📅 ‼️ #ViennaSTSTalks is busy in October ‼️ Join us and @sallywyatt.bsky.social on October 16 about 'Hostile #technologies types and concepts' @univie.ac.at ⤵️

📅Join us for our upcoming #ViennaSTSTalk Series in the Autumn 2025 @univie.ac.at, online or hybrid.📢📢

Expect to find John Grisham books or the bible in hotel rooms. First time I’ve seen anything like The Evaluation Society by Peter Dahler-Larsen #STS #valuationstudies

🌍 The Global Social Challenges Development Fund is here! Help us support #GlobalSouth scholars, #ECRs & #OpenAccess research that drives real change. 📚 Make research accessible. Fight misinformation. #SDGs #EquitablePublishing 👉 Donate:

I've experienced failure in my academic career - who hasn't? And I wrote about it last year in @lseimpactblog.bsky.social as a counterpoint to @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social research evaluation. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

📚 Booked for the Summer: @sallywyatt.bsky.social recommends The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili, translated by C. Collins and R. Martin. An epic, 1000-page novel tracing generations of a Georgian family shaped by the "red century." A perfect summer read to fully immerse yourself in.

📖🎥 The UM Library’s video series on books has ended, but all 16 videos are can be found online! Featuring Sharon Anyango, @moreba.bsky.social, @tullioviola.bsky.social and @sallywyatt.bsky.social. Watch them all here: tinyurl.com/5n7ynh9n

@p-groth.bsky.social & C Borgman have published major article called 'From data creator to data reuser: Distance matters' in Harvard Data Science Review. Plus 9 responses, incl one by me that emphasises current threats to data, science & democracy. See here: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/volume7issue2

Very strange but true. On my way to workshop about #philosophy of #OpenScience in Landshut. My @deutschebahn.com train arrived 13 minutes EARLY in Cologne.

Check out this great new initiative from my colleagues Darryl Cressman and @masssimons.bsky.social - Society for the History of the Philosophy of Technology. bsky.app/profile/hpts... | @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social | @ccmmody.bsky.social | @rafdebont.bsky.social | @sallywyatt.bsky.social

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This Wednesday, we strike in Maastricht against budget cuts to higher education. See you there? #woinactie

“Vance and Musk appropriate the discourse of free speech to kill it”: Can the DSA protect democracy from populism? @studioeuropa.bsky.social explores this with Prof. Tsjalling Swierstra—can regulation safeguard democracy in the digital age? Read more: edu.nl/9nn4m #Democracy #FreeSpeech #Policy

In an open letter to Maastricht University's Executive Board, professors @sallywyatt.bsky.social and Adriana Iamnitchi express their concern about UM's increasing reliance on services from Big Tech companies www.observantonline.nl/english/Home....

I'm very proud to share that my contribution to the Journal of Imaginary Research is now available. This year's theme is 'flourishing'. I write about the next AI winter, under the pseudonym Aida Inverno. Scroll down a bit to download the whole volume. journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog

The call is now officially out for a new editorial team for @estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS 4sonline.org/news_manager...

Feminist March today in Amsterdam, maybe 15,000 protesters of all ages

if you know of any promising undergraduates interested in getting a master's degree in an STS-related field, please point them toward the ESST (1-year) and CAST (2-year) programs. outstanding instructors, curriculum, fellow students & training for a PhD or many other careers.

We're putting on a conference! "We" being me, @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & @michielbron.bsky.social as part of the Managing Scarcity project. Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories Dates: October 20-21, 2025 Location: Maastricht University Abstracts due: April 4, 2025 managingscarcity.com/waeh/

We’re excited to announce the Rachel and Alan Wyatt #STS #Scholarship! Established by @sallywyatt.bsky.social in memory of her parents, it supports EU/EER students facing financial barriers in pursuing a master’s in ESST or CAST at FASoS. Learn more & apply👉 tinyurl.com/38ncyay4

With the inauguration of Donald Trump, the intersection of politics, technology and society is clearer than ever. In the BA Digital Society, you'll explore how AI, data manipulation and social media influence elections & policy-making. Join our Bachelor’s Open Day on 8 February tinyurl.com/52rbtv4j

✨School voor Sociale Wetenschappen van Universiteit Hasselt werft (open rank) professor Media Studies/Communicatiewetenschappen & Digitalisering aan❗ 🧑‍🏫 Wil je deel worden van ons dynamische, gepassioneerde en groeiende team? 📣 Dan zoeken wij jou! shorturl.at/6UmjL 📝 Solliciteren tem 13.02.2025

For my #Dutch friends and colleagues, note what early example of Dutch #postcolonial literature is about halfway up the stairs at #UCL. And we should all love #libraries

Netherlands universities start alternative to Big Tech. Goals are digital autonomy, safeguarding public values & a healthier digital ecosystem. Who needs oligarchs Tr*mp, M*sk, Z*ck? Who needs BigTech imposing BigAI? Let's build our Eurostack! www.computable.nl/2025/01/10/u...

Had the pleasure of being interviewed by Anna Mikhailova from Studio Europa Maastricht (neither yet here) regarding recent moves by the owner of the bird place and others, and what they might mean for those of us based in #Europe, and what we can do about it. Full text here.

today I went to the #collage workshop offered by #foam_amsterdam every Sunday. Won't be giving up the day job anytime soon, but good to do something different. Certainly sparked new ideas.

Still a few more days to submit an abstract for this workshop

Wow! one of the more impressive devices to regulate traffic, and equally amenable to an #STS analysis as the 'sleeping policeman' described by #Latour This non-human also sings. #women #STEM

New EASST Review online. Interesting reflections on the July #EASST#4S conference & other #STS events. Winners of #creative writing competition are there to read at your leisure, organised with Michela Cozza & Nina Klimburg-Witjes. Thanks to editors @drfuturity.bsky.social @stefanlaser.bsky.social

The impossible has happened - my work email inbox is empty, zero, no messages!

deadline extended until end of March 2025

📢📢Volume 10.1 & 10.2 out now! 📢📢 With 400+ pages, 2 thematic collections — Pedagogical Intersections — Standards & their containers We also celebrate winning the Infrastructure Award 2024 (see @4sonline.bsky.social + 4sonline.org for more) Read: bit.ly/4eUdMxC Associated Data: bit.ly/49lZiVW

Sluit u op 11 december bij ons aan! Doe het voor uzelf, doe het voor uw kinderen, doe het voor Maastricht. U bent nodig! #WOinActie

Deadline of 28 February 2025 for papers addressing the many issues around citational #justice. Experimental contributions also welcome. #Citation is a cornerstone of #academic work but the ways we do it are not universal and often subject to implicit and explicit #bias

Digital futures of education are often defined by the edtech investment industry in terms of market value forecasts made with predictive technologies Our new paper on edtech venture capital just out for a forthcoming special issue on assets and rents in education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

CfP: Predicting Europe. Histories of the Future in Post-1945 Europe Deadline: 17 January

💎 Submit now: 1st International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society (IDS2025) 💎 ⏱️Deadline: 15 Feb. 2025 IDS2025 provides a global platform for an inclusive digital world, hosted by KU Leuven Digital Society Institute 🗓️ 15 & 16 Sept. 2025 📍 Leuven, Belgium 👉 inclusivedigitalsociety.eu

earlier today I enjoyed listening to Federica Russo's fantastic inaugural lecture about #diversity & #inclusion as #epistemic values. She challenged the many philosophers of science present to do better - to do more to achieve greater social justice & to diversify their methods and approaches

In case you've missed it elsewhere, please consider submitting an abstract for the workshop 'Hostility by Design' to be held in Maastricht on 12-13 June 2025. Abstracts are due on 8 January 2025. #STS #design More details here: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/call-co...

while away, this article about #feminist #chatbots with @anniric.bsky.social appeared doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Looks like I last posted almost exactly a year ago, when I had about 40 followers. In my absence, shot up to more than three times that. Given the state of the world, and more of you have found your way here, I'll try to get back in the habit.

Maastricht University Library posted a short video of me in their 'Talking about books' series. I explain why I love 'Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men' by Caroline Criado Perez. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJYf...

FASoS researcher @mariellew.bsky.social is one of the nominees of the Klokhuis Science Award🍎🏆 Is internet freedom important to you as well, and would you like children to learn about digital rights? Encourage Klokhuis viewers in your environment to vote: shorturl.at/yCFY7

new article with Flora Lysen, 'Refusing participation: hesitations about designing responsible patient engagement with artificial intelligence in healthcare', online first in the Journal of Responsible Innovation. We've also tried to experiment a bit with form. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Calling all Maastricht University alumni!📢 Get ready for a stellar evening of knowledge and connection on Thursday 14 March🌟 Thomas Conzelmann in Brussels about rule of law deficits in the EU & @sallywyatt.bsky.social about AI in Frankfurt. Registration and full programme👉 tinyurl.com/46zauauj

big week for first books here in the Maastricht STS program - in addition to @matthewarcher.bsky.social 's Unsustainable from NYU Press we have Jacob Ward's Visions of a Digital Nation from @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026254629...

Great job with my great colleagues @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social - ass't professor in political and environmental philosophy vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Reminder: applications for our STS School close 12 January: www.sthvschool.org That is soon!

Here is the latest issue of BJHS Themes -- Histories of AI: A Genealogy of Power -- which developed out of our Mellon Sawyer Seminar. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...