Society + Technology at UW is now offering four types of programming to foster and deepen cross-campus and cross-disciplinary connections around society and technology.
First Monday STSS Reading Group
First Monday STSS is a participant-led monthly online reading group, launched and co-facilitated by Monika Sengul-Jones and Leah Ceccarelli (Communication). The goal of the reading group is to foster and deepen the science and technology studies (STS) intellectual community of faculty, students, and staff across the UW’s campuses and the School of Medicine, many of whom are involved in UW’s Science, Technology, and Society Studies (STSS) interdisciplinary graduate certificate program. Anyone at the UW who is STS-curious is welcome to join the reading group. Learn more
Pop-Up Working Groups
Pop-Up Working Groups are thematic problem-solving events proposed and hosted by one or several of the S+T Affiliate network members. Once proposed, S+T supports the host(s) to facilitate a 55-minute online conversation about a question or problem to brainstorm solutions. In 2024, the first Pop-Up Working Group evolved out of a reading group conversation and addressed science, technology, and society studies approaches to AI at UW. Have a question or problem you’d like to examine with the S+T network of Affiliates? Propose a Pop-Up Working Group session by emailing mmjones@uw.edu
Salons
Salons are an online conversation series to elevate the S+T’s cross-campus, cross-disciplinary perspectives on emerging technologies. Each Salon is a one-hour and fifteen-minute conversation between 3-5 Affiliates from the S+T network, with a moderator. The purpose is to recognize and honor live, arranged encounters as a meeting of the minds, to give greater visibility to the S+T network, and to cultivate intellectual conditions for deeper collaborations. Would you like to present your work in a Salon? Email mmjones@uw.edu. Learn about upcoming Salons on the S+T Calendar
Interviews
Conversations with Society + Technology is a podcasted interview series about emerging technologies and their societal impact, featuring in-depth conversations with the S+T Affiliate community. Is there someone you’d like to hear from? Email mmjones@uw.edu to recommend interviewees. Access the episodes
