The 9th STS Italia Conference welcomes panel proposals contributing to the effort of u npacking the ambiguous concept of "interest” from a more-than-human perspec tive. The conference is intended to provide a dynamic, equal and multidisci plinary context to present conceptual, methodological and analytical insigh ts in the heterogeneous realm of social studies of science, technology and innovation. Notably, we invite panel proposals about (but not limited to) t hese areas:

Ecological transitions and climate jus tice
Health policies, governance and practices in a postpandemic er a
Sociomaterialities of conflict and peace
Knowledge co-cre ation, citizens science, co-design processes, material publics and grassroo t innovation
Technoscientific promises, imaginaries and expectation s
Methodological challenges in a more-than-human world
Ever yday life and design of the mundane
Working conditions and organiza tions interested in and by automation
Postcolonial technoscientific futures
Governance of and by data infrastructures
Sociotec hnologies of (in)secure worlds to come
Technofeminism and interspec ies solidarities
Food networks and governance in postpandemic times
Heritage industry and the production of collective memory
Right to and sociotechnical imaginaries of the city
Algorithmic kno wledge, media ecologies and artificial intelligence
Innovation imag inaries, practices and policies
Ethics, innovation and responsibili ty in technoscience
The value of science, technology, innovation an d research practices
Embodied identities, genders and interests
Extractivist powers, imaginaries and asymmetries
Heterogeneous assemblages in biomedical research
Building alliances in public pa rticipation and engagement

Submissions guidelines
In order to submit a panel proposal please have a look at the Call for Panels and create an accou nt on the conference platform https://www.conftool.org/stsitalia2023, then submit your contribution after account creation .
For those new to the platform, a video explaining the process is av ailable in the How to participate page.
Deadline: October 25, 2022
Notification of acceptance: November 21, 2022

Conference settings

The Conference will be held in Bologna, Italy on 28–30 June 2023 and is organized by the Italian Soci ety of Science and Technology Studies (STS Italia), in collaboration wi th the Department of Philosophy and Communication and the Department of Pol itical and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna.

More info ab out the conference: https://eventi.unibo.it/sts italia2023

The 9th STS Italia Conference welcomes panel proposals contributing to the effort of unpacking the ambiguous concept of "interest” from a more-than-human perspective. The conference is intended t o provide a dynamic, equal and multidisciplinary context to present concept ual, methodological and analytical insights in the heterogeneous realm of s ocial studies of science, technology and innovation. Notably, we invite pan el proposals about (but not limited to) these areas:

Health policies, gove rnance and practices in a postpandemic era
Sociomaterialities of co nflict and peace
Knowledge co-creation, citizens science, co-design processes, material publics and grassroot innovation
Technoscienti fic promises, imaginaries and expectations
Methodological challenge s in a more-than-human world
Everyday life and design of the mundan e
Working conditions and organizations interested in and by automat ion
Postcolonial technoscientific futures
Governance of and by data infrastructures
Sociotechnologies of (in)secure worlds to come
Technofeminism and interspecies solidarities
Food netw orks and governance in postpandemic times
Heritage industry and the production of collective memory
Right to and sociotechnical imagin aries of the city
Algorithmic knowledge, media ecologies and artifi cial intelligence
Innovation imaginaries, practices and policies
Ethics, innovation and responsibility in technoscience
The va lue of science, technology, innovation and research practices
Embod ied identities, genders and interests
Extractivist powers, imaginar ies and asymmetries
Heterogeneous assemblages in biomedical researc h
Building alliances in public participation and engagement

Submissions guidelines

In order to submit a panel p roposal please have a look at the Cal l for Panels and create an account on the conference platform https://www.conftool.org/stsitalia2023, then submit your contribution after account creation.

For those new to the platf orm, a video explaining the process is available in the How to participate page.

Deadline: October 2 5, 2022

Notification of acc eptance: November 21, 2022

Conference settings

The Con ference will be held in Bologna, Italy on 28–30 June 2023 and is organized by the Italian Society of Science and Technology Stud ies (STS Italia), in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy an d Communication and the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna.

More info about the conference: https://eventi.unibo.it/stsitalia2023