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Published On: Jun 30 2026
Deadline: Sep 1, 2026
In 1967, after two decades of experimentation and diplomatic negotiations, the hyperfine transition of cesium-133 was adopted as the basis for redefining the second. This move from an astronomical to an atomic standard was both a scientific breakthrough and a political achievement. It required the construction of consensus among metrological bodies, observatories, national laboratories, and international organizations amid Cold War tensions. The workshop will bring together scholars from the history of science and technology, STS, philosophy of science, metrology and related fields to examine ...
Published On: Jun 30 2026
Deadline: Sep 1, 2026
The School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney is seeking to fill two full-time academic positions, and is particularly interested in candidates working in the areas of early modern science, or science or medicine in Asia, or Indigenous knowledge systems.
Published On: Jun 30 2026
In 100% Utilization, Andrew Lison explores the consequences of pushing computing power to its limits for a culture seemingly reliant on automation as much as human labor. In accounting for this contradiction, Lison offers a corrective to theories of digital mediation emphasizing its symbolic and representational capabilities. He connects the looming end of Moore’s law to trends in semiconductor manufacturing, custom hardware, and parallelized software techniques, including AI.
Published On: Jun 30 2026
From genome sequencing to large sky surveys, digital technologies produce massive datasets that promise unprecedented scientific insights. But data, for being good to use and reuse, need people—scientists, technicians, and administrators—as embodied, evaluative, social humans. In this book, Götz Hoeppe draws on an ethnography of astronomical research to examine the media and practices that scientists and technicians use to instruct graduate students, make diagrams for data calibration and discovery, organize collaborative work, negotiate the ethics of open access, encode their...
Published On: May 29 2026
Deadline: Jun 3, 2026
We are welcoming applications for a doctoral studentship in Media Technology, within the research subject of Informatics. Research in Media Technology at Södertörn University is interdisciplinary, integrating technical and design-oriented perspectives with an understanding of human interactions with digital artefacts and the societal implications of interactive media, in research fields such as human-computer interaction, science and technology studies, design research and game studies. Position starts: September 2026.
Published On: May 29 2026
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
The Editorial Team of BioSocieties invites proposals for Special Issues to be published in 2027–2028. We welcome intellectually ambitious collections that advance debates at the intersections of the life sciences, biomedicine, biotechnology, and the social sciences.
Published On: May 29 2026
Smart as a City provides a rich ethnographic investigation into how smartness is received and negotiated in a midsize US city. Burcu Baykurt follows the work of civic entrepreneurs, local residents, and city officials in Kansas City, Missouri, where Google tested a citywide gigabit service and the local government launched a series of smart city pilot projects in transportation, public housing, and municipal services. Baykurt redefines smartness as a collective effort to spotlight a city’s enduring local problems and align solutions with the often buggy, partially developed systems offer...
Published On: Apr 29 2026
Deadline: Jun 1, 2026
4S is looking for 25 clues to create an in-person treasure hunt at #4SToronto26. Contact: meeting[at]4sonline[dot]org “Treasure Hunt 5x5: Call for Clues.”
Published On: Apr 29 2026
Deadline: Jun 1, 2026
4S is searching for 50 short messages and/or artifacts for this moment to be sealed until opening in 50 years from now.
Contact: meeting[at]4sonline[dot]org with the title “Time Capsule 50x50: Call for Content.”
Published On: Apr 29 2026
Deadline: May 20, 2026
4S is looking for a film director, editor and interviewer to bring together a series of 50 interview shorts to be filmed on location at #4SToronto26. There will be an honoraria and paid accommodations for this activity. You would need to bring your own equipment and edit the film by the year end. The film will be launched on the 4S website and showcased at #4STaipei27. Contact: meeting[at]4sonline[dot]org “Film i4S: Film Director, Editor and Interviewer EOI.”