CfP | Global Futures of Higher Education: Autonomy in the Crosshairs

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.

The University of Virginia | Seeking Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering and Society

Published On: Jan 28 2026

Deadline: Feb 16, 2026

The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) invites applications for the position of Chair of the Department of Engineering and Society. This department is home to 19 full-time faculty who lead nationally-recognized research in the fields of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and Engineering Ethics. We seek a collaborative, visionary leader who will play a critical role in strategic planning to elevate and expand the department’s interdisciplinary research and teaching activities.

Lafayette College | Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering Studies (Engineering & Society)

Published On: Jan 27 2026

Deadline: Feb 26, 2026

Lafayette College is seeking an exceptional teacher/scholar with expertise in Engineering and Society for a full-time, visiting position for the 2026-2027 academic year in the Engineering Studies Program. The candidate's teaching, scholarly interests, and experience in Engineering and Society will contribute to a program with current faculty expertise in sustainable technologies, STS, engineering policy, gender studies, and engineering economics and management.

University of Toronto | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Indigenous Environmental Justice/Indigenous Science and Technology Studies

Published On: Jan 27 2026

Deadline: Feb 2, 2026

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of Indigenous Environmental Justice and/or Indigenous Science and Technology Studies. Fellows will work with researchers based at the University of Toronto’s Technoscience Research Unit, an Indigenous-led hub for science, technology, and environmental studies research focused on justice, and the School of Environment.

University of Toronto | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Weaponization, Justice, and Self Driving Labs

Published On: Jan 27 2026

Deadline: Feb 2, 2026

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of Weaponization, Justice, and Self-Driving Labs. This postdoctoral fellowship will be located at the Technoscience Research Unit’s (TRU) Indigenous Science and Ethical Substance Lab (ISES). Fellows will work with researchers based at the University of Toronto’s Technoscience Research Unit, an exciting Indigenous-led hub for science, technology, and environmental studies research focused on justice, and the School of Environment.

Engaging Science, Technology, and Society | Editorial Assistant (web support, part-time); Copyeditors (hourly)

Published On: Jan 26 2026

Deadline: Feb 27, 2026

Engaging Science, Technology, and Society is hiring a part-time (hourly) web-support editorial assistant to assist the editorial team with technical elements of the journal’s operations. We are also seeking several copyeditors to prepare manuscripts as needed on an hourly basis. Feel free to contact Erika Szymanski (Erika.szymanski@colostate.edu) or Greg Hollin (G.hollin@sheffield.ac.uk) with questions. And please help us share these positions with anyone who might be interested! The deadline to apply for both positions is 27 Feb, though we’ll consider applications for the copyedi...

CfP | ELSI Congress (June 22–24, 2026, Chapel Hill, NC)

Published On: Jan 26 2026

Deadline: Feb 16, 2026

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. For over three decades, the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program has advanced scholarship on the ELSI of genetics and genomics. The ELSI Congress brings together scholars who are dedicated to understanding and shaping the impact of genomic science on society, and to share research, exchange ideas, and influence the future of the field. We welcome submissions from all disciplines and methodologi...

University of California, Berkeley | Lecturer Pool Applications

Published On: Jan 26 2026

The Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach courses should an opening arise.The Department of History is generating an applicant pool of qualified instructors to teach courses in all areas of History (Africa, Ancient Greece & Rome, Byzantine, Early Modern Europe, East Asia, North America, Jewish, Late Modern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Soviet Union, Medieval Europe, Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and other various needs), pending openings. Currently identified opening...

CfP | Authority & Health-Science-Knowledge

Published On: Jan 26 2026

Deadline: Feb 1, 2026

The Sexual Health Exploration Project is excited to share that with support from the Humanities Research Center and the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, a virtual symposium on Authority & Health-Science-Knowledge will take place April 17–19, 2026. If you and/or your colleagues, students, and community connections are doing work in any areas of health, science, and knowledge production, we encourage you to view the full call for proposals on our website. We are open for submissions now and our initial deadline is February 1...

CfP | AI Cold War and AI Nationalism

Published On: Jan 26 2026

Deadline: Feb 28, 2026

How does geopolitical authority in AI get performed through signals, imaginaries, and staged infrastructures rather than enforceable control? This experimental roundtable invites scholars and practitioners to co-design and deliberate with AI agents that represent geopolitical actors or political imaginaries. As part of the EASST2026 Krakow conference, we welcome 300–500 word proposals engaging AI sovereignty, signaling, deterrence, and political futures through STS, IR, political theory, or performance studies.