Sonja van Wichelen
@sonjavw.bsky.social
Science and Technology Studies | Biolegality | Postcolonial Science Studies | Southeast Asia -- and wannabe skateboarder ...
And there's still time to submit an abstract for the "Legibility" Symposium in Sydney! #STS
CFP: “LEGIBILITY” : The Inaugural STS Sydney Network Symposium, 11-12/2/2027.
We invite contributions that explore “legibility” as a critical analytic, and consider the ongoing work of translation, classification, and inscription that make socio-technical worlds readable.
tinyurl.com/ytu66umx
We invite contributions that explore “legibility” as a critical analytic, and consider the ongoing work of translation, classification, and inscription that make socio-technical worlds readable.
tinyurl.com/ytu66umx
Legibility STS Symposium 2027.pdf
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August 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
And there's still time to submit an abstract for the "Legibility" Symposium in Sydney! #STS
Do join! Hope to see you there, if not in-person then online...
Join us to talk #STS publishing, with practical advice on navigating the academic publishing process from editors of Biosocieties, Science Technology and Human Values, Catalyst and Science as Culture
Online or in-person, USyd, 2pm 1 September
RSVP: events.humanitix.com/publishing-in-sts
Online or in-person, USyd, 2pm 1 September
RSVP: events.humanitix.com/publishing-in-sts
Publishing in STS
Join the Syd STS Network for a session on publishing in STS with editors from BioSocieties, Science, Technology & Human Values, Catalyst, and Science as Culture
events.humanitix.com
August 27, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Do join! Hope to see you there, if not in-person then online...
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Check out an in-person book launch in #Sydney hosted by @gleebooks.bsky.social for Nikita Kaur Simpson’s "Tension" on June 25. She will be in conversation with Sophie Chao, @wombatscholar.bsky.social, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, and Michael Edwards. buff.ly/OnKTuG0
June 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Check out an in-person book launch in #Sydney hosted by @gleebooks.bsky.social for Nikita Kaur Simpson’s "Tension" on June 25. She will be in conversation with Sophie Chao, @wombatscholar.bsky.social, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, and Michael Edwards. buff.ly/OnKTuG0
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48 hours for Society members to nominate for Council positions of 6S (student representative), Treasurer and President-Elect.
Here's what you can do—
To become a member: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
To nominate: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Here's what you can do—
To become a member: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
To nominate: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
April 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
48 hours for Society members to nominate for Council positions of 6S (student representative), Treasurer and President-Elect.
Here's what you can do—
To become a member: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
To nominate: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Here's what you can do—
To become a member: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
To nominate: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Reposted by Sonja van Wichelen
48 hours left to submit your abstracts to—
1. Submissions to Open Panels
2. Closed Panels
3. Making & Doing
4. Meet-Ups
5. Roundtables
Submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
1. Submissions to Open Panels
2. Closed Panels
3. Making & Doing
4. Meet-Ups
5. Roundtables
Submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
April 28, 2026 at 10:58 AM
48 hours left to submit your abstracts to—
1. Submissions to Open Panels
2. Closed Panels
3. Making & Doing
4. Meet-Ups
5. Roundtables
Submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
1. Submissions to Open Panels
2. Closed Panels
3. Making & Doing
4. Meet-Ups
5. Roundtables
Submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
Call for nominations remains open for the 2026 4S Council elections! Help shape the future of STS—nominations invited for Council, President-Elect, Treasurer & 6S student rep.
Deadline: April 19! For more info: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Deadline: April 19! For more info: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
4S Nominations 2026
www.4sonline.org
April 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Call for nominations remains open for the 2026 4S Council elections! Help shape the future of STS—nominations invited for Council, President-Elect, Treasurer & 6S student rep.
Deadline: April 19! For more info: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Deadline: April 19! For more info: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
AusSTS 2026 in Aotearoa! Deadline extended to April 10. aussts.org/aussts2026 #STS
AusSTS | AusSTS 2026
Submit to AusSTS 2026: Antipodean Interruptions, 9-11 Nov at Victoria University of Wellington. Deadline: 3 April 2026. All career stages welcome.
aussts.org
April 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
AusSTS 2026 in Aotearoa! Deadline extended to April 10. aussts.org/aussts2026 #STS
📣 PhD opportunity at University of Sydney/University of Glasgow!
Come work with me, Sophie Chao, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social & @dremilinesmith.bsky.social on "Epistemic Infrastructures of
Planetary Health Governance in Southeast Asia"
#STS #hitmed #Planetary #PhDopportunity
Come work with me, Sophie Chao, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social & @dremilinesmith.bsky.social on "Epistemic Infrastructures of
Planetary Health Governance in Southeast Asia"
#STS #hitmed #Planetary #PhDopportunity
University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Social Sciences - Student funding opportunities - Postgraduate Research - Latest PhD opportunities
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March 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
📣 PhD opportunity at University of Sydney/University of Glasgow!
Come work with me, Sophie Chao, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social & @dremilinesmith.bsky.social on "Epistemic Infrastructures of
Planetary Health Governance in Southeast Asia"
#STS #hitmed #Planetary #PhDopportunity
Come work with me, Sophie Chao, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social & @dremilinesmith.bsky.social on "Epistemic Infrastructures of
Planetary Health Governance in Southeast Asia"
#STS #hitmed #Planetary #PhDopportunity
Sydney STS Peeps 📣
Join us for a talk by Deboleena Roy (Emory University): “Stolonic Strategies: Biophilosophies and Community Building in STS.”
With discussants @cwaldby.bsky.social & @jiannitien.bsky.social Chaired by @shoshohini.bsky.social
🗓 17 March | USYD | See flyer for deets
Join us for a talk by Deboleena Roy (Emory University): “Stolonic Strategies: Biophilosophies and Community Building in STS.”
With discussants @cwaldby.bsky.social & @jiannitien.bsky.social Chaired by @shoshohini.bsky.social
🗓 17 March | USYD | See flyer for deets
March 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Sydney STS Peeps 📣
Join us for a talk by Deboleena Roy (Emory University): “Stolonic Strategies: Biophilosophies and Community Building in STS.”
With discussants @cwaldby.bsky.social & @jiannitien.bsky.social Chaired by @shoshohini.bsky.social
🗓 17 March | USYD | See flyer for deets
Join us for a talk by Deboleena Roy (Emory University): “Stolonic Strategies: Biophilosophies and Community Building in STS.”
With discussants @cwaldby.bsky.social & @jiannitien.bsky.social Chaired by @shoshohini.bsky.social
🗓 17 March | USYD | See flyer for deets
Don't forget to join us this Friday at Sydney Uni for the inaugural event of SydSTS! #STS
Sydney STS folks 👋
Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS
Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS
February 25, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Don't forget to join us this Friday at Sydney Uni for the inaugural event of SydSTS! #STS
And check out the new Sydney STS Network website: sydneysts.framer.website #STS
Sydney STS Network
The Sydney Science and Technology (STS) Network brings together researchers, students, and practitioners interested in how science, technology, and society shape one another.
sydneysts.framer.website
February 20, 2026 at 5:20 AM
And check out the new Sydney STS Network website: sydneysts.framer.website #STS
Sydney STS folks 👋
Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS
Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS
February 20, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Sydney STS folks 👋
Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS
Join us for the inaugural event of the Sydney STS Network (Friday 27 Feb) where a panel will respond to the prompt: Why (Australian) STS now? #STS
Deadline for Open Panels closes soon! #STS
4 days left to submit! Call closes Feb. 9, 2026. You can submit (either hybrid or in-person) here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Deadline for Open Panels closes soon! #STS
Applications open for Ischia Summer School!
Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
ischiasummerschool.org
Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
ischiasummerschool.org
About the school - Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences
Ischia 2013 Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences: About the summer school.
ischiasummerschool.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Applications open for Ischia Summer School!
Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
ischiasummerschool.org
Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
ischiasummerschool.org
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Nice 5-year STS/anthropology post at the ANU working with excellent people on an important project. The institution's had problems but seems to be overcoming them. I like Canberra as a city, too
#STS @aussts.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social
#STS @aussts.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Ethnography and Sociology of the Artificial Cryosphere - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: ANU Academic Level BSalary package: $118,632 - $134,507 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerms: Full-time, Continuing (contingent funded)
This position is continuing (contingent funded...
jobs.anu.edu.au
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Nice 5-year STS/anthropology post at the ANU working with excellent people on an important project. The institution's had problems but seems to be overcoming them. I like Canberra as a city, too
#STS @aussts.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social
#STS @aussts.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social
Applications due December 10!
Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS
www.sthvschool.org
www.sthvschool.org
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
www.sthvschool.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Applications due December 10!
Join me in Cambridge for the CRASSH Symposium on Science Diplomacy — a chance to think with scholars across STS, HPS, sociology, IR & socio-legal studies. #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @joyzhang.bsky.social @samhistsci.bsky.social @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48677...
Science diplomacy in a time of fractured institutions - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Join me in Cambridge for the CRASSH Symposium on Science Diplomacy — a chance to think with scholars across STS, HPS, sociology, IR & socio-legal studies. #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @joyzhang.bsky.social @samhistsci.bsky.social @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48677...
Looking forward to my time at CRASSH -- eager to exchange ideas and to meet new colleagues!
Dr Federica Paddeu (Cambridge)
Dr Ayesha Siddiqi (Cambridge)
Prof @sonjavw.bsky.social (Sydney)
Prof Soile Ylivuori (Helsinki)
Read a brief introduction to fellows joining us this term on our blog. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/whos-he...
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Dr Ayesha Siddiqi (Cambridge)
Prof @sonjavw.bsky.social (Sydney)
Prof Soile Ylivuori (Helsinki)
Read a brief introduction to fellows joining us this term on our blog. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/whos-he...
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Who’s Here? Introducing CRASSH Fellows in Michaelmas Term 2025 - CRASSH
A brief introduction to new fellows joining CRASSH this term.
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Looking forward to my time at CRASSH -- eager to exchange ideas and to meet new colleagues!
Check out this exciting event (in-person & online) celebrating the work of Professor Catherine Waldby. Hope to see some of you there! #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Check out this exciting event (in-person & online) celebrating the work of Professor Catherine Waldby. Hope to see some of you there! #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
Petition to ANU Council
In support of our petition, we observe that:
• ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...
www.megaphone.org.au
August 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
jobs.univie.ac.at
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS
www.sthvschool.org
www.sthvschool.org
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
www.sthvschool.org
August 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS
www.sthvschool.org
www.sthvschool.org
so cool ...
Delighted to learn that Dr Thao Phan is awarded the 2025 Max Crawford medal, Australia's major prize for early-career humanities researchers! Pleasantly surprised it went to an STS scholar for the first time too. Such good news!
@thaophan.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #STS
@thaophan.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #STS
Dr Thao Phan wins 2025 Max Crawford Medal
Dr Thao Phan has won the 2025 Max Crawford medal for her work investigating dynamics of race and gender in algorithmic culture.
humanities.org.au
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
so cool ...
3-year research fellowship at Edinburgh! A great opportunity for folks working at the intersection of medical sociology, STS and socio-legal studies. International applicants are welcome! #STS
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellow. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
3-year research fellowship at Edinburgh! A great opportunity for folks working at the intersection of medical sociology, STS and socio-legal studies. International applicants are welcome! #STS
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...