Sign up for Inaugural conference "Leakage" of stsing e.V.!

From 19 to 22 March 2024, the Inaugural conference of stsing e.V. will take place at TU Dresden under the title "Leakage". stsing e.V . is an internationally oriented association for Science & Technology Studies (STS), which focuses on the interrelation between society, science and technology with the aim to foster more inclusive and participatory science and technology. About 250 participants from 21 countries are expected to attend the conference. They provide contributions on current developments focusing on the environment (climate change, pollution, energy, transformation, etc.), datafication and digitalisation (privacy, artificial intelligence, surveillance etc.), body, medicine and health (health apps, prevention, diagnostic procedures, pain detection, neurodiversity, endocrinology, etc.) from socially and ecologically critical perspectives and discuss interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches. Hence, they provide important impulses for reflection and action for socially and environmentally responsible research and development, which are also relevant for scientists from different fields of engineering. Interested students and employees of TU Dresden who would like to attend the conference, can contact Sandra Buchmüller, co-organiser and visiting professor for feminist technology research, by 6 March 2024:

The programme will be published on the conference website in the next few days: https://sts-leakage.org/

Information about ststing e.V. is provided here: https://stsing.org/