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See our latest issue 1/2024 and new forthcoming articles on our homepage! sciencetechnologystudies.journal.fi/issue/view/9043

#ReeveSummit2024 panel on disaster preparedness for disabled people about to start! We have Sherman Gillums of FEMA, Mia Natalia of Ascend Prof Services, Robin Ramsey of FREE, and Sonja Schaible of Virginia DARS.

New conference at The New School (NYC) on 25/26 April 2024: 'Digital Platform Economies: Value from Data?' sponsored by ADM+S Centre & #PERN & #NewSchool || admscentre.org.au/digital-platfo…

#platforms #assetization #financialization #data #data value #metaverse #DigitalAssets #DigitalTwins

I am thrilled about this! For people who are interested in decarbonizing plastics, please come to the workshop. #decarbonization

Thinking about those pesky microplastics?Sonja Schmid Tsung-Yen Tsou 🟣 Daniel Breslau and Colin McMillan are running a plastics workshop on March 15! We’ll discuss decarbonization, feasibility, and equitability. Find more info and register here: bit.ly/3OZbTWd

The best science & tech policy program in the DC area. (Though I'm biased.) Check it out! ⬇️🌐

If you want a high-quality, flexible program, it's a strong choice. The PhD & MS are great for folks w/ prior grad work — esp. those working on AI, history of science, and tech ethics.

Reminder that the info session for our part-time MS/PhD programs is this Wednesday (2/21) at Noon EST! JOIN HERE: bit.ly/47NwIun

We are happy to announce a talk series called 'Conversations in International Studies.' The series will feature inaugural guest speaker, Dr. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson from American University. PSCI department faculty member, Dr. Paul Avey, will serve as respondent!

FRIDAY at 1:30pm EST! Matt Wisnioski and Michael Meindl take us on an adventure with ''Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get Messy!': The Magic School Bus and the Reanimation of Science Education in the 1990s'

Catch the seminar live on Youtube here bit.ly/3PLUT5w #sts

Call for applications! SSRC invites proposals from social and behavioral sciences, humanities, data sciences, and related fields for a dissertation research grant competition as part of the Data Fluencies Project. Applications due January 24, 2024. ssrc.org/programs/data-…

The annual NESTS conference is returning this April 2024. Our graduate students are excited about reviving this tradition of a graduate-run northeast regional sts conference! (a short thread 🧵)

📌Just Out!

New Article 'Towards pluriversal views of digital technologies: the experiences of community and indigenous radios in Chiapas, Mexico'

By Laura Elizabeth Manjarrez

🆓👓: doi.org/10.1080/257298…

#PluriversalTechnologies #TechnologicalAutonomy #Tapuya6 #OpenAccess

The Virginia governor's enthusiasm for small modular nuclear reactors led a Southwest Virginia planning commission to study seven proposed sites. But the study ignores geological hazards and local input.

appvoices.org/2023/11/29/smr…

Our newest blog post is written by our 2021 Movement Fellow, Himadri Das of Repair Cafe Collective India!

Read his most recent piece about the Evolving Mobile Repair Business in Ahmedabad City, India on our blog now!
themaintainers.org/blog

The proposal deadline for the Viña del Mar The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) - @ICOHTEC meeting has been extended until January 10! #histsts #histSTM

historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting…