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Indiana University | Department Chair in Information and Library Science

Published On: Jun 5 2025

Deadline: Aug 15, 2025

The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University (IU) in Bloomington, Indiana invites applications for the position of department chair of the Department of Information and Library Science (ILS), to begin January 1, 2026. We seek tenured candidates, at the rank of full professor, who demonstrate an excellent scholarly and teaching record with a forward-looking research and teaching agenda, a documented record of leadership experience in an academic setting, and familiarity with the ALA accreditation process. We look for candidates with a vision for the future o...

SFU | Postdoc on social-ecological traps

Published On: Jun 10 2025

Deadline: Jul 25, 2025

In partnership with the Hatchery Modernization Team at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Aquatic Research Cooperative Institute at SFU, the Fisheries Management Lab is looking for a Postdoctoral researcher to lead a project on social-ecological traps associated with hatcheries. This project aims to identify types of socio-ecological traps, risk factors, and potential mitigations to aid in hatchery modernization efforts. Specifically, this project involves conducting a literature review of social-ecological traps associated with enhancement, conducting interviews with staff and partners (r...

CfP | Climate Havens: Humanistic Perspectives on Resilience, Migration, and Resources Symposium

Published On: Jun 17 2025

Deadline: Aug 15, 2025

As climate risks intensify, the idea of “climate havens”—and the identification of regions like the Great Lakes as more resilient to environmental change—raises pressing questions about space, belonging, justice, resources, and community. This symposium will explore climate havens through historical, philosophical, artistic, literary, and cultural perspectives, organized around three central themes: 1. What Is a Haven? 2. Whose Haven Is It? 3. Climate Havens and Natural Resources

New Book | Decentralizing Knowledges: Essays in Distributed Agency

Published On: Jul 8 2025

In recent decades, there has been a call for decentering knowledge in the social sciences and humanities, bringing to light perspectives from previously ignored or undervalued groups or areas of the world. Feminist epistemologies and postcolonial studies have led this trend. However, there has been less interest in the specific infrastructures and practices that make decentering possible. Drawing from science and technology studies, Decentralizing Knowledges examines how to bring about such change. Contributors explore the multiple practices of knowledge production and circulation that favor a...

AAAS-TWAS | Course on Science Diplomacy

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...

UQAM | Algorithmic Imaginaries Postdoctoral Fellowship

Published On: Jul 8 2025

Deadline: Jul 31, 2025

The project “Algorithmic imaginaries: practices and representations of algorithms in academia” aims to understand the place algorithms occupy in contemporary societies by examining the imaginaries and practices developed around generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools and scientific social networking sites. The project examines, on the one hand, the imaginations of the people who design algorithms and, on the other, the imaginations of those who use them, in order to gain a broader understanding of their influence on the transformation of intellectual work and the circulation...

Princeton | Anthropology Department Lecturer

Published On: Jul 8 2025

Deadline: Sep 1, 2025

The Department of Anthropology at Princeton University is accepting applications for a lecturer position in environmental anthropology and/or the social studies of science and technology for the 2025-2026 academic year, with an expected start date of September 1, 2025. Responsibilities include teaching four courses: an introductory environmental anthropology course and three thematic courses in the candidate's area of expertise. Additionally, the lecturer will mentor undergraduate students working on their senior theses. An advanced degree in anthropology or a related field is required. Work a...

CfP | Workshop and book 'Hostility by Design'

Published On: Nov 11 2024

Deadline: Jan 8, 2025

In recent years, perhaps stimulated by the growing awareness of the power of digital technologies, there have been calls for engineers and designers to advance values ‘by design’, such as democracy, participation, privacy and transparency. This builds on earlier inclusive design and access-for-all initiatives. But not all encounters with technologies are fulfilling, and some are designed to exclude or harm people, animals and nature. This workshop focuses on those technologies that could be described as hostile or exclusionary by design.
The workshop is supported by the Maastric...

SG Academies South-East Asia Fellowship

Published On: Jun 10 2025

Deadline: Aug 1, 2025

The SG Academies South-East Asia Fellowship (SASEAF) Programme aims to facilitate meaningful collaborations between Singapore’s distinguished research institutions and promising postdoctoral researchers from South-East Asia. This fellowship offers a 2-year opportunity to engage in impactful research that contributes to advancements in their respective fields.

Princeton | High Meadows Environmental Institute Lecturer

Published On: Jul 8 2025

Deadline: Sep 1, 2025

The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI), has an occasional curricular need for lecturers to teach in areas such as scientific and technological dimensions of the nexus of global environmental problems, and accepts applications in advance in the event the occasion arises where such lecturers are needed. Any appointments and duty time are subject to enrollments and may be for one or two semesters during the 2025-2026 academic year. Positions would have an expected start date of September 1, 2025, or January 16, 2026.
Depending on the qualifications and interests of the applicants and ...

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