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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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