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*Announcing The First STS India Network Conference*

*Co-shaping of Science, Technology and Society in India*

*15-17 December 2025*

*Delhi NCR, India*

Please keep an eye on the website* https://stsin.org/stsinc25/
 *for regular updates and any changes



*Call for Papers:*

The STS India Conference seeks to bring together scholars, educators, and
practitioners from diverse disciplines to explore the intersections of
science, technology, and society in India, as well as the evolution of STS
research in the region. This conference is a foundational step towards
building a cohesive network of STS scholars and practitioners in India as
well as those located elsewhere with an active interest in the region. It
is also an opportunity to bring focus on a contextually relevant set of
questions that can draw on a longer tradition of knowledge creation and
dissemination in the region.

Through the conference, we intend to delve into various themes, including
the historical development of science and technology in India, the
interplay of political and economic forces, cultural influences, and future
directions in STS research. By examining these themes, we aim to highlight
the significant role that science and technology play in shaping and being
shaped by societal structures.

*Key dates*

Call for papers issued

December 15, 2024

Last date for submission of extended abstracts/panel proposals

February 14, 2025

Notification of acceptance

April 15, 2025

Confirmation of attendance

May 10, 2025

Early registration

May 15 – July 1, 2025

Regular registration

July 2 – November 15, 2025

Submission of full draft paper

30 October 2025

Circulation of full paper to the discussant and fellow panel members

15 November 2025

Conference programme finalised

November 25, 2025

Conference dates

December 15-17, 2025


*Parallel tracks*

The conference call for proposals/papers is built around the themes that
were identified at the December 2023 meeting, and that have a specific
focus on perspectives that go beyond the dominant, or Global North,
perspectives. We invite papers that are firmly grounded in regional
contexts and addressing regional concerns.

We envisage that conference sessions will be organized along the following
themes. Papers that do not explicitly address these themes are also welcome.

*Histories of STS:* How have issues of science, technology and society been
framed and shaped in the sub-continental context? What modes of inquiry
have shaped the way we think about scientific and technological innovation
and knowledge systems?

*Digital STS:* How does the digital–as infrastructure, as systems of work,
life and play, and as media of communication–come to be? What are the
social, cultural, economic and political forces that shape digital
environments and what implications might they have for planetary futures?

*Feminist STS: *How can we use the lens of gender to understand the
dynamics of science and technology as modes of knowledge and practice? How
do such factors as class, race and other identity positions shape these
systems?

*Environmental STS:* What can a sociological, humanist and people-centred
analysis of the many scientific and technological aspects of the climate
crisis lead us towards processes of mitigation and resilience? In doing so,
how can we learn from both micro and macro-level, grassroots and policy
level interventions and innovations in science and technology that relate
to and address environmental concerns?

*New and emerging science and technology* (*NEST) & Society: *How can new
and emerging science and technology (beyond technologies included under the
previous themes) potentially interact with and transform society? How may
society co-shape development, deployment and adaptation of NEST?

*Other/Miscellaneous:* Papers that do not explicitly address above themes
would be curated under this track.

We welcome proposals for closed panels and intensive workshops, as well as
for individual paper presentations.

*Closed Panel/workshop proposals:* Panel coordinators should submit a panel
description of about 1000-2000 words and a proposed list of panelists
(ideally no more than four speakers per panel, including the
chair-discussant). The panel description should be accompanied by
individual paper proposals for each panelist, following the instructions
below. Coordinators may also choose to propose a chair—discussant for the
panel as a whole. Please note that an individual may submit no more than *two
abstracts or panels*.

We also welcome workshop proposals.  Workshop coordinators should submit an
agenda description of about 1000-1500 words.

*Individual papers:* Extended paper abstracts (minimum 1000 – maximum 1200
words) with references (max 5) should be submitted through the conference
submission portal. Closed panel participants must also submit extended
paper abstracts through the conference submission portal. Please note that
an individual may submit no more than *two abstracts or panels*.


*The Conference Submission Portal*

STSINC25 is using the services of the Conference Management Tool provided
by Microsoft. Individual paper authors as well as closed panel/workshop
coordinators will have to first register on the CMT portal before making
submissions (link below).

Conference submission portal: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/STSINC2025

*Abstracts/Proposals should be submitted no later than 14 February  2025*

We will get back to you within eight weeks of receiving the abstract or
closed panel/workshop proposal. If an abstract is accepted for the
conference, a full draft paper should be submitted to the conference
secretariat by 30 October 2025 and distributed to the discussant and fellow
panel members no later than 15 November 2025. In the case of pre–formed
panels, this will be the responsibility of the Panel Coordinator.

Travel bursaries may be available for those who are unable to support their
own travel.


Best.

Sincerely,
----------
Mahendra Shahare,
Assistant Professor (STS),
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
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