STS-CH, the Swiss Association for the Studies of Science, Technology and Society, is launching the second edition of its PhD Forum open to all PhD students in Switzerland, independently of their discipline. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work to the Swiss STS community and to receive feedback and support from peers and senior researchers.
The PhD Forum favors short presentation formats, emphasizing the richness and diversity of STS research conducted in Switzerland. Its aim is to stimulate interactions between researchers of different backgrounds, and between junior and senior colleagues.
We welcome proposals covering a wide variety of topics and domains, including (but not limited to) the following:
• Climate change and environmental sciences
• Artificial intelligence and algorithm studies
• Sciences and theoretical practices
• Knowledge politics and post-truth
• Maintenance and repair studies
• Innovation and technoscientific imaginaries
• Migration and border studies
• Medicine and health
• Gender studies and material feminism
• Communication infrastructure and digital technologies
• Hacking, DIY and open innovation
• Market devices and the platform economy
• Digital cities, open government and platform urbanism
• Participatory design and experimental infrastructures
• Media studies and web philosophy