Society for Social Studies of Science, 4S
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Please join us today at 4S—
08:30 – 10:20 Threaded Keynote: Bordering
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
and
10:40 – 12:30 Roundtable for Sandra Harding
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
Please join us today at 4S—
08:30 – 10:20 Threaded Keynote: Bordering
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
and
10:40 – 12:30 Roundtable for Sandra Harding
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@4sweb.bsky.social
Please join us today at 4S—
08:30 – 10:20 Threaded Keynote: Bordering
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
and
10:40 – 12:30 Roundtable for Sandra Harding
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
Please join us today at 4S—
08:30 – 10:20 Threaded Keynote: Bordering
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
and
10:40 – 12:30 Roundtable for Sandra Harding
Summit (Convention Center)
Rooms 327-329
@4sweb.bsky.social
THREADED 📣KEYNOTE📣 PANEL
SUMMIT, 3rd floor Room 327-9
10.40-12.30 with:
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
THREADED 📣KEYNOTE📣 PANEL
SUMMIT, 3rd floor Room 327-9
10.40-12.30 with:
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
September 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
@4sweb.bsky.social
THREADED 📣KEYNOTE📣 PANEL
SUMMIT, 3rd floor Room 327-9
10.40-12.30 with:
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
THREADED 📣KEYNOTE📣 PANEL
SUMMIT, 3rd floor Room 327-9
10.40-12.30 with:
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
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The rumours are true, we are indeed putting on another Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School! 22-25 June 2026 in Seoul, Korea - hosted by Seoul National University + KAIST, w/ support from the Korean Association of STS (KASTS) + AusSTS. See www.sthvschool.org Applications close 10 Dec 2025
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
www.sthvschool.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The rumours are true, we are indeed putting on another Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School! 22-25 June 2026 in Seoul, Korea - hosted by Seoul National University + KAIST, w/ support from the Korean Association of STS (KASTS) + AusSTS. See www.sthvschool.org Applications close 10 Dec 2025
@4sweb.bsky.social Threaded panel keynote: POLITICAL WATER starts today 10.40-12.30, in the Summit with—
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
September 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@4sweb.bsky.social Threaded panel keynote: POLITICAL WATER starts today 10.40-12.30, in the Summit with—
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
Andrea Ballestero
Jakkrit Sanghamaneee
Nikiwe Solomon
@4sweb.bsky.social
The Presidential Plenary and Reception will start in less than 30mins in SUMMIT Convention Center, walk on Pine to 9th. Go to back of the floor level and go up to the 4th floor for plenary. Reception is on 3rd floor.
Do not get confused by other convention center called Arch.
The Presidential Plenary and Reception will start in less than 30mins in SUMMIT Convention Center, walk on Pine to 9th. Go to back of the floor level and go up to the 4th floor for plenary. Reception is on 3rd floor.
Do not get confused by other convention center called Arch.
September 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The Presidential Plenary and Reception will start in less than 30mins in SUMMIT Convention Center, walk on Pine to 9th. Go to back of the floor level and go up to the 4th floor for plenary. Reception is on 3rd floor.
Do not get confused by other convention center called Arch.
The Presidential Plenary and Reception will start in less than 30mins in SUMMIT Convention Center, walk on Pine to 9th. Go to back of the floor level and go up to the 4th floor for plenary. Reception is on 3rd floor.
Do not get confused by other convention center called Arch.
Michel Callon's foundational work in actor network theory has inspired generations of STS scholars. Callon was 4S president 1998–2000. He was awarded the Bernal Prize in 2002. We thank the Center for the Sociology of Innovation for sharing this in memorium: www.csi.minesparis.psl.eu/en/featured-...
Michel Callon (1945-2025)
www.csi.minesparis.psl.eu
August 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Michel Callon's foundational work in actor network theory has inspired generations of STS scholars. Callon was 4S president 1998–2000. He was awarded the Bernal Prize in 2002. We thank the Center for the Sociology of Innovation for sharing this in memorium: www.csi.minesparis.psl.eu/en/featured-...
⌛ 72 hours ⌛left to register to be included in the final program for the 4S Seattle 2025 conference.
Please register before Friday August 1, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time).
Register here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
Please register before Friday August 1, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time).
Register here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
⌛ 72 hours ⌛left to register to be included in the final program for the 4S Seattle 2025 conference.
Please register before Friday August 1, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time).
Register here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
Please register before Friday August 1, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time).
Register here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
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Announcing the 2025 4S Elections:
🎉 Congratulations 🎉
Grant Otsuki
Dana Powell
Martin Pérez Comisso
Sonja van Wichelen
&
6S rep Vivian Giang
Thank you for your vital service to our Society!
Thank you members for your vote! It was a very close election!
🎉 Congratulations 🎉
Grant Otsuki
Dana Powell
Martin Pérez Comisso
Sonja van Wichelen
&
6S rep Vivian Giang
Thank you for your vital service to our Society!
Thank you members for your vote! It was a very close election!
July 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Announcing the 2025 4S Elections:
🎉 Congratulations 🎉
Grant Otsuki
Dana Powell
Martin Pérez Comisso
Sonja van Wichelen
&
6S rep Vivian Giang
Thank you for your vital service to our Society!
Thank you members for your vote! It was a very close election!
🎉 Congratulations 🎉
Grant Otsuki
Dana Powell
Martin Pérez Comisso
Sonja van Wichelen
&
6S rep Vivian Giang
Thank you for your vital service to our Society!
Thank you members for your vote! It was a very close election!
We're retiring this duplicate account. You can find more official posts here: @4sweb.bsky.social See you over there! Or on LinkedIn or X.
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We're retiring this duplicate account. You can find more official posts here: @4sweb.bsky.social See you over there! Or on LinkedIn or X.
📣The Prelim program is now live in three different formats (Word, PDF and Live)! 📣
Please send corrections by July 1, and make sure to register before Aug 1 to be in the final program
www.4sonline.org/preliminary_...
Please send corrections by July 1, and make sure to register before Aug 1 to be in the final program
www.4sonline.org/preliminary_...
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May 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
📣The Prelim program is now live in three different formats (Word, PDF and Live)! 📣
Please send corrections by July 1, and make sure to register before Aug 1 to be in the final program
www.4sonline.org/preliminary_...
Please send corrections by July 1, and make sure to register before Aug 1 to be in the final program
www.4sonline.org/preliminary_...
Carson Prize winner for 2025!
Emily Yates-Doerr’s Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm
4sonline.org/2025_emily_y...
Emily Yates-Doerr’s Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm
4sonline.org/2025_emily_y...
May 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Carson Prize winner for 2025!
Emily Yates-Doerr’s Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm
4sonline.org/2025_emily_y...
Emily Yates-Doerr’s Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm
4sonline.org/2025_emily_y...
Fleck Prize winner for 2025!
Lisa Yin Han’s Deepwater Alchemy: Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Sea Floor
4sonline.org/2025_lisa_yi...
Lisa Yin Han’s Deepwater Alchemy: Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Sea Floor
4sonline.org/2025_lisa_yi...
May 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fleck Prize winner for 2025!
Lisa Yin Han’s Deepwater Alchemy: Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Sea Floor
4sonline.org/2025_lisa_yi...
Lisa Yin Han’s Deepwater Alchemy: Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Sea Floor
4sonline.org/2025_lisa_yi...
4S is scoping out the level interest in creating a mutual support network for scholars of all stages w/ HSS and SHOT for “Cultivating Community Among International Scholars in Uncertain Times.”
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
Cultivating Community Among International Scholars in Uncertain Times—4S / HSS / SHOT Mutual Support Network Survey
At the recent meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies, the presidents of the Society for Social Studies of Science, History of Science Society, and Society for History of Technology began...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
4S is scoping out the level interest in creating a mutual support network for scholars of all stages w/ HSS and SHOT for “Cultivating Community Among International Scholars in Uncertain Times.”
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
Please fill in the following survey (takes <5 mins): forms.gle/FD63QKGjXNJk...
Call for nominations!
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
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May 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Call for nominations!
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
Call for nominations!
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
4S Elections 2025SearchMobile Menu
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May 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Call for nominations!
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
Elections close for 4S and 6S Council nominations on May 19.
You can self-nominate.
Elected members would begin a 3-year term from September 2025.
To apply & find out more: www.4sonline.org/4s_elections...
Email: info[at]4sonlinedotorg
Hi, not yet, we're still preparing the preliminary program. It is a taking a little longer because this conference is across two adjacent venues, The Sheraton Grand Hotel and the Summit Convention Center! It will be out before the end of the month and as soon as next week. More soon.
Has the preliminary program been published already? Thanks!
May 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hi, not yet, we're still preparing the preliminary program. It is a taking a little longer because this conference is across two adjacent venues, The Sheraton Grand Hotel and the Summit Convention Center! It will be out before the end of the month and as soon as next week. More soon.
Less than 48h to go to register & receive an 🐥 early-bird rate for 4S Seattle 2025. 🐥 Early-bird extended to May 7.
Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
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May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Less than 48h to go to register & receive an 🐥 early-bird rate for 4S Seattle 2025. 🐥 Early-bird extended to May 7.
Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
As a 4S member you can nominate and self-nominate for upcoming 4S Council positions until May 16:
4S: forms.gle/rovFdXdRVKqV...
6S: forms.gle/Nca8jZJkGsRo...
More here: 4sonline.org/4s_elections....
4S: forms.gle/rovFdXdRVKqV...
6S: forms.gle/Nca8jZJkGsRo...
More here: 4sonline.org/4s_elections....
forms.gle
May 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
As a 4S member you can nominate and self-nominate for upcoming 4S Council positions until May 16:
4S: forms.gle/rovFdXdRVKqV...
6S: forms.gle/Nca8jZJkGsRo...
More here: 4sonline.org/4s_elections....
4S: forms.gle/rovFdXdRVKqV...
6S: forms.gle/Nca8jZJkGsRo...
More here: 4sonline.org/4s_elections....
Less than 48h to go to register & receive an 🐥 early-bird rate for 4S Seattle 2025.
🐥 Early-bird extended to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
🐥 Early-bird extended to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
Society for Social Studies of Science
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May 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Less than 48h to go to register & receive an 🐥 early-bird rate for 4S Seattle 2025.
🐥 Early-bird extended to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
🐥 Early-bird extended to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
While these offers come at a significant financial loss, 4S made the decision to offer this support. 4S exec & organizing committees & Council, are doing their best to support members, & we urge the 4S community wherever possible to support us through such hard times. 3/3
April 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
While these offers come at a significant financial loss, 4S made the decision to offer this support. 4S exec & organizing committees & Council, are doing their best to support members, & we urge the 4S community wherever possible to support us through such hard times. 3/3
4S is undertaking many steps to help and support our members during their visit to Seattle for the conference. We have given 100 registration fee waivers this year & we've offered hybridity for those who want to connect online. 2/3
April 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
4S is undertaking many steps to help and support our members during their visit to Seattle for the conference. We have given 100 registration fee waivers this year & we've offered hybridity for those who want to connect online. 2/3
One week to go to register & receive an 🐥 early-bird rate for 4S Seattle 2025.
🐥 Early-bird EXTENDED to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
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🐥 Early-bird EXTENDED to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
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Society for Social Studies of Science
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April 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
One week to go to register & receive an 🐥 early-bird rate for 4S Seattle 2025.
🐥 Early-bird EXTENDED to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
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🐥 Early-bird EXTENDED to May 7. Same rates for online + in-person.
Purchasing a membership gives you access to reduced rates, so be sure to become a member first: tinyurl.com/4nt59r4v
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These are challenging times to be organising an academic meeting. 4S meeting organisers are aware that the situation with US border enforcement is currently unpredictable, especially at land border crossings.
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April 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
These are challenging times to be organising an academic meeting. 4S meeting organisers are aware that the situation with US border enforcement is currently unpredictable, especially at land border crossings.
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The Preliminary Program will be available from May 1st, and early bird registration is open now: shorturl.at/6wR8g
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The Preliminary Program will be available from May 1st, and early bird registration is open now: shorturl.at/6wR8g
This year, the Presidential Plenary will feature Dian Million and Candis Callison in conversation on generative dis/connections betw. Indigenous Studies & STS in a way that brings to the fore Indigenous perspectives situated in the specific region of the Pacific Northwest in its richness & diversity
April 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This year, the Presidential Plenary will feature Dian Million and Candis Callison in conversation on generative dis/connections betw. Indigenous Studies & STS in a way that brings to the fore Indigenous perspectives situated in the specific region of the Pacific Northwest in its richness & diversity