The Forest Festival

The Forest Festival Festival Thursday, 18 July | ~ 15:00-21:00 | Amsterdam City Forest Delegates celebrated together on Thursday afternoon at the Forest Festival! This was a gathering outside the conference setting; where colleagues could toast, connect and engage in lively conversations, while enjoying a cold beverage, vegetarian dish and live music at the waterfront. […]

Conference coaching

Conference coaching A coaching session to help you step in with greater ease Academic conferences are tricky social situations. We can’t be certain what will unfold as we show up to present our work and connect with others. And evaluation and comparison are lurking around every corner. People’s individual reactions to this differ, but it’s […]

EASST 4s 2024 Home

Welcome to EASST-4S 2024 The 2024 quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) invited panels, presentations, making & doing contributions, and other events that explored the role of STS in making and doing contributions to transformations in an […]

Travel & Accommodation 

Read our recommendations for how to get to Ansterdam, transport options within Amsterdam, accommodation options, how to find your way on campus and other transport related info.

About the conference

About the conference Location VU Amsterdam Main Building The conference took place at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. There is no such thing as ‘Dutch STS’ and these are some lines about it This joint meeting returned to Amsterdam after 36 years. The 1988 meeting was hosted by the Science Dynamics department at the University of Amsterdam […]

Ethics & Privacy

Code of Ethics & Privacy Policy Echoing the view expressed by EASST President Maja Horst, we believe it is vital to acknowledge and respect people’s experiences. At the same time, it is essential that our STS community is a space that does not address harm through exclusion alone, but that also fosters learning, remediation and […]