UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL #KEF5 @uclenterprise.bsky.social

It's the start of the new Academic Year! It was great to meet our new #undergraduate cohort at our Welcome Session this morning. #WeAreSTS #STS #HPS #STSUCL

Yesterday Tate Modern saw us wandering around its exhibits for our away day. We discussed good & bad theologies of radio technologies; whether Rothko's moods exist or are performed, & what happens to art when stripped of context. All while setting off alarms & getting told off for touching exhibits.

We're proud to share that STS student Tanisha authored A Breath of Fresh Air: A Smoke Free Future for NHS London & London Tobacco Alliance published by Partnership for Young London. Her research on vape marketing & UK policy was cited by Brunel academics! 👏 Read Here:

From Print to Prompts: Join The Economist’s Health Editor Natasha Loder at UCL STS on 15 October for the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture on the future of science journalism. For full details and to register to attend, please visit: http://bit.ly/4poAV1R

We’re hiring! We are currently recruiting for a 3-year Lecturer in Nature, Environment and Society to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit:http://bit.ly/45MipZl Closing Date: 5th October 2025 #nature #environment #society #WeAreSTS

Are you joining us in September? Would you like to meet some of your new classmates? Come along to our Meet your Classmates event. Register here: http://bit.ly/45ZQx2V

✉️ Our July 2025 Newsletter is out now! Don't forget to Subscribe so you can keep up to date with everything happening in STS! www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/st...

Last Friday, we held an STS taster session with Year 12 students at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. We talked about different topics, such as AI, and what it’s like to be part of STS. #stsucl #education #WeAreSTS

🚨 Job Alert: We are currently looking for an Education Administrator to join our Professional Services team and work across our taught and research programmes. This is a full-time, permanent position - all details are available here: http://bit.ly/447GzLV

🔦 June Spotlight on Dr Cian O'Donovan, Director of the new UCL Centre for Responsible #Innovation and Lecturer at UCL #Science and #Technology Studies @stsucl.bsky.social: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Prof @jackstilgoe.bsky.social spoke to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning about self-driving cars. You can listen to the programme here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (Skip to 01:36:00 to listen to the segment!) @ucl.ac.uk @uclnews.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social

Dr Charlotte Sleigh, STS Associate Professor in Social Studies of Science, took part in More Jam Tomorrow's podcast on Teeth. You can listen to the interview here: morejamtomorrow.com/...

We are delighted to share that STS’s Maryam Rokhideh invited piece in Nature Worldview is out now! You can read it here: www.nature.com/artic...

Read about BSc SPS student and Y1 Student Rep Fatima Ismail's experience of being a student and activist in this interview by Dr Jenny Bulstrode: ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/2... Watch the Young Voices of Africa 'Blood Diamond' documentary here: https://bit.ly/3HgJcD7

📢 Exciting job opportunity available: We are currently recruiting for a fixed-term Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Science and Technology Policy. To find out more about the position and to apply, visit the link below: http://bit.ly/3SrGqxk

Are you an STS UG finalist or MSc student? Are you worried about what comes next after graduation? Skip the existential crisis and mark your diary for 27 May for the first ever student-led STS/HPS Alumni Careers Panel, feat. former STS students Timothy Wood and Holly Frostwick.

A big night for SciComm at STS ❤️‍🔥 Organised entirely by our brilliant students, the evening featured a showcase and panel discussion about diversity in SciComm. And speaking of diversity... let’s just say the room was very female. A reminder of who the emotional labour of SciComm typically falls to 💬

Some excellent work produced by Mykyta Osadchyi - one of our MSc Science Communication students - for @bbcworldservice: www.youtube.com/watc... #dinosaurs #fossils #scotland #scicom #sts #science #technology

A reminder to join us for the STS Science Communication Final Showcase on May 6th 2025! We will have a special guest panel from 6-7pm with Subhadra Das, Priya Joi, Alfredo Carpineti, and Lara Joannides. For more details https://bit.ly/4iWeuwZ

We are excited to announce the appointment of our new Lecturer in Medicine, Health and Society, Dr Helene Scott-Fordsmand @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social, who will join STS from 1st September 2025.

Join us for the STS Science Communication Final Showcase on May 6th 2025! We will have a special guest panel from 6-7pm with Subhadra Das, Priya Joi, Alfredo Carpineti, and Lara Joannides. For more details https://bit.ly/4iWeuwZ

📈New report out! A collaboration between UCL STS staff and students that seeks to understand the attitudes, values and visions of AI researchers. The report analyses responses from 4,260 AI researchers, making it the largest survey of AI researchers to date. Access here: zenodo.org/records/1508...

We are thrilled to announce a joint UCL STS - Science Museum conference titled: "Leviathan and after". Taking place on 12 May at the Science Museum. For more details and how to book: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/ev...

New article by STS Prof Simon Werrett on early modern glue & natural knowledge, part of a special issue on Vital Waste from the Journal of Material Culture "The Marvellous Bond: Animal Glue and Isinglass as Vital Waste in England, 1600–1800” available at doi.org/10.1177/1359...

Still time to join us for our JBS Haldane Lecture of 2025 with Charlotte Bigg (CNRS), entitled "Imaging the universe. A scientific, technical and cultural history". For more information and to book your place, please visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/ev... @uclmaps @ucl

We are thrilled to announce our JBS Haldane Lecture of 2025 with Charlotte Bigg (CNRS), entitled "Imaging the universe. A scientific, technical and cultural history". For more information and to book your place, please visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/ev... @uclmaps @ucl

Check out this amazing zine edited by our MSc student, Hannah Lev. Featuring a collection of illustrations, writing, photographs, and other art forms, Boundary Work explores how, in an increasingly data-saturated cultural landscape, narratives can compel us and make us wonder. boundary-work.com/home

Very excited to announce our new @ukri.org metascience project on Mapping Public Values in AI Research www.gov.uk/government/n...

✉️ Our first newsletter is out! Subscribe now to keep up to date with everything exciting happening in STS! www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/st...

Thrilled to announce our next JBS Haldane Lecture on 24 March 2025 with Charlotte Bigg (CNRS), entitled "Imaging the universe. A scientific, technical and cultural history". For more information and to book your place, please visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/ev... @uclmaps

Is big tech stealing your life? Last week's episode of Rethink on @BBCRadio4 featured STS professor @Jackstilgoe. You can listen to it on @BBCSounds :www.bbc.co.uk/progra...

“Matter tells space-time how to curve; space-time tells matter how to move”. Watch our brilliant MSc Science Communication graduate, Davide De Biasio @davidedebiasio.bsky.social deliver this lecture at the Royal Institution on the promises and problems of string theory. youtu.be/B-47G6XKFfA

I'm giving a talk next Thurs as part of the BSA STS Seminar Series. It draws from my research exploring innovators' affective investments in their work, asking how responsibility can be practiced in contexts of fantasy and emotional defendedness. Online and free! www.eventbrite.com/e/disruptive...

STS Professor of History of Science Frank James took part in Radio 4's Human Intelligence series listen here: https://bit.ly/4gZKFuQ

@stephenhues.bsky.social recently featured on Health in a Handbasket podcast where he discussed AI, conspiracy theories, mental health, and more. “It's not The Matrix. It's more that there are people who feel entitled to a country's worth of resources to themselves”. www.ucl.ac.uk/healthcare-e...

Congratulation to STS PhD student Jon Dickinson who has had a paper adapted from his MSc dissertation published in ScienceDirect. You can read the full paper here: authors.elsevier.com... @uclmaps @ucl #Science #Scienceandenvironment #uclsts #education #climate

📢 We’re hiring! We are looking for a Lecturer in Medicine, Health and Society to join our Department from Sept 25. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/41CTiXk Closing Date: 2nd March 2025 #medicine #health #society #science #technology #WeAreSTS

Happy Orthodox Christmas to everyone celebrating!

Happy Hanukkah to everyone celebrating!

Happy Christmas to everyone celebrating!

24th of December!! Merry STSmas from everyone at UCL STS 🎄🎁🎄🎁

Day 23 🎁 @cechil.bsky.social is reading Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. "I'm intrigued by (centre-right) lamenting proclamations that liberalism is dying. This book explores how people can take responsibility in the face of a dying modernity while maintaining grace and dignity".

Day 22 🌲🌲🌲 @profjoecain.bsky.social is reading Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers by Steve Pratt this week - "A long time pro describes ways to break out from the pack through story-telling and 'opposite' strategies".

21st Day of STS advent bookshelf (and solstice too 🌞)!!! PhD Lucy Maun is reading Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. "I'm trying to do some non-academic reading to prove that academics can stop thinking about work - so far it's an entertaining fantasy adventure!"

Got some free time over the break? Try this Free exhibition at Wellcome Collection co-curated by STS alumnus Dr Nathan Bossoh, https://bit.ly/3P4KHF5 It runs through to 2 Feb 2025.