The Society for Social Studies of Science

Call for Paper Abstracts and Other Proposals is NOW OPEN: March 3–April 30, 2026 Call for Paper Abstracts, Closed Panels, Making & Doing Sessions, Roundtables, and Meetups: 4sonline.org/call_for_submi… Accepted Open Panels: 4sonline.org/accepted_open_…

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4 days left to submit! Call closes Feb. 9, 2026. You can submit (either hybrid or in-person) here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abstr…

Submission to open panels—Extended deadline for 4S Toronto 2026! Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abstr…

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Get ready for open panels submissions next week. More soon!

The deadline for nominating for 4S Prizes for our Society is extended until December 31st! Get your nominations in for our suite of prizes (Edge, Mullins, STSInfra, Carson, Fleck, Bernal). Self-nominations are more than welcome, they are encouraged: 4sonline.org/4s_prizes.php

We're hiring!👀👀 The Society for Social Studies of Science is hiring a Website Coordinator (10h per week / 1 year contract) More here: 4sonline.org/news_manager.p… Deadline: Nov 16, 2025 Interviewing: Nov 18–20, 2025 Appoint: from Dec 1, 2025 onwards.

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

THREADED 📣KEYNOTE📣 PANEL SUMMIT, 3rd floor Room 327-9 10.40-12.30 with: Andrea Ballestero Jakkrit Sanghamaneee Nikiwe Solomon

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 the other convention center called Arch.

He was awarded the Bernal Prize in 2002. We thank the Center for the Sociology of Innovation for sharing this in memorium: csi.minesparis.psl.eu/en/featured-ar…

Michel Callon's foundational work in actor network theory has inspired generations of STS scholars, & Callon was president of 4S from 1998 to 2000. 2/3

We are deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Michel Callon. 4S will share a notice on our member's newsletter today, and on our website for all.

⏰Finalise where to stay for 4SSeattle25 ⏰ Book accommodation at the Seattle Sheraton via this link book.passkey.com/event/509903.... 📢📢Deadline: Aug 8📢📢 Why? Read on… 4/4

Booking via our link will make a big difference for 4S finances if as many attendees as possible book their accommodation to stay with us at the official conference hotel. 3/3

Finalising where to stay for 4SSeattle25? Please book accommodation at the Seattle Sheraton via this link book.passkey.com/event/50990318…. Why? Read on… 1/3

Exciting report from "The Good and the Beautiful: Visualizing Science in the (Post-)Digital Age" panel just published on @4sWeb Blackchannels blog. Led by Valeria Burgio at #STSItalia2025: urly.it/31bq_z #Microbiome #STS #SciComm

24h left to register to be incl. in 4S Seattle 2025 final program! Deadline: Friday August 1, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time) xcdsystem.com/4sonline/member As usual, items not registered will be removed on Aug 2 & panels readjusted for change Any Qs email web [at] 4sonline [dot] org

48 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/member Any FAQs email: web [at] 4sonline [dot] org

Political Water Keynote Shifting knowledges of water above and below ground within existing forms of ecological governance, extraction, & scientific observation— Nikiwe Solomon Jakkrit Sanghamanee Andrea Ballestero tinyurl.com/27dk4whh 4/4

Bordering Keynote Tracing struggles & solidarities across bordering mechanisms that use systems of attention & surveillance to violently separate, confine, & debilitate— Diana Flores Ruíz Lupe Alberto Flores Darren Byler tinyurl.com/27dk4whh 3/4

Check out this year’s Threaded Keynotes on—Art Scenes, Bordering, & Political Water Each panel brings together scholar-practitioners at different career stages to think together about pressing issues in STS tinyurl.com/27dk4whh 1/4