Sophie Stone
@sarstone.bsky.social
Edinburgh STS, part of @engineeringlife.bsky.social.
Social/political dimensions of engineering biology and advanced therapeutics. Also norms/conventions of places where science gets made. Bio-AI curious. Always here for the Oxford comma.
Social/political dimensions of engineering biology and advanced therapeutics. Also norms/conventions of places where science gets made. Bio-AI curious. Always here for the Oxford comma.
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Edinburgh University staff begin walkout amid dispute over £140m cuts plan www.scotsman.com/education/ed...
Edinburgh University lecturers begin walkout amid dispute over £140m cuts plan
The union said its members had “no choice” but to take industrial action
www.scotsman.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Edinburgh University staff begin walkout amid dispute over £140m cuts plan www.scotsman.com/education/ed...
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Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!
🚨JOB KLAXON🚨
We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).
At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025
We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).
At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!
Reposted by Sophie Stone
a collaborative researcher's packing list.
July 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
a collaborative researcher's packing list.
Are you improvising methods in social research? Perhaps you're experimenting with new research assemblages, or drawing on field site resources in dynamic and inventive ways? If so, and you have stories or insights to share, this call might be for you. Do get in touch! www.ncrm.ac.uk/about/engage...
NCRM Engagement | Innovation Fora | Improvising Methods
NCRM delivers research methods training, produces learning resources, conducts research and supports methodological innovation
www.ncrm.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Are you improvising methods in social research? Perhaps you're experimenting with new research assemblages, or drawing on field site resources in dynamic and inventive ways? If so, and you have stories or insights to share, this call might be for you. Do get in touch! www.ncrm.ac.uk/about/engage...
A reminder that the Biological Engineering Collaboratory's next session is tomorrow, 4pm UK time. We're thrilled to have Helen Anne Curry talking on “Crop Diversity as a Threat: Seed Care and Disease Management in a Potato Gene Bank”. Fancy joining us? It's open to all and online, DM me for details.
February 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A reminder that the Biological Engineering Collaboratory's next session is tomorrow, 4pm UK time. We're thrilled to have Helen Anne Curry talking on “Crop Diversity as a Threat: Seed Care and Disease Management in a Potato Gene Bank”. Fancy joining us? It's open to all and online, DM me for details.
The Biological Engineering Collaboratory's next session, "If a squirrel falls in the woods", is tomorrow, 3pm (UK time). Rob and Sarah will talk about squirrels, gene drive technology and governance of environmental synthetic biology. Want to join us? It's online and open to all, DM me for details.
Then on Tuesday at 3pm UK time, Sarah Hartley and I will be talking about our squirrels work (↓↓↓). That's online as part of the Biological Engineering Collaboratory and very much open to all. (Send me a note if you want to come)
February 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The Biological Engineering Collaboratory's next session, "If a squirrel falls in the woods", is tomorrow, 3pm (UK time). Rob and Sarah will talk about squirrels, gene drive technology and governance of environmental synthetic biology. Want to join us? It's online and open to all, DM me for details.