contemporary, self-contained case studies, from AI-driven content production and evolving regulatory landscapes to media business models.

New Book | Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census

Published On: Sep 24 2026

Data Are Made, Not Found is an ethnography of the 2020 US census. By documenting the perspectives of government workers, boyd provides a rare glimpse into what it takes to make democracy’s data. Each chapter reveals a different challenge and shows how civil servants responded to each problem, controversy, and hurdle.

The Consortium | Fellowships in History of Science, Technology & Medicine

Published On: Aug 31 2026

Deadline: Oct 1, 2026

The Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine invites applications for fellowship opportunities in the history of science, technology or medicine, broadly construed, including: Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars (a stipend between $10,000 and $30,000) and Dissertation Completion Fellowships ($15,000 to support three months of dissertation completion work).

CfP | 7th annual Conference on Graduate Research in Science and Technology Studies (GRiSTS)

Published On: Aug 31 2026

Deadline: Sep 11, 2026

GRiSTS 2026 will take place November 19–21 at Harvard Kennedy School. This year's GRiSTS Conference theme will be guided by accepted proposals and announced with the final program. Through sharing their work at the annual GRiSTS conference, students in any discipline can connect to a growing community of STS research and access mentoring resources in areas of shared intellectual interest and practical concern.

University of Pennsylvania | Tenured/Tenure-Track Position in the History of Computing, Data Science, or Artificial Intelligence

Published On: Aug 31 2026

The Department of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenured/tenure-track position in the history of technology and science with a focus on the history of computing, data and information science, or artificial intelligence. We are interested in applications from colleagues who hold a Ph.D. in the history of science and related disciplines and whose research is grounded in historical and/or ethnographic methods.