4S -- Technoscience, December 2021

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Technoscience Update, newsletter of the Society for Social Studies of Science

December, 2021

Contents

4S News

Backchannels

STS Announcements

STS Events

Calls for Papers and Proposals

Positions, Permanent / Temporary

Fellowships and PostDocs

4S News

Presidential Message, November 2021

Dear 4Sers,

It has been a busy end to the year for 4S governance. Council has appointed Vivian Choi as Secretary for a 3-year term and Aneesh Aneesh as Treasurer for a 2-year term. Both are incoming council members and we thank them in advance for their critical contributions to our Society. It is anticipated that the next Treasurer will be elected in 2023 and the next Secretary will be elected in 2024, subject to approval of changes to the 4S Charter by Council, the next 4S Business Meeting and the 4S membership. In another milestone for 4S, we have a new logo. Thanks to Ana Viseu who managed this process, see below.

In other big news, 4S has appointed its first Managing Director. A Selection Panel consisting of Wiebe Bijker, Alan Irwin, Emma Kowal, Knut H. Sørensen, Hebe Vessuri, Vivian Choi and Aneesh Aneesh appointed Amanda Windle, a digital STS design researcher with 16 years of research and teaching experience. Amanda is known to many in 4S for her past and current work as editor for Backchannels, Managing Editor of Engaging Science and Technology Studies (ESTS), and 4S Council member. She has also written for New Statesman Tech and was assistant to the editors-in-chief and curator at Interactions magazine, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). Her experience with non-profits includes her recent role as Chair of the Simon Community London, a charity for the homeless and rootless. Windle is also a pluralist training psychotherapist with an interest in the phenomenology of group relations, boundary objects and reparative spaces. Her PhD was entitled Territorial Violence and Design, 1950–2010: A Human-Computer Study of Personal Space and Chatbot Interaction, and she wrote the book A Companion of Feminisms for Digital Design and Spherology.

There are also people to welcome to the 4S journal Science, Technology and Human Values. After an incredible 10 years of service, Ed Hackett will be stepping down at the end of his term in mid-2022 and a new Editorial Collective stepping up, as Chris Kelty announces below. Managing Editor Katie Vann will also step down. Thanks to Ed and Katie for their outstanding service to ST&HV, 4S, and the wider STS community.

You would have received a link for the Virtual Toronto meeting survey. If you attended the meeting, please complete the survey and help us plan for future 4S meetings that best meet your needs.

A reminder that our call for Open Panels for the Cholula meeting (Dec 7-10th) is open until January 17th. We are currently planning for an in-person meeting but, in the age of COVID, nothing can be certain. We encourage you to submit an open panel abstract even if you are not sure about your ability to travel to Mexico in December.

Sad news

The 4S community has recently lost two people that were important to many of us. On Thursday, December 16th, Trevor Pinch died of bowel cancer after some years of treatment. Suman Seth from Cornell STS wrote in an email: It is with a very heavy heart that I write to tell you that Professor Trevor Pinch passed away peacefully this morning, surrounded by family, friends, and caregivers. He had been in touch with many friends in the days leading up to his death. I have not yet heard anything about a funeral or memorial service. Trevor was one of the brightest lights in STS, a field he helped to create. And he was at the center of our department for all the years I’ve been here. He was also one of the warmest, most generous scholars I know. I don’t know what we will do without him.

You may know that Trevor was a past President of 4S and a recipient of the Bernal Prize. We expect to have more news about Trevor next month.

Past President Joan Fujimura’s husband Kjell Doksum died of bowel cancer on November 20, 2021 at the age of 81. This brief extract of an obituary by Kjell’s former student Vijay Nair provides a small glimpse of Kjell (the longer version can be read here): He was Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Scientist at the Statistics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kjell was born in Sandefjord, Norway, and grew up in Oslo. Kjell was a brilliant and celebrated mathematical statistician whose worked focused on nonparametric statistics. Yet he was unassuming, so much so that most people who were not statisticians did not know the extent of his influence over the world of statistics. Kjell was a kind, gentle, and soft-spoken person. He always had a sweet smile on his face, a great sense of humor, and time for everyone. He rarely talked about himself, except to Joan who used her ethnographic interviewing skills to get him to talk about his childhood and his views on all things political. Kjell was fierce advocate for social justice. He had developed an integrity and a moral strength that carried him through many adversities, beginning with his mother’s early death and the Nazi occupation of Oslo during his early childhood. Kjell leaves behind a loving family: wife Joan, daughters Teresa and Kathryn, grandchildren Matthew, Kevin, Emma, and Calvin, nephews and cousins in Norway, sister-in-law in Denmark, and Joan’s mother, brothers, their families, and cousins in Hawaii who all adopted Kjell as one of their own. He is dearly missed by all of them as well as his many friends and former students.

On behalf of 4S Council and the whole 4S and STS communities, I extend my deepest sympathies to Joan and her family, and to Trevor’s family and friends, and hope they all have the support they need at this tragic time.

Emma Kowal, 4S President

New ST&HV Editorial collective

Science, Technology and Human Values will have a new editorial collective beginning in July 2022. They are Timothy Neale (Deakin), Courtney Addison (Victoria University), Kari Lancaster (UNSW), and Matthew Kearnes (UNSW). These four accomplished STS scholars will together launch this next iteration of the flagship journal, and have promised to foster critical engagement, extend the horizons of the field and revise processes to ensure the journal is a truly connective force in the global STS community. They will be joined in these efforts by the new managing editor Carolina Caliaba Crespo. The collective takes over from the well-established and exemplary leadership of the current editor, Ed Hackett, and the outstandingly committed managing editor, Katie Vann. Both will be moving on to new opportunities, and will leave a well-run, high impact journal in the hands of the new collective. The search committee consisted of Christopher Kelty (UCLA) as Chair, Chihyung Jeon (KAIST), Vivette García Deister (UNAM), Anthony Hatch (Wesleyan), and Nerea Calvillo (Warwick).  In addition to the proposals for new editors, the committee also explored a range  of ideas for the process of choosing editors and the future of the journal – conversations that will continue to be discussed at the 4S.  Good luck to the new editors and to the future of the journal.

Christopher Kelty, Chair, ST&HV Editor/Managing Editor Search Committee and Acting Chair, Publications Committee

New 4S LOGO

As an academic society, 4s is deeply committed to student training. We are thus very proud to announce that our new logo is the product a collaboration with IADE-Universidade Europeia (Lisbon, Portugal). IADE’s Global Design students were given the task of rethinking our image. They conducted research and presented Council with a number of proposals. The best three proposals moved forward and were each provided with a financial prize. Our final choice was the logo produced by Inês Romão ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ines-romao). Inês’ project works off the ‘S’ that has long defined our identity but gives it a much-needed contemporary edge. We congratulate her and hope you enjoy our new logo!  

Ana Viseu, former Council member

 

***New in Backchannels***

Science Diplomacy and STS in the Global South: An interview with Dr. Matthew Adamson

Joseph Satish Vedanayagam

Dec 13, 2021 | Reflections

In this post, Joseph Satish interviews Prof. Matthew Adamson on the work of DHST Commission for Science, Technology, and Diplomacy, the Commission's ongoing and future engagements with science diplomacy in the global South, and synergies between STS and historical analyses of science diplomacy.

Climate engineering: An examination of the skies through the lens of art, and culture

Tina Sikka

Nov 29, 2021 | Reflections

This post by Tina Sikka examines solar climate engineering through the lens of art, culture, and history and assesses the possible impact of these technologies on cultural expression and our embodied, relational selves..

Towards “Sinicization” of STS in China: An interview with Professor Chen Fan

Xu Xu

Nov 22, 2021 | Reflections

In this post, Xu Xu interviews Prof. Chen Fan from the Northeastern University (NEU), China about the development of STS and its particular form in China, which is referred to as "Sinicization" of STS. The text of the original interview in Chinese follows with the English translation after.

***STS Announcements***

New Book: The Political Ecology of Austerity; Crisis, Social Movements, and the Environment

 

The Political Ecology of Austerity: Crisis, Social Movements, and the Environment, published by Routledge and released on 11 November 2021. The book, which mobilizes detailed case studies from across the world, documents the ways in which austerity impacts global and local ecologies, shapes environmental conflicts and gives rise to new forms and practices...

New Book by Brice Laurent — European Objects: The Troubled Dreams of Harmonization

 

Interventions based on objects, Brice Laurent claims, have become a dominant path for European policy-making. In European Objects, Laurent analyzes the political consequences of these interventions and their democratization. He uses the term “European objects” to describe technical entities that are regulated—and thereby transformed—by European policies. To uncover the bureaucratic and regulatory...

New Book by Andrew Lakoff — The Government of Emergency

 

From pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cyberattacks, today we face an increasing array of catastrophic threats. It is striking that, despite the diversity of these threats, experts and officials approach them in common terms: as future events that threaten to disrupt the vital, vulnerable systems...

Bioeconomy Distinguished Lecture Series

 

Equity, Behavior, and Ethics in he Advancing U.S. Bioeconomy Presented by NSF’s Bioeconomy Coordinating Committee and NSF Directorates, this distinguished lecture series will bring in individual speakers and panels representing the science and technology funded by a Directorate every month.  Speakers will present on research and broader impacts in areas...

Open Science Event Fund call for proposals now open

 

The Code for Science and Society has just opened the latest Open Science Event Fund call for proposals. A core interest of the fund is to especially support new and emergent communities working on issues related to open data science (expansively defined) around the world, so your support to spread the...

New Book Announcement: Data and Society: A Critical Introduction

 

In today’s digital society, a critical understanding of data is essential for all. But knowledge about data is often split into areas of expertise, so that processes that span algorithms, servers, users and institutions are rarely discussed coherently and accessibly. Data and Society: A Critical Introduction makes the connection between...

Funding opportunity webinar: Ethical and Responsible Research program — NSF

Deadline: December 7, 2021

Join us for an informational webinar about NSF’s Ethical and Responsible Research program December 7, 2021 2:00 PM  to  December 7, 2021 3:00 PM Zoom Save the Date   December 8, 2021 1:00 PM  to  December 8, 2021 2:00 PM Zoom Save the Date   NSF’s Ethical and Responsible Research...

Surveillance Capitalism in America Edited by Josh Lauer & Kenneth Lipartito

 

Surveillance Capitalism in America offers a crucial historical perspective on the intimate relationship between surveillance and capitalism. While surveillance is often associated with governments, today the role of the private sector in the spread of everyday surveillance is the subject of growing public debate. Tech giants like Google and Facebook...

NSF Workshops

 

NSF NNA Programming December 2021 Program Manager Chat: National Science Foundation Navigating the New Arctic December 8, 20214:00-5:00pm Eastern Time Join IARPC and the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a program manager chat focused on the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program. NNA program officers will provide an overview of...

Nov. 29 webinar: Understanding the effectiveness of public health guidance through social science research

 

The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Social Science Research Council are holding an informational webinar about advancing scientific understanding of public health guidance and its impacts on individuals and communities. The event will be held on Monday, November 29 from noon – 1 p.m. Eastern time. The COVID-19 pandemic...

New Book Announcement: Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject: A Posthuman Approach. Cambridge, Open Book Publishers.

 

PDF freely downloadable at: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/1405 What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software...

Complete list of STS Announcements.

***STS Event Calls***

Dialogues in Data Power, 4th International Data Power Conference, June 22nd – June 24th 2022

Deadline: January 15, 2022

Dialogues in Data Power, 4th International Data Power Conference, June 22nd – June 24th 2022 Online and in person in three locations: the University of Sheffield, Carleton University and the University of Bremen A three-day in person and online international conference organized by Data Power teams at The University of Sheffield...

Workshop Call: Re-Configuring HRI

 

– Workshop will be held online, 03.11.2022, 12.00–18.00 CET / 6.00am-12pm ET (tbc) – We invite position papers from 2 to 4 pages length in IEEE template – Deadline for position papers: 01.23.2022 00:00 AoE to andreas...@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de – Notification of Acceptance: 01.30.2022 (~last day for Early Bird Registration for HRI2022)...

Cfp Relating Risks, 6th Vienna Ethnography Lab

Deadline: March 15, 2022

The Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Department of Science and Technology Studies of the University of Vienna invite applications for: Relating Risks. 6th Vienna Ethnography Lab, September 28-30, 2022 In societies deeply permeated by uncertainties, risk has long become a buzzword. Old and novel risks seem to...

STPP 2022 Midwinter Meeting Proposal Submission

Deadline: December 1, 2021

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ROUNDTABLES Roundtables are hour-long dialogues, shaped and facilitated by submitting presenters. We encourage roundtables broadly related to the theme of epistemic access, but also welcome other dialogues of importance to theoretical and philosophical psychology. All submitted proposals should provide an opportunity for dialogue between presenters and audience...

Complete list of STS Events.

***Publishing and Proposal Calls ***

Special Issue Tecnoscienza

Deadline: February 11, 2022

Cultural Machines: Unlocking the power of digital methods and computational techniques for understanding socio-cultural processes in digital environments Guest Editors: Davide Bennato, Università degli Studi di Catania (Italy) Alessandro Caliandro, Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy) Deadline for full paper submissions: February 11th, 2022. Since the advent of big data,...

Tapuya CFP — Interaction turns in knowledge production: Actors, Problems and Methodologies

Deadline: March 1, 2022

Knowledge production in interaction among different actors –be it specific contributions, sustained collaborations or co-productions- is becoming an integral part of academic practices. This trend is reflected in a prolific literature within STS studies (Sutz et al, 2019; Vessuri, Burgos, Bocco, 2012; Bunders, et. al., 2010; Regeer, 2009; Hessels and...

Complete list of Publishing Calls.

***Positions, Permanent/Temporary***

Tenure-track Job Announcement: Assistant Professor in Digital Media/Interaction Design

Deadline: January 15, 2022

Job Title: Assistant Professor in Digital Media/Interaction Design Location: Atlanta, Georgia Regular/Temporary: Regular Full/Part Time: Full-Time The School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applicants to fill a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Digital Media with an emphasis on Interaction...

Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona

Deadline: February 11, 2022

Arizona State University seeks a skilled and visionary administrator and scholar to serve as the Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS), heading up a transdisciplinary unit at the vanguard of ASU’s commitment to link innovation with public value. The new Director will lead the...

iSchool at UMD Faculty Position: Open Rank Lecturer Data Visualization

 

The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD’s iSchool), invites applications for a full-time lecturer who is highly competent, energetic, collegial, and flexible to join our exciting environment. As a lecturer in the iSchool, you will work closely with undergraduate and graduate students by teaching...

Assistant Professor exploring technological change in its broader context

Deadline: January 31, 2022

At Chalmers University of Technology, our inspiring, world class research environments tackle pressing scientific and societal challenges. Through our strong collaborative tradition of combining expertise from different disciplines, we are especially equipped to contribute to complex needs of our society and a sustainable future. We seek creative individuals to join...

Faculty Positions in AI Policy and Infrastructure Policy (KAIST, South Korea)

Deadline: January 4, 2022

Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology The Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy (STP) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is seeking to hire tenure-track faculty members (open rank) in two research clusters: AI Policy and Infrastructure Policy (see details below)....

Part-Time Instructor, Ethics and Technology — NYU

 

The Department of Technology, Culture, and Society at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering invites applications for part-time, non-tenured instructors, with a start date of January 24, 2022. Location: Brooklyn, New York Open Date: Nov 23, 2021 Qualifications We invite applicants to teach one or more undergraduate courses. In particular, we presently seek...

Research Professorship, Experimental Design and Media Cultures (80-100%) — IXDM in Basel, Switzerland

 

The teaching and research activities of the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM) at the Academy of Art and Design in Basel focus on developing and teaching a norm-critical, experimental and post-disciplinary design practice. The advertised professorship is oriented towards the research foci of the IXDM labs HyperWerk...

Open rank position in science policy York University (Toronto)

Deadline: December 15, 2021

The Department of Science and Technology Studies in the Faculty of Science, York University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for an Ontario Research Chair (tenure track or tenured) in Science Policy at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, to commence July 1, 2022. The position is a member...

Adjunct Instructor in Engineering Ethics New Jersey Institute of Technology

 

Department: Humanities & Social Sciences Reports To: Chair- Maurie Cohen Position Type: Faculty Position Summary: Instructor for introductory (undergraduate) course in engineering ethics. Essential Functions: Develop and deliver lectures, organize in-class activities relevant to course material, prepare and grade assignments and exams to assess student achievement. Learn to use Canvas,...

Social Scientist (Program Director) — NSF

Deadline: December 1, 2021

The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for Social Scientist (Program Director) positions for the Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) within the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), Alexandria, VA. Duties   The SES Division welcomes applications from experts who can help shape, invigorate, and...

Assistant Professor of XR Technologies – ASU at Mesa City Center

Deadline: January 3, 2022

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University The School of Arts, Media and Engineering of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University seek a dynamic thinker and creator for...

Assistant Professor of AI and Intelligent Systems – ASU at Mesa City Center

Deadline: January 3, 2022

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts/Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University The School of Arts, Media and Engineering (AME) of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI) of the Ira A Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona...

Associate Professor, Visualizing Futures/Worldbuilding – ASU at Mesa City Center

Deadline: January 3, 2022

College of Global Futures and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University The School of Arts, Media and Engineering (AME) and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) at Arizona State University seek a diverse pool of dynamic thinkers and creators for a...

Open TBD, Immersive/Entertainment Design – ASU at Mesa City Center

Deadline: January 3, 2022

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University The Design School and the School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seek a dynamic and collaborative creator and designer of immersive experiences, entertainment, and/or themed environments for a full-time, jointly-appointed, open/TBD rank position as part...

Complete list of STS Positions.

 

***Fellowships and PostDocs***

3 Jobs: Interdisciplinary Research Fellow in Biomedicine, Self and Society, Edinburgh

 

the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/biomedicine-self-society), University of Edinburgh, is looking to employ three interdisciplinary researchers to undertake a two-year research project and to contribute to the Centre’s scholarly and engagement activities. The post-holders will develop an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with two of the Centre’s Chancellor’s...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate Data Analytics

Deadline: January 10, 2022

Professor Steve Easterbrook’s research group in the Department of Computer Science and School of the Environment at the University of Toronto is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work with us on a new funded project, Data Analytics for Canadian Climate Services (DACCS). The DACCS project is building a cloud-based...

Fully-funded Wellcome Trust PhD opportunities in STS/medsoc/bioethics as related to ‘one health animal models of disease’

 

The Wellcome Trust 4yr PhD Programme in ‘One Health Models of Disease: Science, Ethics and Society’ – based at the University of Edinburgh and co-directed by Ross Fitzgerald (Roslin Institute) and I – is currently recruiting students for autumn 2022 entry. The interdisciplinary training the programme provides makes it very...

Two funded PhD positions — Virginia Tech Sociology

Deadline: December 15, 2021

The Department of Sociology at Virginia Tech is recruiting 2 PhD students in  for Fall 2022 or earlier. Successful applicants will join a large interdisciplinary and multi-institution team through a NSF-funded research project on responsible innovation and governance of big data and artificial intelligence in food and agricultural systems. Graduate...

PhD Position in STS on AI & Society — Technical University of Munich

Deadline: January 7, 2022

The Professorship of Science & Technology Policy (Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller), based at the Department for Science, Technology & Society at the Technical University of Munich, announces one open position for a doctoral researcher in Science & Technology Studies (STS) (TV-L E13, 65%, 3 years). For more information, please see the description...

Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Aachen (Germany): Cultures of Research

Deadline: December 31, 2021

10 Junior (postdoc) / Senior Fellowships starting in October 2022 for up to 12 months Open call for applications The Käte Hamburger Kolleg Aachen Cultures of Research (c:o/re) has openings for a total of 10 international fellows for the academic year 2022/2023, starting in October 2022. Eligible applicants are expected...

Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence through Diversity — University of Pennsylvania

Deadline: January 14, 2022

The University of Pennsylvania is pleased to invite applications for the 2022-23 Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence through Diversity. These awards are designed to provide mentorship and access to Penn’s resources for doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences, enrolled in graduate or professional programs at universities other than Penn, as...

Postdoctoral fellowships — Ford Foundation — National Academies

Deadline: December 9, 2021

This competition year the program will award approximately 24 postdoctoral fellowships. The postdoctoral fellowships provide one year of support for individuals engaged in postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by...

Dissertation fellowships — Ford Foundation — National Academies

Deadline: December 9, 2021

This competition year the program will award approximately 36 dissertation fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. The Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship is intended to support the final...

Predoctoral fellowships — Ford Foundation — National Academies

Deadline: December 16, 2021

This competition year the program will award approximately 75 predoctoral fellowships. These fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. Predoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences,...

3-year postdoc vacancy in Ethics & Epistemology of Risk – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Deadline: November 30, 2021

The prospective researcher will study philosophical aspects of energy transitions with a focus on risk. We understand energy transitions broadly to include (sustainable) changes in different sectors such as electricity, heating/cooling, and mobility. The prospective candidate’s research may focus on (although it is not restricted to) one or more of...

Research data and methods for digitaliziation research — CAIS

Deadline: December 17, 2021

The Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) is in the process of becoming a central institute for interdisciplinary digitization research. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural effects of the digital transformation and contributes scientific findings to current public debates. Research at CAIS addresses the opportunities and challenges of...

Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program

Deadline: January 15, 2022

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is inviting applications from qualified and highly motivated students for a Summer Research Visit in the Lab of Digital and Computational Demography. The goal of the Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program is to enable discovery by bringing together data...

Complete list of STS Fellowships & Postdocs.

 

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