Published On: Apr 25 2026
Deadline: May 15, 2026
Chulalongkorn University’s Social Research Institute is pleased to host the international conference “STS for Resilient Futures 2026: Science, Technology, and Society in the Era of Climate and Digital Transition” on July 23–24, 2026, at the Mandarin Hotel in Bangkok. The conference is designed as a global academic platform to advance interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together insights from science, technology, and the social sciences to inform evidence-based policymaking and social development.
Published On: Apr 25 2026
Deadline: Jun 21, 2026
Big AI’s demands for this world are becoming clearer. This special issue questions the imbrication of AI and digital sovereignty at work in new articulations of technological nationalism. We aim to produce a diverse and balanced edition that includes researchers from Latin America. We encourage submissions in Spanish and Portuguese, as well as in English, for this special edition.
Published On: Apr 25 2026
Deadline: May 15, 2026
We invite feminist STS interventions into planetary environmental futures through critical engagement and creative speculation with the figure of the island. Refusing to take islands as preexisting geographic facts or naturalized technoscientific constructions, this special section instigates conversations about the powerful processes and practices that bring islands into being.
Published On: Mar 31 2026
Deadline: Apr 20, 2026
DIY Methods is an unconventional conference about unconventional approaches to research methods in the social sciences and humanities. It takes place through the mail, via print zines made by researchers around the world, exploring new ways to conduct and communicate their work. We welcome pitches for zines researchers have already made, or would like to make, along these themes. Pitches should describe both the form and content of the zine, and how these considerations relate to one another and the conference’s focus on unconventional research methods.
Published On: Mar 31 2026
Deadline: May 10, 2026
The proposed conference (9–10 July 2026, Paris) will constitute the first event entirely devoted to French-Polish scientific cooperation in linguistics. It will provide an opportunity to present a wide range of collaborative projects, showcase results from mixed research teams, exchange views on current issues and trends, strengthen existing ties, and foster the emergence of new forms of collaboration.
Published On: Mar 31 2026
Deadline: Dec 31, 2026
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has intensified debates over digital sovereignty worldwide. As AI systems increasingly shape economic activities, political discourse, and social interactions, the ability to develop indigenous AI capabilities and control digital infrastructure becomes essential to national autonomy. This Theme Collection examines how different nations experience and respond to these challenges.
Published On: Feb 27 2026
Deadline: May 1, 2026
This Call for Papers welcomes submissions for a series on ‘Biomimicry & the Nature of Technoscience’. 4S Backchannels seeks contributions from established and emerging scholars engaging broadly with biomimicry, biotechnology, biovalue, biocapital, bioprospecting, and the biopolitics that emerge throughout. Submissions should include original reflections and research contributions, and may attend to historical, contemporary, or speculative domains.
Published On: Feb 5 2026
Deadline: May 1, 2026
Over the last several decades, digital platforms have increasingly pervaded almost every sphere of our lives. Consequently, Trust & Safety has become indispensable. Though largely behind-the-scenes, T&S teams are charged with enhancing the brand perceptions and protecting the user bases of large platforms and startups alike. But what do we really know about the history of trust and safety? We propose a special issue of Internet Histories dedicated to topics directly related to historicizing all aspects of trust and safety: the ecosystem, field, domain, practice, protocols and tools, an...
Published On: Feb 5 2026
Deadline: Mar 15, 2026
2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Strong Programme in the sociology of scientific knowledge (SP) assuming its start 1976 with “Knowledge and Social Imagery” by David Bloor. It became a prominent 20th century trend-setter in Science Studies. In this issue, we want to present contemporary interpretations and criticism of the SP, evaluations of their relevance for epistemology and philosophy of science and technology, their inspirations for historical and sociological approaches to science.
Published On: Jan 28 2026
Deadline: Mar 1, 2026
The Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages invites proposals for its second annual international conference, Global Futures of Higher Education: Autonomy in the Crosshairs, to be held May 7–9, 2026, at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. This conference examines the future of higher education in an increasingly authoritarian global environment marked by democratic backsliding, political polarization, and intensifying state efforts to control knowledge production. A central concern of this convening is systemic autonomy in higher education.