Sonja van Wichelen
@sonjavw.bsky.social
Science and Technology Studies | Biolegality | Postcolonial Science Studies | Southeast Asia -- and wannabe skateboarder ...
Join me in Cambridge for the CRASSH Symposium on Science Diplomacy — a chance to think with scholars across STS, HPS, sociology, IR & socio-legal studies. #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @joyzhang.bsky.social @samhistsci.bsky.social @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48677...
Science diplomacy in a time of fractured institutions - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Join me in Cambridge for the CRASSH Symposium on Science Diplomacy — a chance to think with scholars across STS, HPS, sociology, IR & socio-legal studies. #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @joyzhang.bsky.social @samhistsci.bsky.social @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48677...
Looking forward to my time at CRASSH -- eager to exchange ideas and to meet new colleagues!
Dr Federica Paddeu (Cambridge)
Dr Ayesha Siddiqi (Cambridge)
Prof @sonjavw.bsky.social (Sydney)
Prof Soile Ylivuori (Helsinki)
Read a brief introduction to fellows joining us this term on our blog. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/whos-he...
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Dr Ayesha Siddiqi (Cambridge)
Prof @sonjavw.bsky.social (Sydney)
Prof Soile Ylivuori (Helsinki)
Read a brief introduction to fellows joining us this term on our blog. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/whos-he...
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Who’s Here? Introducing CRASSH Fellows in Michaelmas Term 2025 - CRASSH
A brief introduction to new fellows joining CRASSH this term.
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Looking forward to my time at CRASSH -- eager to exchange ideas and to meet new colleagues!
Check out this exciting event (in-person & online) celebrating the work of Professor Catherine Waldby. Hope to see some of you there! #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Check out this exciting event (in-person & online) celebrating the work of Professor Catherine Waldby. Hope to see some of you there! #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
Petition to ANU Council
In support of our petition, we observe that:
• ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...
www.megaphone.org.au
August 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
jobs.univie.ac.at
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS
www.sthvschool.org
www.sthvschool.org
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
www.sthvschool.org
August 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS
www.sthvschool.org
www.sthvschool.org
so cool ...
Delighted to learn that Dr Thao Phan is awarded the 2025 Max Crawford medal, Australia's major prize for early-career humanities researchers! Pleasantly surprised it went to an STS scholar for the first time too. Such good news!
@thaophan.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #STS
@thaophan.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #STS
Dr Thao Phan wins 2025 Max Crawford Medal
Dr Thao Phan has won the 2025 Max Crawford medal for her work investigating dynamics of race and gender in algorithmic culture.
humanities.org.au
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
so cool ...
3-year research fellowship at Edinburgh! A great opportunity for folks working at the intersection of medical sociology, STS and socio-legal studies. International applicants are welcome! #STS
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellow. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
3-year research fellowship at Edinburgh! A great opportunity for folks working at the intersection of medical sociology, STS and socio-legal studies. International applicants are welcome! #STS
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
So pleased to see this out in the world!
New paper! What does it mean to be epistemically prepared for the next disease outbreak?
gh.bmj.com/content/10/6...
Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
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Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
July 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So pleased to see this out in the world!
We warmly welcome proposals for the Biolegalities Series!
And delighted to introduce our advisory board: Amade M’charek, Irus Braverman, Margaret Davies, @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social, Thomas Lemke, Brad Sherman, Britta van Beers, Miguel Vatter, and Catherine Mills.
link.springer.com/series/15629 #STS
And delighted to introduce our advisory board: Amade M’charek, Irus Braverman, Margaret Davies, @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social, Thomas Lemke, Brad Sherman, Britta van Beers, Miguel Vatter, and Catherine Mills.
link.springer.com/series/15629 #STS
July 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We warmly welcome proposals for the Biolegalities Series!
And delighted to introduce our advisory board: Amade M’charek, Irus Braverman, Margaret Davies, @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social, Thomas Lemke, Brad Sherman, Britta van Beers, Miguel Vatter, and Catherine Mills.
link.springer.com/series/15629 #STS
And delighted to introduce our advisory board: Amade M’charek, Irus Braverman, Margaret Davies, @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social, Thomas Lemke, Brad Sherman, Britta van Beers, Miguel Vatter, and Catherine Mills.
link.springer.com/series/15629 #STS
#AusSTS25 was a blast. Such cool plenaries from @elizabethstephens.bsky.social, Jaya Keaney, @blueskychris.bsky.social, @wombatscholar.bsky.social and @karilancaster.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the organizers for such a great ride!
Thanks to @aussts.bsky.social for an immensely stimulating, challenging, convivial, and inspiring conference. I’m leaving #AusSTS2025 with a head full of ideas, re-energised by conversations with colleagues and kin. There is a very special STS community in the antipodes 🫶
July 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#AusSTS25 was a blast. Such cool plenaries from @elizabethstephens.bsky.social, Jaya Keaney, @blueskychris.bsky.social, @wombatscholar.bsky.social and @karilancaster.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the organizers for such a great ride!
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Loving being back on home soil and with this excellent #STS community as @aussts.bsky.social 2025 kicks off today. A reminder that all the keynotes are being streamed live. Get amongst it 👇
All of our keynote panels will be live streamed 🛰️
Our day 1 keynote panels is on "Infrastructures of Noise" w Ranjodh Dhaliwal @ranjodhdhaliwal.com, Fabian Offert @zentralwerkstatt.org, Dang Nguyen @digitaldang.bsky.social & Kate Mannell @katemannell.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/aussts-202...
Our day 1 keynote panels is on "Infrastructures of Noise" w Ranjodh Dhaliwal @ranjodhdhaliwal.com, Fabian Offert @zentralwerkstatt.org, Dang Nguyen @digitaldang.bsky.social & Kate Mannell @katemannell.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/aussts-202...
AusSTS 2025 Day 1 Keynote "Infrastructures of Noise"
Join AusSTS online for the first keynote of 'Signals and noises' with Dang Nguyen, Fabian Offert, Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal & Kate Mannell.
www.eventbrite.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Loving being back on home soil and with this excellent #STS community as @aussts.bsky.social 2025 kicks off today. A reminder that all the keynotes are being streamed live. Get amongst it 👇
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#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
opensciencestudies.eu
June 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
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⚡️Exciting job opportunity at the University of Geneva: assistant or associate professor of platform studies⚡️
#STS #MediaStudies #DigitalSociology #DigitalAnthropology
#AcademicSky
#STS #MediaStudies #DigitalSociology #DigitalAnthropology
#AcademicSky
Professeur-e en "Etudes des plateformes numériques (platform Studies)" (6417)
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June 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
⚡️Exciting job opportunity at the University of Geneva: assistant or associate professor of platform studies⚡️
#STS #MediaStudies #DigitalSociology #DigitalAnthropology
#AcademicSky
#STS #MediaStudies #DigitalSociology #DigitalAnthropology
#AcademicSky
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Such a tremendous loss for STS and legal anthropology! Will miss his sharp analysis, humour, and graceful disposition...
So sad that a dear friend and colleague, Mario Biagioli, died a few days ago, far too young. I find it hard to believe: Mario seemed always so vital, so full of energy and enthusiasm, a true intellectual. A great loss
#histstm #histsci #STS
#histstm #histsci #STS
Mario Biagioli (1955-2025) – ISHTIP.org
ishtip.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Such a tremendous loss for STS and legal anthropology! Will miss his sharp analysis, humour, and graceful disposition...
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And also his 'masterclass' for early-career researchers, May 29
May 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
And also his 'masterclass' for early-career researchers, May 29
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Looking forward to hosting this talk by Andy Lakoff here at Sydney, May 28.
#STS #histstm #preparedness
#STS #histstm #preparedness
May 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Looking forward to hosting this talk by Andy Lakoff here at Sydney, May 28.
#STS #histstm #preparedness
#STS #histstm #preparedness
So much looking forward to this talk by Courtney Addison at UNSW next week!
www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/defere...
www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/defere...
A deference to preference: The metabolic relations of pest control in Aotearoa | UNSW Sydney
The School of Humanities and Languages invite you to A deference to preference: The metabolic relations of pest control in Aotearoa – a talk with Dr Courtney Addison of Victoria University, Wellington...
www.events.unsw.edu.au
May 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
So much looking forward to this talk by Courtney Addison at UNSW next week!
www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/defere...
www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/defere...
Can’t wait to read "Land of Famished Beings" by colleague and friend @sophiechao2024.bsky.social! Available from @dukepress.bsky.social in August.
#STS #cultanthro
#STS #cultanthro
March 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Can’t wait to read "Land of Famished Beings" by colleague and friend @sophiechao2024.bsky.social! Available from @dukepress.bsky.social in August.
#STS #cultanthro
#STS #cultanthro
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Just noticed that there's a 2.5-year STS postdoc position available at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, to work in the excellent Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Closing date very soon: March 7!
#STS #histstm #medanthro
#STS #histstm #medanthro
Research Fellow
The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (CBSS) at the Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, is looking for a Research Fellow (working within science and technology studies (STS)/medical s...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just noticed that there's a 2.5-year STS postdoc position available at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, to work in the excellent Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Closing date very soon: March 7!
#STS #histstm #medanthro
#STS #histstm #medanthro
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Can't wait to go to Ruha Benjamin's talk tomorrow in Sydney!!
February 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Can't wait to go to Ruha Benjamin's talk tomorrow in Sydney!!
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Post-doc in planetary health humanities, to work with Andy Lakoff and colleagues at USC on their timely project on 'The city on life support: Los Angeles as a laboratory for planetary health'. Important topic...
#STS #envhum #medanthro
#STS #envhum #medanthro
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
Learn more about applying for Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
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February 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Post-doc in planetary health humanities, to work with Andy Lakoff and colleagues at USC on their timely project on 'The city on life support: Los Angeles as a laboratory for planetary health'. Important topic...
#STS #envhum #medanthro
#STS #envhum #medanthro
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Too late to offer a paper but soon registration for HoMSEA in Yogyakarta will open. An interesting article in the NYT on Yogya in the past day or so. While it's not as magical as in 1978, when I first visited, still worth experiencing. Not to forget Solo, only a few hours away, and much quieter....
Never Heard of Yogyakarta? It Might Be the Center of the Universe. (Gift Article)
The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as the Cosmological Axis, a cradle of Javanese culture.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Too late to offer a paper but soon registration for HoMSEA in Yogyakarta will open. An interesting article in the NYT on Yogya in the past day or so. While it's not as magical as in 1978, when I first visited, still worth experiencing. Not to forget Solo, only a few hours away, and much quieter....