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Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · Aug 5

10 days until the deadline on the 14th of August!

Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · Jul 1

Looking for a #postdoc in Aquatic #STS! MARBLOOM analyses algal blooms from a social scientific perspective with emphasis on the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Position for 3+ years. Deadline 14.08.25. Link to #opencall: tinyurl.com/49wn7vzh

Postdoctoral Researcher on Aquatic Science and Technology Studies and More-than-human relations

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Jul 1

One of the CSSM projects is looking for a postdoc 📣! Find more information in the link.

Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · Jul 1

Looking for a #postdoc in Aquatic #STS! MARBLOOM analyses algal blooms from a social scientific perspective with emphasis on the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Position for 3+ years. Deadline 14.08.25. Link to #opencall: tinyurl.com/49wn7vzh

Postdoctoral Researcher on Aquatic Science and Technology Studies and More-than-human relations

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Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · Jun 9

With @heymayahey.bsky.social, Aliisa Talja, Yuning Chen, Marie-Louise Wöhrle, I am organizing an art&practice session at the upcoming Nordic STS in Stockholm (11-13). The session is titled 'Protocols for Knowing Microbes Otherwise' and you can register using this link: forms.gle/3xzbm8TVFRp1...

STS in and out of the Laboratory - Artistic Contributions and Exploratory Practices

Please fill out this form to register for the Artistic and Exploratory Practices sessions. We look forward to your participation! (Step 1/3)

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢 CALL FOR ENTRIES TO A NEW LEXICON: Wording and worlding with microbes – A lexicon for the microbial social

📅 Register for descriptive entries by 23 June 2025
🔎 For more information, please visit our website: www.socialmicrobes.org/current/call...

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Wording and worlding with microbes - A lexicon for the microbial social – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

We are excited to be inviting contributions to a new lexicon in the field of social study of microbes, titled Wording and worlding with microbes. What is the aim of this lexicon? Wording and worlding ...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Feb 4

📢CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The CSSM now welcomes applications for The CSSM PhD School, held in Helsinki, 4-6 June 2025.

📅Deadline: 7 March 2025
🦠For more details, please visit our website: www.socialmicrobes.org/current/call...

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CSSM PhD School in June 2025 – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

At present, research on microbes – whether in social sciences or in life sciences and biomedicine – is undergoing dramatic changes. A boom of microbiome research since the early 2000s has shown that m...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Jan 16

📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CSSM grant for seminar exploring human-microbial relations!

📅DL: 28 February 2025
🦠For more details please visit our website:
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Grant for seminar exploring human-microbial relations – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki aims to develop theory and methods to better make sense of the complex relations between humans, nonhumans, microbes, and thei...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 3

The documentary film Walking with Fermenters - A Story of Rice Beer by Kazu Ahmed, Salla Sariola and Meri Teperi also saw its premiere and inspired a conversation on human-microbe relations in fermentation practices and ethics of ethnographic filmmaking.🎥

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 3

A warm thank you to the keynote speakers Ana Delgado and Aaron Bradshaw for sharing their latest research and engaging in fascinating discussions with us!👏

Ana Delgado presenting in front of a full small room of audience.

Aaron Bradshaw presenting in front of a room.

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 3

Researchers and artists @joseacanada.bsky.social, Faidon Papadakis, Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen, Aga Pokrywka, Tiia Sudenkaarne, Tiina Vaittinen, Riina Hannula, Salla Sariola and Oona Virtanen from the project presented their inspiring work and visions for the future of the social study of microbes.

Salla Sariola presenting in front of a screen that on which text: 'Exciting two days ahead'

Riina Hannula sitting in front of a room next to an art piece presenting research and art.

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 3

✨The outcomes of the foundational Microbial Lives project were celebrated among the CSSM members and network in a wonderful Final Symposium! A big thank you to @koneensaatio.fi for supporting our work on the ever more interesting human-microbe relations for the past six years!

People looking at an installation with photos, sound and soil, by Faidon Papadakis.

A small room full of people listening to two people discussing in the front.

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Nov 25

📢Attention all artists! OPEN CALL for the CSSM Artist-in-Residence 2025 is open until this Sunday!
We look forward to your applications!

⏰DL: 1st December 2024
🦠Check out the details on our website: www.socialmicrobes.org/current/open...

OPEN CALL for CSSM artist-in-residence in 2025 – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is pleased to announce the open call for its artist residency in Helsinki in spring/summer 2025. Artists are invited to submit proposals that aim to produce...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Nov 12

OPEN CALL for CSSM fellowships in spring 2025!

We are looking for three scholars, currently at any career stage, to join us in Helsinki for 1-3 months.
🗓️DL: 5th December 2024
🔬Check out the details on our website: www.socialmicrobes.org/current/call...

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CSSM Visiting Fellowships for Spring 2025 (April-June) – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki is looking for fellows for the Spring 2025. The next period is April to June 2025. The annual CSSM fellowship is awarded to th...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Nov 12

OPEN CALL for the CSSM Artist-in-Residence 2025!

Join us to create new ways of knowing microbes!
🗓️DL: 1st December 2024
🦠Check out the details on our website: www.socialmicrobes.org/current/open...

OPEN CALL for CSSM artist-in-residence in 2025 – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is pleased to announce the open call for its artist residency in Helsinki in spring/summer 2025. Artists are invited to submit proposals that aim to produce...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 12

CSSM PhD School 2024 kicks off with an introductory talk by Salla Sariola! We are thrilled to welcome 15 doctoral researchers in Helsinki and look forward to learning with and from the next generation of microbial scholars in the coming three days.

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · May 15

Curious about microbes and senses? Sign up for CSSM Sensory Week on 27–31 May! We are hosting activities that engage with microbes through the senses, including sound, smell, taste, vision & touch. In-person participation only (in Helsinki), registration closes on 22 May. forms.gle/DsgKL2uF2hPL...

CSSM Sensory Week registration form

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is organising a Sensory Week on 27–31 May 2024. Over the course of five days, we will host activities that engage with the senses, including sound, smell, t...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Apr 16

“I think about the temporal justifications in most of these toxicants and how our human penchant for short-term capital-gain should have us be called Homo myopiens.”

@heymayahey.bsky.social reviews “Toxic Transits” at Hagströmer Library, open until May 8!

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Mar 19

"In the still sharpness of the pictures, I get a feeling of an undercurrent and loud noise. Is this the microbial?"

Read our latest blog post to find out how Faidon Papadakis, a doctoral researcher at the CSSM, searches for the microbial in the garden. #STS

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What/where is the microbial in the garden? – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Feb 27

We are thrilled to announce that Alma Heikkilä is the new artist-in-residence at the CSSM! By working with painting, installation and sculpture, Alma makes space and time for wondering and digesting scientific accounts that challenge familiar ways of thinking.

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Alma Heikkilä starts as the new artist-in-residence at CSSM – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

We are happy to announce that Alma Heikkilä is the new artist-in-residence at the CSSM. Through painting, installation and sculpture, Alma examines things that are difficult to experience through the ...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Feb 26

Do you want to develop your PhD research and explore microbial questions with inspiring researchers in summery Helsinki? Apply to the CSSM PhD School in June! Applications open until 31 March.

#STS #FeministSky #histsci #sociology

www.socialmicrobes.org/current/call...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Feb 15

Applications are now open for the CSSM PhD School 2024! Join us in Helsinki this June to develop your research in a supportive atmosphere and get mentoring from CSSM researchers.

📍 Helsinki, June 12–14, 2024
🗓️ Application deadline: March 31, 2024

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CSSM PhD School in June 2024 – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications to our annual PhD School in Helsinki on June 12–14, 2024. The PhD School is a unique opportunity...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Feb 6

We now have a newsletter! Read to find out about upcoming events, calls for papers & new publications pushing forward the social study of microbes.

Subscribe to our mailing list to receive all future newsletters: forms.gle/VEbC3Z1uW3kU...

CSSM news: Several upcoming events and new publications

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 8

Visiting fellow Antonia Modelhart reflects on her experiences at the CSSM:

"My world became bigger in turning more seriously, with widened eyes, sensitized hands, and sharpened senses to the very small ones ..." 🦠

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"In sickness and in health food", and beyond: making space for microbes at the CSSM – The Centre f...

By Antonia Modelhart I remember walking home after one literature discussion at the CSSM, feeling intimidated and a little bit down about how small my world is and how there is only so much I (can) kn...

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 7

Ferment Radio is now up on our website! 📻

Listen to this fascinating podcast by CSSM member Aga Pokrywka to learn more about the world of microbes with the guidance of artists, researchers, chefs, activists, and other microbial experts.

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Ferment Radio – The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes

Together with people from very diverse backgrounds, including science, gastronomy, and arts, we reflect, discuss, and bubble along with microbes to give legacy to unusual perspectives.

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Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 4

And our call for external seminars is also open until the 17th of December!

Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · Nov 10

Another call for applications from the Centre for the Social Study of Microbes. Would you like to organise a seminar/workshop/event to think about human-microbial relations? Check the link below.

Deadline: 17th of December.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Grants for seminars exploring human-microbial relations – The Centre for th...

CSSM, the Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki, is a hub for social scientists and artists conducting research on human-microbial relations. We aim to develop theory a...

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Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · Dec 4

The CSSM enters bluesky with a bang: It's call for fellowships time again! Come and hang out with us in Helsinki next spring.

Centre for the Social Study of Microbes @cssmicrobes.bsky.social · Dec 4

OPEN CALL for CSSM fellowships in spring 2024!

We are looking for three scholars from any career stage to join us in Helsinki for 1-3 months. Check out the details on our website: www.socialmicrobes.org/current/call...

⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CSSM Fellowships for spring 2024 (April-June) – The Centre for the Social S...

The CSSM fellowship is awarded to three scholars from any career stage annually. During their stay, fellows will work on their own projects while engaging in the academic life of CSSM, the Centre for ...

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