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Published On: May 20 2023
The Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine (BSSM) seeks candidates for a Full Time, Tenure-Track Faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor Rank. The applicant should have either a PhD in the social or behavioral sciences or public health, MD, or comparable degree.
Published On: May 20 2023
Deadline: Jun 20, 2023
Applications are invited to the USF’s International Fellowships for urban scholars from the Global South. Each award will cover the cost of a sabbatical period at a university of the candidate’s choice, worldwide, for the purpose of writing-up the candidate’s existing research findings in the form of publishable articles and/or a book.
Published On: May 20 2023
Deadline: Jun 5, 2023
At NTNU, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, we have two fully funded 3-year vacancies as PhD candidates within Science and Technology studies. Both positions focus on aspects related to energy and sustainability transitions and could also be of interest to scholars with other relevant backgrounds in the social sciences and humanities. Both projects are funded as part of the Norwegian centre for energy transition strategies.
Published On: May 20 2023
Deadline: Jul 18, 2023
This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the autonomous agents and the robotics communities, since combining knowledge from these two research areas may lead to innovative approaches that solve complex problems related to the verification and validation of autonomous robotic systems.
Published On: May 20 2023
For most of the half-century between the 1920s and 1970s, young “seed” oysters collected in Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture were exported in huge quantities each winter and spring. Their primary destination was North America’s Washington State, where the tiny shellfish were grown, canned, sold, and eaten across the United States. In Washington, white growers rebranded magaki as Pacific oysters. These largely overlooked transpacific movements of “Pacific” oysters had profound consequences in Miyagi, Washington, and beyond. Focusing on the Miyagi-Washington seed oys...
Published On: May 20 2023
Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
The Barcelona Science and Technology Diplomacy Summer School will take place on its 5th consecutive edition in Barcelona from July 3rd to July 7th, jointly organized by SciTech DiploHub and IBEI.
Published On: May 18 2023
Deadline: May 23, 2023
This conference aims to discuss the interplay and adaptation strategies in, and between, the realms of religion and technology in an age of tremendous transformations. Among the transformations, we particularly wish to emphasize the rapid developments with regard to the digital world and the climate, and the considerable global changes and challenges they have produced.
Published On: May 18 2023
Deadline: May 24, 2023
With keynotes by Sylvy Jaglin (Université Gustave Eiffel) and Rashmi Sadana (George Mason University)
Published On: May 18 2023
Deadline: May 30, 2023
The Annual California STS Summer Retreat is back and we want you to join us! This is an amazing way to meet other STS grads and faculty from across California, share ideas and walks and tips about publishing and otherwise making STS part of your life.
Published On: May 18 2023
Deadline: May 26, 2023
Requirements: A master's degree in human-computer interaction, science and technology studies, human geography, anthropology, media studies, or related areas relevant to the PhD