9 days left to submit! 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_sub...
Accepted Open Panels: 4sonline.org/accepted_ope...
Call for Nominations close tomorrow! April 19, 2026 deadline.
Seeking nominations for: President-Elect, Treasurer, two council officers, and 6S student representative
Members can nominate here: 4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Renew membership: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
4 more days to vote in the 2026 Call for Nominations! March 31–April 19, 2026 (Extended)
Seeking nominations for—President-Elect, Treasurer, two council officers, and 6S student representative
Members can nominate here: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
2026 Call for Nominations is now open!
March 31–April 19, 2026 (Extended)
Seeking nominations for—President-Elect, Treasurer, two council officers, and 6S student representative
Members can nominate here: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Renew membership here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
Three weeks to go to get your submissions in for the Toronto 2026 annual conference!
We have a range of submission formats—Open Panels, Closed Panels, Roundtables, Making and Doing with the call open until April 30, 2026.
Abstract submissions here: www.4sonline.org/call_for_sub...
The Society for Social Studies of Science 2026 call for nominations is now open. All members can vote until April 10, 2026 You can find updates on our website: 4sonline.org
2026 Call for Nominations is now open!
March 31–April 10, 2026
Currently seeking nominations for—President-Elect, Treasurer, two council officers, and 6S student representative
Members can nominate here: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Renew membership here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
The Society for Social Studies of Science 2026 call for nominations is now open. All members can vote until April 10, 2026 You can find updates on our website: 4sonline.org
2026 Call for Nominations is now open!
March 31–April 10, 2026
Currently seeking nominations for—President-Elect, Treasurer, two council officers, and 6S student representative
Members can nominate here: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
Renew membership here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
We're searching for nominations for a Treasurer for 2027–9 who needs to be a U.S. citizen, and resides in the U.S.
Please nominate by April 10: www.4sonline.org/4s_nominatio...
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: www.4sonline.org/call_for_sub...
Accepted Open Panels: www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...
4 days left to submit! Call closes Feb. 9, 2026. You can submit (either hybrid or in-person) here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
Submission to open panels—Extended deadline for 4S Toronto 2026!
Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
We're also now on Instagram: 4Son.line
We're also now on Instagram: 4Son.line
Logo of an inverted tree with entangled electric roots merging with an upright tree to symbolise the contrast and synergies of techno power and technoscientific futures.
Get ready for the open call for panels next week! More soon.
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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: www.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...
Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Interviewing: Nov 18–20, 2025
Appoint: from Dec 1, 2025 onwards.
Enjoy the last day at #4sSeattle2025!
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
I'm at @4sweb.bsky.social in Seattle! Catch me around, or come to our very excellent "Retooling" panel on Friday. I promise some fire and Freud.
@4sweb.bsky.social
The 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 other convention center called Arch.
Picture of MIT Press table of books, including License to Spill.
License to Spill, spotted at 4S! @4sweb.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
@4sonline.bsky.social
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
We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Michel Callon.
We are adding a note to our August Technoscience newsletter for all members, who will receive this news today. There will also be a post on our website later today.
The Center for the sociology of innovation learned with great sadness that Michel Callon has passed away.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
Finalise where to stay for 4SSeattle25.
Book accommodation at the Seattle Sheraton via this link
Deadline: Aug 8.
book.passkey.com/event/509903....
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24h left to register to be included in 4S Seattle 2025 final program!
Deadline: Friday August 1, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time)
xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
Items not registered will be removed on Aug 2 & panels will be readjusted to accommodate changes
Any Q.s 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/mem...
Any FAQs email: web [at] 4sonline [dot] org
Photographic portrait of Diana Ruíz, a Latina young woman facing the camera with long dark curly hair, wearing large red framed glasses and lipstick, and wearing a leathery tanned jacket and blue blouse. She stares at camera pictured in front of a red rose bush in a garden. Photographic portrait of Lupe Flores, a Latino man faces direct to the camera while grinning. He wears a black and grey shirt, short cropped hair and a metal rose on his lapel. He is in front of a beige wall and a wooden framed room with a dark scalloped chair. Photographic portrait of Dr. Darren Byler, a white man faces direct to the camera with a smile. He has cropped light brown hair and a beard, and wears a grey shirt and grey cardigan. He is depicted behind an digital-abstract panel of earthy tones.
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
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Photographic portrait of Dr. Andrea Ballestero, a senior LatinX / Latina woman facing the camera with short brown and grey bobbed hair and thick black rimmed glasses. She smiles direct at camera with red lipstick and a red and pink patterned shirt, cropped at the shoulders.
Photographic portrait of Dr. Nikiwe Solomon, a black woman facing the camera with her striking hair scooped to her left, smiling at camera wearing a blue-black top with a small silver bar at the fastening and large silver hooped earrings. She is pictured in front of a book shelf and looks direct at camera. Photographic portrait of Dr. Jakkrit Sangkhamanee, a Thai man facing the camera, with his hands in his trouser pockets, leaning against a desk with a laptop and a book shelf behind. He wears small wire framed glasses and a black shirt and trousers.
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
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