[EASST-Eurograd] Final Reminder - Call for Abstracts || Panel on STS Interventive Futuring at 10th STS Italia Conference (Milan, 11–13 June 2025)

[Sergio Urueña via Eurograd]

Call for Abstracts

I am pleased to remind you the Call for Abstracts for the panel “Interventive Futuring within STS: Anticipatory Approaches, Methods, and Practices for Promoting 'Good' Science, Technology, and Innovation” to be held at the 10th STS Italia Conference—“Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring and Reconfiguring”—which will take place on 11–13 June 2025 at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy).

The panel invites contributions—whether theoretical, empirical, or practical—that explore, critique, or reassess the potentials and limitations of foresight and futuring methods as they are designed and mobilized to promote ‘better’ or ‘good’ science, technology, and innovation (STI). In addition to traditional paper presentations, proposals for experimental showcases aimed at testing or demonstrating futuring practices designed to enhance the governance of STI are welcomed.

Key questions for consideration include:

• Which spaces for reflexivity and critique are being opened and foreclosed by futuring designs and practices?
• How can these methods foster a more inclusive approach to STI governance?
• What are the ethical, political and epistemological challenges associated with deploying anticipatory dynamics in STI settings?
• To what extent do these practices enable or constrain the involvement of marginalized groups in the co-production of STI?
• What transformations do (or do not) futuring exercises enable or inhibit?
• How does STS position itself within the politics ‘of’ and ‘by’ anticipations through futuring interventions?

More details on the panel can be found here: Panel Description.

Submission Details:

• Submit your abstract here: Abstract Submission Portal.
• Deadline for abstract submission: 3 February 2025 (this deadline will NOT be extended).
• Notification of acceptance: 28 February 2025.

For inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me at sergio...@ehu.eus.

Looking forward to your submissions!

Kind regards,

Sergio Urueña