19/04/2026
4S的2026年年會持續徵求摘要中,4/30截稿,有興趣的學友們請把握機會!
Call for Paper Abstracts and Other Proposals is NOW OPEN:
March 3–April 30, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: May 29, 2026
4S 2026 Conference: October 7-10, 2026
The Conference will primarily be in person, but there is also a hybrid option to enable online participation for those who can’t make it to Toronto.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
We invite submissions of paper abstracts, closed panels, roundtables, Making & Doing sessions, and meetups that align with the conference theme.
The Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), on its 50th anniversary calls for presentations, panels, and adjacent gatherings that engage our theme of TechnoPower. Science, technology, and innovation are not neutral. We understand them as socially, culturally, and economically constructed and deeply entangled with specific forms of technoscientific power. At this critical juncture, our task is not only to critique and demystify technoscience but also transform how others perceive and engage with technoscience. From the reinforcement of harmful value(s) systems to the assetization of knowledge and the erosion of ecological and social justice, a specifically technoscientific capitalism has embedded market logics and elite control into our knowledge institutions, innovation choices, and into technological change itself. Yet, as we also know so well, technoscience is always contested, and STS offers plural and grounded alternatives to understanding and reframing technoscience, from citizen science to community engagement in innovation to Indigenous knowledge. A key challenge now is to accelerate our interventions into public, policy, and political debate, to shift technoscientific futures away from the dictates of a wealthy few towards a technoscience that fosters collective wellbeing, justice, and sustainability.
Call for Paper Abstracts and Other Proposals is NOW OPEN:March 3–April 30, 2026Notification of Acceptance: May 29, 20264S 2026 Conference: October 7-10, 2026The Conference will primarily be in person, but there is also a hybrid option to enable online participation for those who can’t make it to...