{"id":2723,"date":"2025-08-15T19:56:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stsprogram.org\/summerschool\/?page_id=2723"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:10:53","slug":"2025-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stsprogram.org\/summerschool\/program-2\/2025-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2025 STS Summer School will take place August 24-27 at the Harvard University Center for the Environment (26 Oxford Street). For additional information, please consult the official summer school map<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, August 24<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, August 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM<\/strong>
Arrival & Check-in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:30 PM<\/strong>
Welcome Dinner
Changsho Restaurant<\/em>
<\/em>1712 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, August 25<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Location<\/strong>: Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE)
26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:30 AM<\/strong>
<\/strong>Breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:00 AM<\/strong>
Welcome & Program Overview
Sheila Jasanoff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:30 AM<\/strong>
Personal Introductions
Faculty introduce themselves and their research<\/em> and students present a brief overview of their writing projects.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:45 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning Session: STS Analytic Lexicon (Science, Power, and Politics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00 PM<\/strong>
<\/strong>Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:00 PM
<\/strong>Author-Meets-Critics Block 1
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Dan Affsprung: <\/strong>Prophets and their Problems: Threats to Accountability in AI Regulation Discourse\n
      \n
    • Reviewed by Margo Boenig-Liptsin<\/strong>, ETH Z\u00fcrich and S\u00f8ren Riis<\/strong>, Roskilde University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Vasilis Argyriou: <\/strong>From Unknown to Data Subject: Negotiations and the conflicting realities of datafication in detention centers \n
        \n
      • Reviewed by Aziza Ahmed<\/strong>, Boston University and Melanie Smallman<\/strong>, University College London<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        3:00 PM<\/strong>
        <\/strong>Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        3:30 PM<\/strong>
        <\/strong>Author-Meets-Critics Block 2
        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Anna Gall: <\/strong>Performing a Politicisation of Science amidst Ecological Crises and Democratic Decline\n
            \n
          • Reviewed by Margo Boenig-Liptsin, <\/strong>ETH Z\u00fcrich and Gabriel Dorthe, <\/strong>ETH Z\u00fcrich<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Sara Kinell: <\/strong>Mediating Climate: Politics and ethics in the age of eco-anxiety\n
              \n
            • Reviewed by Brice Laurent<\/strong>, Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, Mines Paris and S\u00f8ren Riis<\/strong>, Roskilde University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              5:30 PM<\/strong>
              <\/strong>Adjourn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              6:00 PM<\/strong>
              <\/strong>Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Tuesday, August 26<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

              Location<\/strong>: Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE)
              26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              8:30 AM<\/strong>
              <\/strong>Breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              9:00 AM
              <\/strong>Author-Meets-Critics Block 3 
              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \n
              • Pariroo Rattan: <\/strong>Pathologies of Liberalism: Dueling Statistics and the Politics of Evidence in the Harvard Affirmative Action lawsuit\n
                  \n
                • Reviewed by Onur Ozgode, <\/strong>Bilkent University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Vishnu Subrahmanyam<\/strong>: Forgiving Pills, Condemning Bodies: The Moral Calibration of Adherence Through Pharmacological Forgiveness\n
                    \n
                  • Reviewed by Aziza Ahmed, <\/strong>Boston University and Ben Hurlbut,<\/strong> Arizona State University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    11:00 AM<\/strong>
                    Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    11:30 AM<\/strong>
                    Learning Session: Academic Writing \u2013 Responsibility, Rigor and Style<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    1:00 PM<\/strong>
                    Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    2:00 PM<\/strong>
                    <\/strong>Author-Meets-Critics Block 4
                    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      \n
                    • Nicole Bassoff: <\/strong>Putting Amazon in its Place: The Co-production of the Digital Economy and the Urban Social Compact\n
                        \n
                      • Reviewed by Ben Hurlbut<\/strong>, Arizona State University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Manuel Jung<\/strong>: Dissertation Chapter: Infrastructures of Scaling \u2013 How the Pursuit for Scalability Reconfigures the Experimental City\n
                          \n
                        • Reviewed by Arthur Daemmrich, <\/strong>Arizona State University and Brice Laurent, <\/strong><\/em>Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, Mines Paris<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                          4:00 PM<\/strong>
                          Coffee Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          4:30 PM
                          <\/strong>Learning Session: Abstracts and Abstractions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          6:00 PM – Adjourn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          6:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Dinner
                          Harvard Faculty Club<\/em>
                          <\/em>20 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Wednesday, August 27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                          Location<\/strong>: Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE)
                          26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          8:30 AM<\/strong>
                          <\/strong>Breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          9:00 AM<\/strong>
                          <\/strong>Author-Meets-Critics Block 5
                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            \n
                          • Hadrien Macq: <\/strong>Towards a constitutional approach to digital urban governance: Urban Digital Twins and the mutual constitution of problems, publics, and institutions\n
                              \n
                            • Reviewed by Gabriel Dorthe, <\/strong>ETH Z\u00fcrich<\/em> and<\/em> Melanie Smallman<\/strong>, University College London<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Hilton Simmet: <\/strong>Curves, Lines and Traps: Accounting for Quality in Development Economics\n
                                \n
                              • Reviewed by Onur Ozgode, <\/strong>Bilkent University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                11:00 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                11:30 AM<\/strong>
                                <\/strong>Learning Session: Interpretive STS Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                12:30 PM<\/strong>
                                <\/strong>Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                1:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                Author-Meets-Critics Block 6 
                                <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  \n
                                • Rose Sebastian: <\/strong>Postcolonial Science on Display: Discourses on Science and Technology from Indian Science Museums\n
                                    \n
                                  • Reviewed by Arthur Daemmrich<\/strong>, Arizona State University and Mak Takahashi<\/strong>, VU Amsterdam<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                    2:30 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    Coffee Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    3:00 PM<\/strong>
                                    <\/strong>Author-Meets-Critics Block 7
                                    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      \n
                                    • Lisa Claussmann<\/strong>: The Eventual Market. Promises and Anticipations of Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage\n
                                        \n
                                      • Reviewed by Stefan Sch\u00e4fer<\/strong>, RIFS-Potsdam<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      • Job Zomerplaag<\/strong>: When Transitions Hit Home: Public Formation and Collective Agency in the Dutch Heat Transition\n
                                          \n
                                        • Reviewed by Stefan Sch\u00e4fer<\/strong>, RIFS-Potsdam<\/em> and<\/em> Mak Takahashi<\/strong>, VU Amsterdam<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                          5:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          Midweek Comment Period <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          5:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          Adjourn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          To be followed by the 24th Annual Meeting of the Science and Democracy Network, August 28-30.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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