CfP | Biomimicry & the Nature of Technoscience

Published On: Feb 27 2026

Deadline: May 1, 2026

This Call for Papers welcomes submissions for a series on ‘Biomimicry & the Nature of Technoscience’. 4S Backchannels seeks contributions from established and emerging scholars engaging broadly with biomimicry, biotechnology, biovalue, biocapital, bioprospecting, and the biopolitics that emerge throughout. Submissions should include original reflections and research contributions, and may attend to historical, contemporary, or speculative domains.

The Center for Ethnography at the Colorado School of Mines | two Post-Doctoral positions in environmental social science

Published On: Feb 25 2026

Deadline: Mar 15, 2026

The Center for Ethnography at the Colorado School of Mines invites applications for two Post-Doctoral positions in environmental social science with expertise in ethnography. The Center is a new hub at Mines that emphasizes community partnerships, collaborative research and public writing on major social and environmental issues in rural America, including the American West and Western Arctic.

Technical University of Munich | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Participatory Approaches to Artificial Intelligence and Justice

Published On: Feb 25 2026

Deadline: Mar 26, 2026

We are looking for a 100% postdoctoral research associate beginning in Summer 2026, for a term of 2 years with the possibility of an extension. The postdoc will join the ERC-Starting Grant project team on “Participatory Algorithmic Justice: A multi-sited ethnography to advance algorithmic justice through participatory design” (PARTIALJUSTICE) to examine issues of justice and participation in artificial intelligence (AI), led by Dr. Amelia Fiske.

CfP | Theorizing Science Studies from Central and Eastern Europe

Published On: Feb 20 2026

Deadline: Mar 31, 2026

We invite contributions to the edited volume Theorizing Science Studies from Central and Eastern Europe, to appear in Palgrave’s Transnationalizing Theory in Science and Technology Studies series, which is in line with the transnationalization initiatives of the Society for Social Studies of Science.

The India China Institute | Fellowship on comparative public health in Asia

Published On: Feb 20 2026

Deadline: Mar 29, 2026

The New School’s India China Institute (ICI) invites applications for a year-long, online, international research seminar on the histories, sociologies and political economies of public health in Asia. The seminar’s impetus is informed both by the current moment of disruption in global health and by the experience of the recent pandemic.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Professorship in Technology Assessment and Technology Governance

Published On: Feb 20 2026

Deadline: Mar 26, 2026

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) invites applications for a university professorship (W3) “Technology Assessment and Technology Governance“, including a leadership role at its Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS). The university professorship will further advance technology assessment at KIT, shape sustainability research and systems analysis in the long term, and position this research internationally.

CfP | Special Issue of Internet Histories: Interrogating Trust & Safety

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...

INES | Report on International Network for Engineering Studies Roundtable at 4S 2025

Published On: Feb 5 2026

This report documents the roundtable ‘Making STS Reverberate through Engineering: Reflections on Engineering Studies’, hosted by the International Network for Engineering Studies (INES) at the 2025 Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) meeting in Seattle. The roundtable examined engineering studies as a field and its relationship to Science and Technology Studies (STS), exploring how STS-informed scholarship shapes engineering research, education, and practice.

CfP | The Strong Programme in SSK and its significance for epistemology, philosophy of science and STS

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.

CfP | Global Futures of Higher Education: Autonomy in the Crosshairs

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.