Science, Technology, & Human Values

Science, Technology, & Human Values

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ST&HV is a journal that publishes cutting-edge research and debate in the field of Science and Technology Studies http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sth

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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Valuation and Its Problems: Economics and Markets for Environmental Concerns and Their Failure" by Kristin Asdal + Einar Lie #economics #markets #valuationstudies #environment #economists #performativity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comValuation and Its Problems: Economics and Markets for Environmental Concerns and Their Failure - Kristin Asdal, Einar Lie, 2026Science and Technology Studies scholars have in recent years made a major impact on the conjoining field of Social Studies of Markets, demonstrating how economi...

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Kari Lancaster
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Wonderful to read this report in @castac.bsky.social’s blog, Platypus, by Lachlan Hensey - reflections on the @sthv.bsky.social STS School in Seoul 2026. blog.castac.org/2026/08/disp...

blog.castac.orgDispatch from Seoul: Reflections on the Science, Technology & Human Values Science and Technology Studies School, June 2026 | PlatypusIn June, emerging STS scholars gathered in Seoul to workshop draft manuscripts, encountering charismatic objects and a “concrete fish tank”. In this post, Lachlan Hensey reflects on the 2026 ST&HV STS...

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Jose A. Cañada
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This came out a year and half ago as online first in @sthv.bsky.social Really happy to see it now as part of an issue! The article is #openaccess and theorizes the implications of environmental care using seagrass Posidonia in the Balearics as a case study. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

journals.sagepub.comBlocks and Overflows of Care: Territorialization and Marine Conservation in the Balearic Sea - Jose A. Cañada, 2026The article expands upon care theory in Science and Technology Studies by attending to marine spaces and practices for conservation of marine and coastal ecosys...

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Timothy Neale
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Disappointed to read that the 4S Mullins Prize will not be awarded this year. It is time to reform the eligibility criteria, which are too restrictive and do not align with graduates careers in so many regions today.

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Franziska Zirker
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Remember the daily ritual of checking COVID-19 dashboards? My new article, How the COVID-19 Dashboard Went Viral: Affective Flows and the Mediation of Emergency, now published in @sthv.bsky.social, reconstructs the trajectory of this key emergency medium. doi.org/10.1177/0162...

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New OnlineFirst article: "Eating Dust: Toxic Air and Parasitic Relations of Gold Mining in DR Congo" by Simon Marijsse journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #artisanalmining #gold #Congo #dust #silicosis #geo-anthropology

journals.sagepub.comEating Dust: Toxic Air and Parasitic Relations of Gold Mining in DR Congo - Simon Marijsse, 2026Since the late 2000s, artisanal and small-scale gold miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have incorporated mechanized ball mills in their workflow. W...

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Chamee Yang
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Looking forward to welcoming everyone in Seoul! 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

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This coming Monday we kick off our second instalment of the ST&HV STS School, this time in Seoul. 4 days of seminars, workshops, plenaries and field trips, hosted by the Department of Science Studies at Seoul National University and KAIST Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy. So excited!

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Shobita Parthasarathy
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Cannot wait for this!! I'll be giving a keynote talk on the book I've been writing, titled "The Innovation Paradigm: Making Technology, Morality, and Citizenship in Aspirational India"!

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This coming Monday we kick off our second instalment of the ST&HV STS School, this time in Seoul. 4 days of seminars, workshops, plenaries and field trips, hosted by the Department of Science Studies at Seoul National University and KAIST Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy. So excited!

Science, Technology, & Human Values
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This coming Monday we kick off our second instalment of the ST&HV STS School, this time in Seoul. 4 days of seminars, workshops, plenaries and field trips, hosted by the Department of Science Studies at Seoul National University and KAIST Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy. So excited!

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Atmospheric analytics: Situated encounters in the age of generative AI doi.org/10.1177/0162... Paper in @sthv.bsky.social by Mathias Decuypere and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow Carlo Perrotta

doi.orgAtmospheric Analytics: Situated Encounters in the Age of Generative AI - Mathias Decuypere, Carlo Perrotta, 2026This article challenges the view of technologies, and more particularly generative artificial intelligence (AI), as augmenting experience through binary human–c...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Treasure Hunting in Tanzania as a Chronopolitical Practice" by Jia Hui Lee #undergroundSTS #treasure #hunting #resource #nationalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comTreasure Hunting in Tanzania as a Chronopolitical Practice - Jia Hui Lee, 2026In Morogoro, Tanzania, people regularly embark on treasure hunting expeditions, usually near places or buildings associated with German colonialism. In recounti...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Managing the Boundaries of Citizen Science: Reordering Science–Society Relations" by Claudia Göbel, Kevin Altmann, Sascha Dickel,, Michael Kitzing,, and Andreas Wenninger #citizenscience #participation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comManaging the Boundaries of Citizen Science: Reordering Science–Society Relations - Claudia Göbel, Kevin Altmann, Sascha Dickel, Michael Kitzing, Andreas Wenninger, 2026Today, science is expected to open up to publics and be more responsible. At the same time, the legitimacy and autonomy of academic work are increasingly challe...
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New OnlineFirst article: "Synthetic Participation: How Zoom Shaped the Experience of Participation in the Danish Climate Assembly" by Irina Papazu + Rose Marie Højbjerg Henrichsen #participation #digital #mediation #climatechange #citizensassemblies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comSynthetic Participation: How Zoom Shaped the Experience of Participation in the Danish Climate Assembly - Irina Papazu, Rose Marie Højbjerg Henrichsen, 2026As part of the Danish Climate Act of 2019, the government established a Climate Citizens’ Assembly to secure public participation in the formulation of climate ...
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New OnlineFirst article: "Promises/Manual Labor Paradox: The Accountability Style of On-Site Validation in Microbiology Laboratory Automation" by Joaquín Yrivarren, Alessandra C. Jacomuzzi + Miquel Domènech #accountability #robots #AI #credibility #legitimation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comPromises/Manual Labor Paradox: The Accountability Style of On-Site Validation in Microbiology Laboratory Automation - Joaquín Yrivarren, Alessandra C. Jacomuzzi, Miquel Domènech, 2026This study investigates the role of validation reports in legitimizing laboratory automation through artificial intelligence and robotic systems in clinical mic...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Developmental new space in South Korea: Militarized developmentalism and the privatization of outer space" by Hae-Seo Kim #outerspace #newspace #developmentalism #militarism #SouthKorea journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

journals.sagepub.comDevelopmental new space in South Korea: Militarized developmentalism and the privatization of outer space - Hae-Seo Kim, 2026“Developmental New Space” might, at first glance, seem to be an oxymoron since New Space is often conceptualized as being free from centralized government suppo...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Terrarium as Geo-Fetish: On the Vectorialist Re-Commoning of the Earth" by Sungyong Ahn #terrarium #geo-fetish #Badiou #actornetworktheory #vectoralist #cosmopolitics journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

journals.sagepub.comTerrarium as Geo-Fetish: On the Vectorialist Re-Commoning of the Earth - Sungyong Ahn, 2026This article examines the transformation of terrarium building from a colonial-era hobbyist practice into a contemporary YouTube-based citizen science movement,...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "“Go to Another State”: Rust Belts, Microchip Futures, and Innovation's Others in Upstate New York" by Marlise Horvath Schneider and Sebastian M. Pfotenhauer #innovation #policy #microchips #semiconductors journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.com“Go to Another State”: Rust Belts, Microchip Futures, and Innovation's Others in Upstate New York - Marlise Horvath Schneider, Sebastian M. Pfotenhauer, 2026Innovation is regularly depicted as the answer to regional socioeconomic decline and deindustrialization. Yet, the results of regional innovation strategies are...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Otherwising or Attaching? Play, Care, and Critique in Interdisciplinary Public Engagement" by Catherine M. Montgomery, Santini Basra, Corrienne McCulloch, and Annemarie B. Docherty #DesignSTS #criticalcare #interdisciplinarity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comOtherwising or Attaching? Play, Care, and Critique in Interdisciplinary Public Engagement - Catherine M. Montgomery, Santini Basra, Corrienne McCulloch, Annemarie B. Docherty, 2026This article builds on the affective turn in Science and Technology Studies (STS) analyses of public engagement with science to explore the tension between epis...
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New OnlineFirst article: "Temporary Infrastructure: Temporal Boundary Work, Form Investments, and Delayed Endings" by Philipp Knopp and Tilo Grenz #infrastructure #temporariness #investments #temporal #boundarywork journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comTemporary Infrastructure: Temporal Boundary Work, Form Investments, and Delayed Endings - Philipp Knopp, Tilo Grenz, 2026Temporality has become a prominent theme in research on infrastructure in science and technology studies. Infrastructure is often conceptualized as permanent an...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "A Tool, Connector, or Data Processor: On the Multiplicity of an Algorithm and Its Worlds" by Ida Schrøder, Helene Friis Ratner, and Laura Kocksch #heterogenousengineering #multiplicity #childwelfare #decisionsupport journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comA Tool, Connector, or Data Processor: On the Multiplicity of an Algorithm and Its Worlds - Ida Schrøder, Helene Friis Ratner, Laura Kocksch, 2026This paper explores the development of an algorithm for child welfare administration in Denmark. Based on an ethnographic study of the development process, we a...
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New OnlineFirst article: "Congestion Conversations: Efficiency and Politics in an Eastern Mediterranean Port City" by Canay Özden-Schilling #markets #economies #supplychains #maritime #shipping #congestion #ports #Turkey journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comCongestion Conversations: Efficiency and Politics in an Eastern Mediterranean Port City - Canay Özden-Schilling, 2026Maritime movement has been essential to the current moment of capitalism, marked by the management and optimization of supply chains. As seaports continue to sc...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Testing and Errors: Aligning Cybersecurity Expertise in Contemporary UK Energy Infrastructures" by Ola Michalec #innovation #infrastructure #energy #maintenance #cybersecurity #expertise journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comTesting and Errors: Aligning Cybersecurity Expertise in Contemporary UK Energy Infrastructures - Ola Michalec, 2026Digitalization of the grid promises a sustainable energy system. However, we do not fully understand how innovative technologies are introduced—and challenged—i...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Expendable Workers: Food Delivery and Technopolitics in China" by Angela Ke Li #technopolitics #migrantlabor #algorithmicmanagement #designlogic #fooddelivery journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comExpendable Workers: Food Delivery and Technopolitics in China - Angela Ke Li, 2026Through a case study of Meituan Waimai, China's dominant food delivery platform, this article examines how algorithmic management is entangled with labor p...
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The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST). Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026

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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Unruly Aquifers: Groundwater, Karst Landscapes, and a Post-Yugoslav Border Site" by Dženeta Hodžić #unruliness #groundwater #karst #hydrogeology #transboundary journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comUnruly Aquifers: Groundwater, Karst Landscapes, and a Post-Yugoslav Border Site - Dženeta Hodžić, 2026This paper deploys the concept of unruliness to examine ethnographically how groundwater in karst landscapes resists being rendered knowable and governable. Foc...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation" by Riikka Homanen #donoridentity #kinship #sociotechnical #technology #fertility #markets journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comThe Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation - Riikka Homanen, 2025Donor conception is an area where increased emphasis on “openness” has produced major changes to legal, medical, and kinship practices. Anonymous gamete donatio...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Time Politics of Agroforestry Science" by Timothy McLellan @timmclellan.bsky.social #agroforestry #environmentalhumanities #fastscience #institutions #naturebasedsolutions #temporalempathy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comThe Time Politics of Agroforestry Science - Timothy McLellan, 2025This article examines the time politics of agroforestry science through an ethnographic study with scientists at the Institute for Farms and Forests (IFF) in Ch...
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New OnlineFirst article: "Mythologies of Wealth in Platform Economies: The Case of the Ride-Hailing Platform Didi in China" by Jun Zhang, Jack Linzhou Xing + Gonçalo D. Santos #enchantment #technology #platform #mythology #techno-optimism #speculativecapitalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comMythologies of Wealth in Platform Economies: The Case of the Ride-Hailing Platform Didi in China - Jun Zhang, Jack Linzhou Xing, Gonçalo D. Santos, 2025This article reactivates the concept of myth—which is well-developed in social science literature—to study digital technologies and platform economies. It conce...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "A Postgenomic Quilt: The Turn to Endophenotypes and Deep Phenotyping in Human Genetics" by Daniel Navon + Kathryne Metcalf #endophenotypes #deepphenotyping #psychiatry #biobanks #raredisease #postgenomics #genetics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comA Postgenomic Quilt: The Turn to Endophenotypes and Deep Phenotyping in Human Genetics - Daniel Navon, Kathryne Metcalf, 2025How do experts stitch together seemingly irreconcilable scientific objects? This paper examines the way “endophenotypes” and “deep phenotyping” are deployed to ...
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Dear STS-niks, you wonderful assemblage of contingent and unfolding practices, we hope that you are imminently intra-acting with some holiday snacks and beverages (if not soon). FYI, as per, the ST&HV office will be closed from 20 Dec 2025, returning to regular operating hours after 19 Jan 2026.