Today, Palantir posted their manifesto to millions. I published an analysis of exactly this text in @sciasculture.bsky.social, arguing it functions not as political theory but as a corporate manifesto for the nationalist-militarist faction of the tech oligarchy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
📜 In our latest open-access article, part of the Forum on Tech Oligarchy, @richardsonma.bsky.social and @arungapatchka.bsky.social dive deep into the coercive capacity of tech oligarchy
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New book review out! "The Teumessian fox of Responsible AI", by @tessdoez.bsky.social. The review discusses the book "Empire of AI" (Karen Hao)
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We're hiring! Looking for a #postdoc (3 years) and #PhD (4 years) in #STS and aquatic restoration! Hired researchers will join University of @oulu.fi, the amazing SAFIRE multidisciplinary research programme, and a growing team of researchers interested in water and environment. Deadline 03.05.26.
I have another new piece just out, considering the intersection of #surveillance and #ScienceFiction, this time in the context of the the ideologies of tech oligarchs, in Science as Culture, edited by @keanbirch.bsky.social and Les Levidow...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📜 New open access article!
In this piece, Henni Alava and @mw-m.bsky.social analyze the scientization of sisu, a complex, loosely defined concept historically associated with Finland, as an example of overscientization and apolitical oversimplification.
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📄 The Forum on Tech Oligarchy receives another addition!
In this piece, Shuo (Shawn) Yang examines how tech oligarchy produces innovation without representation by looking at their capacity to consolidate epistemic, infrastructural, and symbolic power.
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📄 New Forum on Tech Oligarchy piece! (Open access)
@susigeiger.bsky.social examines one ideological space that has recently received a great deal of emphasis from tech oligarchs as well as from conservative religious quarters: pronatalism.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New open-access article!
In this piece, Shiwei Chen and Stefan de Jong dive into the invisible infrastructures that shape interdisciplinary work. They look at the friction between disciplinary infrastructures and the growing need for interdisciplinary research
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New pub alert! My article is out in Science as Culture sciasculture.bsky.social!
'Tech oligarchy meets developmental state: translating developmentalist and regulatory imaginaries to platform capitalism in South Korea'
Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article (Forum on Tech Oligarchy)
Dmitrii Zhikharevich and Vassily Pigounides present tech oligarchy as a regime of performative maintenance and institutional consolidation of an exceptional status: the ability to stay above regular regimes of accountability
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
An incredible contribution by @loicriom.bsky.social and @taschn.bsky.social to our Forum on Tech Oligarchy.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎲 What does it feel like to act as a scientist in modern board games?
🎴 In our latest media review, Stefan Sulzenbacher, Stephan Voss, and Michael Penkler review the games "The Search for Planet X", "Alchemists", and "Weather Machine."
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NEW ARTICLE 📄👀
In our latest article, Larissa Kaiser investigates how scientists sustain epistemic credibility under conditions of visual and conceptual ambiguity
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Is tech oligarchy a proper term to describe the conditions of current-day political economies?
In our latest forum contribution, @ulyssespascal.bsky.social, Cheng Fang, and David Bassens see merit in deploying the concept, but also consider its empirical limits.
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📜 In our latest book review essay, @keanbirch.bsky.social evaluates the relevance of STS approaches to the study of venture capitalism, including its financing logics, structures, and practices.
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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
DEADLINE EXTENSION! Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has extended the deadline for conference Open Panel submissions until 9th February 2026. The conference is being held in Toronto, 7-10th Oct 2026.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
New commentary by @cellllla.bsky.social, @perhaxis.bsky.social and myself: "The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📜 New article!
👉 As part of our 'Forum on Tech Oligarchy," @Jonathan Roberge, Nicolas C., and Victor Galaretta analyse the crystallisation of tech oligarchy during the tumultuous months following the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US
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Science as Culture is accepting book and media reviews. Check our updated list with potential books, fictional pieces, movies, and podcasts to review. We are also open to suggestions for new material.
More info: 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/sacrev
"Looking back on this article at a time when both the sciences and humanities face unprecedented attacks in the context of environmental change, we suggest that now more than ever, it is vital to find ways to collaborate at this juncture and contribute to new political possibilities."
In their own words:
“The paper mobilises the figure of the "threshold" to work through the meetings of different disciplines as they grapple with a changing planet. We suggest that critical encounters across arts and sciences are needed to generate transformed approaches to climate change."
A blast from the past!
We are (re)releasing an old gem free access: the article "Arts, Sciences and Climate Change: Practices and Politics at the Threshold," originally published in 2011, by Jennifer Gabrys and Kathryn Yusoff
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#stsbluesky #climatechange
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
🆕 We have a fresh paper just out!
👉 In our latest piece, Giannis Perperidis and @tsekeris.bsky.social present the potential of the digital commons to challenge tech oligarchies on organizational, ethical, technological, and economic fronts!
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Kicking off 2026 with a new piece in @sciasculture.bsky.social titled “Manufacturing the Leviathan: Palantir’s Technological Republic and the Nationalist Faction of the Tech Oligarchy". The piece is part of the forum on "Tech Oligarchy" edited by @keanbirch.bsky.social. A brief summary:
We're also now on Instagram: 4Son.line
‼️ Our final issue of 2025 is out! Volume 34, Number 4 is now available, featuring intriguing discussions on interdisciplinarity, expertise, science governance, and science and technology publics.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/current
📢 Hello #STSers!
The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South).
Find out more here: 4sonline.org/news_manager...
Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!
