{"id":2806,"date":"2026-05-28T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stsprogram.org\/summerschool\/?page_id=2806"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:48:35","slug":"2026-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stsprogram.org\/summerschool\/program-2\/2026-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2026 STS Summer School will take place June 7\u201313 at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS), Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam.<\/em>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, June 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2:00 PM \u2013 3:00 PM<\/strong>
Arrival & Check-in
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Potsdam
Am Kanal 15, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:00 PM<\/strong>
Meet at hotel lobby \u2013 walk to Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
RIFS, Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:00 PM<\/strong>
Welcome & Program Overview
<\/em>Sheila Jasanoff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:30 PM<\/strong>
Personal Introductions
<\/em>Faculty introduce themselves and their research and students present a brief overview of their writing projects.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5:15 PM<\/strong>
Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5:30 PM<\/strong>
Learning Session: STS Analytic Lexicon (Science, Power, and Politics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:45 PM<\/strong>
Adjourn \u2013 walk to Restaurant Il Teatro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:00 PM<\/strong>
Welcome Dinner
Restaurant Il Teatro, Schiffbauergasse 12, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 8
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Location<\/strong>: Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Note that breakfast is at the hotel. We will walk over to RIFS together, though you are also free to go by yourself so long as you are there before the first session.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:30 AM<\/strong>
Learning Session: Interpretive STS Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

11:30 AM<\/strong>
Author-Meets-Critics Block 1: Planetary Futures & Environmental Governance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Lucy Maun: <\/strong>Planetary Digital Twins, Democratic Decision-Making, and Climate Futures\n
      \n
    • Reviewed by <\/em>Stefan Sch\u00e4fer<\/em><\/strong>, RIFS Potsdam<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Eyal Bar: <\/strong>Sociotechnical Imaginaries and \u2018End-of-the-World\u2019 Orders\n
        \n
      • Reviewed by <\/em>Anna Agathangelou<\/em><\/strong>, York University and <\/em>Makoto Takahashi<\/em><\/strong>, McQuillan Institute<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

        2:00 PM<\/strong>
        Author-Meets-Critics Block 2: The Value of Place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Sophia Knopf: <\/strong>Urban Digital Twins: Knowing, Representing, and Governing the City\n
            \n
          • Reviewed by <\/em>Nicole Bassoff<\/em><\/strong>, University of Virginia and <\/em>S\u00f8ren Riis<\/em><\/strong>, Roskilde University<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Lily Tomson: <\/strong>Moral Economies, Oil Wealth, and Wind: Competing Futures in Shetland\n
              \n
            • Reviewed by <\/em>Brice Laurent<\/em><\/strong>, Mines Paris \u2013 PSL<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              3:30 PM<\/strong>
              Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              4:00 PM<\/strong>
              Author-Meets-Critics Block 3: AI Imaginaries & Futures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \n
              • Conor McGlynn: <\/strong>Interpretive Study of the AI Safety Community\n
                  \n
                • Reviewed by <\/em>Margo Boenig-Liptsin<\/em><\/strong>, ETH Z\u00fcrich and <\/em>S\u00f8ren Riis<\/em><\/strong>, Roskilde University<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Santtu R\u00e4is\u00e4nen: <\/strong>Tech-CEO Manifestos as Secular Apocalypticism: Constructing AI Futures\n
                    \n
                  • Reviewed by <\/em>Gabriel Dorthe<\/em><\/strong>, ETH Z\u00fcrich and <\/em>Makoto Takahashi<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em><\/em>McQuillan Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

                    6:30 PM<\/strong>
                    Dinner
                    <\/em>Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)<\/em>
                    <\/em>Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Tuesday, June 9
                    <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    Location<\/strong>: Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
                    Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    8:00 AM<\/strong>
                    Breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Note that breakfast is at the hotel. We will walk over to RIFS together, though you are also free to go by yourself so long as you are there before the first session.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    9:00 AM<\/strong>
                    Learning Session: Comparative STS Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

                    11:00 AM<\/strong>
                    Author-Meets-Critics Block 4: Democracy in an Age of AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      \n
                    • Philipp Neudert: <\/strong>Citizen Deliberation on AI Futures in the NeuroSys Semiconductor Ecosystem\n
                        \n
                      • Reviewed by <\/em>Anna Agathangelou<\/em><\/strong>, York University and <\/em>Hilton Simmet<\/em><\/strong>, RIFS Potsdam<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Kassandra Thompson: <\/strong>Guns N Beakers: Government Spending Models and Economic Outcomes Across U.S. States, 2000\u20132023\n
                          \n
                        • Reviewed by <\/em>Melanie Smallman<\/em><\/strong>, University College London<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

                          1:30 PM<\/strong>
                          Author-Meets-Critics Block 5: Innovation & Governance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            \n
                          • Cosimo Simoncini: <\/strong>Regional Innovation Cultures in Emilia-Romagna and Bavaria\n
                              \n
                            • Reviewed by <\/em>Nicole Bassoff<\/em><\/strong>, Harvard University and <\/em>Margo Boenig-Liptsin<\/em><\/strong>, ETH Z\u00fcrich<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Xin Jin: <\/strong>AI Technologies and Germany\u2019s AI Diplomacy Toward China: Co-Productive Dynamics
                              \n
                                \n
                              • Reviewed by <\/em>Brice Laurent<\/em><\/strong>, Mines Paris \u2013 PSL<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

                                3:30 PM<\/strong>
                                Author-Meets-Critics Block 6: Bioethics, Law & Temporality
                                <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  \n
                                • Henry Austin: <\/strong>Memory, Law, and Subjectivity in the Information Age\n
                                    \n
                                  • Reviewed by <\/em>Aziza Ahmed<\/em><\/strong>, Boston University
                                    <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  • Luke Stalley: <\/strong>Temporal Politics of Death and Dying in the NHS: Electronic Patient Records\n
                                      \n
                                    • Reviewed by <\/em>J. Benjamin Hurlbut<\/em><\/strong>, Arizona State University<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

                                      5:30 PM<\/strong>
                                      Author-Meets-Critics Block 7: Ordering Knowledge, Ordering Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                        \n
                                      • Lou Lennad: <\/strong>Lab Ethnographies and the Co-Production of Scientific and Legal Facts\n
                                          \n
                                        • Reviewed by <\/em>J. Benjamin Hurlbut<\/em><\/strong>, Arizona State University and <\/em>Aziza Ahmed<\/em><\/strong>, Boston University<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                          6:15 PM<\/strong>
                                          Adjourn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          7:00 PM<\/strong>
                                          Dinner
                                          Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
                                          Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          Wednesday, June 10
                                          <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                          Location<\/strong>: Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
                                          Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          8:00 AM<\/strong>
                                          Breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          Note that breakfast is at the hotel. We will walk over to RIFS together, though you are also free to go by yourself so long as you are there before the first session.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          9:00 AM<\/strong>
                                          Learning Session: Abstracts and Abstractions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

                                          11:00 AM<\/strong>

                                          Author-Meets-Critics Block 8: Health, Knowledge & Sovereignty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                            \n
                                          • Benedetta Muda: <\/strong>Knowledge-Making Practices Related to Long Covid in EU and UK Research Consortia\n
                                              \n
                                            • Reviewed by <\/em>Hilton Simmet<\/em><\/strong>, RIFS Potsdam and <\/em>Melanie Smallman<\/em><\/strong>, University College London<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            • Zhen Zhang: <\/strong>From Bodily Action to Neural Signals: How Brain-Computer Interface Reconstructs Self-Narration
                                              \n
                                                \n
                                              • Reviewed by <\/em>Gabriel Dorthe<\/em><\/strong>, ETH Zurich and <\/em>Stefan Sch\u00e4fer<\/em><\/strong>, RIFS Potsdam<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                                12:30 PM<\/strong>
                                                Midweek Comment Period<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                1:15 PM <\/strong>
                                                <\/strong>Lunch <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

                                                Excursion to Potsdam\u2019s Telagrafenberg (pickup at hotel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

                                                Return to hotel & Adjourn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                The Summer School is followed by the 25th Annual Meeting of the Science and Democracy Network, June 11\u201313, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                Saturday, June 13
                                                <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                12:30 PM<\/strong>
                                                Group lunch and program review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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