Published On: Sep 24 2026
Deadline: Nov 1, 2026
This Special Issue of Computational Culture addresses the underresearched topic of software libraries by inviting 500-word abstract submissions on topics that may include: following libraries as sociotechnical objects; the political economy and platformization of libraries; libraries as epistemic and normative infrastructures; and creative and critical (re)appropriation.
Published On: Sep 24 2026
Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
The Guide to Key Theories for Science and Technology Studies will bring together a broad range of theories within the STS field, concisely explained to act as a vital reference point for advanced research, and to be of use to students at all levels and their lecturers.
The volume will be published in the Edward Elgar Guide to Key Theories series, making the case for the relevance of formalising STS theories.
This Open Call for Chapter Proposals invites contributors to submit a first outline of their envisaged contribution in the form of an abstract.
Published On: May 29 2026
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
The Editorial Team of BioSocieties invites proposals for Special Issues to be published in 2027–2028. We welcome intellectually ambitious collections that advance debates at the intersections of the life sciences, biomedicine, biotechnology, and the social sciences.
Published On: Apr 25 2026
Palgrave Macmillan's ‘Science Studies Meets Science Communication’ book series offers a distinctive interdisciplinary platform to explore the evolving relationship between Science and Technology Studies (STS) and science communication as both a practice and a scholarly field. We welcome proposals for contributions in a range of formats, from single or co‐authored monographs and edited collections, to shorter and accessibly written Palgrave Pivots (25,000‐50,000 words).
Published On: Feb 20 2026
Deadline: Mar 31, 2026
We invite contributions to the edited volume Theorizing Science Studies from Central and Eastern Europe, to appear in Palgrave’s Transnationalizing Theory in Science and Technology Studies series, which is in line with the transnationalization initiatives of the Society for Social Studies of Science.
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: Nov 27 2025
Deadline: Dec 15, 2025
The Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) is looking for STS graduate students, postdocs or early career scholars from/based in the Global South (especially Africa, Middle East, Asia) who can contribute as Assistant Editors for 4S Backchannels.
The candidate will be part of the team sharing and disseminating STS news, research from/about Global South in the form of short academic writings. Besides some editorial skills, they will encourage potential authors to contribute with their works. The Assistant Editor will assist the collection, editing and publication of the writings in Ba...
Published On: Oct 18 2025
Deadline: Dec 15, 2025
Footprint, the open access Delft Architecture Theory Journal, is now welcoming abstracts on Conditions of Architecture. Footprint 40 (edited by Alina Paias and Catherine Koekoek) explores the theoretical and practical implications of situating architecture within its conditions of production. Architects are used to seeing themselves as the ones who set conditions, as the designers of spatial constraints within which certain activities will develop. Issue 40 of Footprint will explore what happens when we start to consider that architects are in turn also conditioned by social, cultural, economi...
Published On: Oct 18 2025
Deadline: Dec 31, 2025
The editors of East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (EASTS), together with guest editors Tobias Burgers and Ian Kalman, invite submissions for an upcoming special issue. We welcome manuscripts that engage with the theme of the special issue. The abstract outlining its scope is included below. Scholars with relevant work are encouraged to submit full manuscripts directly through the EASTS submission system: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/teas20
When submitting, please indicate your intention to be considered for this special issue.
Published On: Apr 8 2025
Deadline: May 15, 2025
This proposed special issue invites contributors to explore how “negative space”, whether as a theoretical heuristic or research methodology, produces new meanings, responses, and relationships. In visual arts, negative space refers to the constitutive background, or the surrounding imprint that helps to shape the foregrounded subject or object in a visual field. Inspired by this concept, this special issue brings together multidisciplinary researchers and artists who engage with the political implications of reorienting our gaze away from the so-called “positive space”...