Editorial: Beyond Big Conferences

This issue reaches readers at the end of the teaching year for many and the start of the summer, when we look forward to being reunited with our writing projects, attending workshops with colleagues, and having some time away with family or friends.
The Catalan Association for Science and Technology Studies (STS-CAT) is born

by Eduard Aibar, Núria Vallès-Peris and Miquel Domènech
Call for nominations – EASST Awards 2026

Since our 2012 conference in Copenhagen, EASST has been celebrating collaboration and cooperation in our field through a set of awards. In 2026 the awards will be presented as usual, at the EASST 2026 conference.
EASST2018 programme
EASST4s-2024 conference programme
Strange World

Graphic poetry
Hero, who cared about the forest and wanted to transform it

A graphic story that brings us to the forest.
LUN
Poetry about living and running (from) code.
It’s hard to be a … Research Ethics Committee chair
“…as if participant can assess all risks involved.” A flash story about ethics out of control.
Blood of food
A tale of cooking a meal and doing research in China before and during the height of a pandemic.