On Monday, December 1, 2025, at 5:30 PM, head to Figurehead Brewing in Fremont (3513 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103) for a pint and a conversation with Hansi Singh, CEO of Planette.ai, on technology, power, water, and carbon math.
Signals & Society is an independent, public-facing, traveling series devoted to exploring how technology shapes—and is shaped by—society.
The event is public; no registration required.
Please share widely with colleagues, students, and friends who might be interested.
Online dating is nothing new, but in 2025, the promise and peril of finding love online—and the work of designing technologies to facilitate amore—now include artificial intelligence writers in the mix.
Consider this, and more, over a pint at the next event in Signals & Society, a new public-facing traveling series co-organized by Ryan Calo (Law, UW Seattle), on Mon., Nov. 10, 2025, at 5:30 PM at the Old Stove Brewery Gardens in Ballard (1550 NW 49th Street, Seattle, WA 98107).
This conversation features Jevan Hutson (Law, UW Seattle) to discuss how digital intimacies are shaped by commercial, legal, and interpersonal forces.
Add to your calendar; no registration required.
SEATTLE — More than 100 University of Washington faculty and students will present their research this September at Reverberations, the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), a leading interdisciplinary conference for scholars engaged in social studies of science, technology, and medicine (a field often referred to as STS).
To mark the occasion, Society + Technology at UW is inviting all 4S attendees to register to attend the UW Social, to celebrate UW’s contributions to the field of STS and to foster connections and stoke curiosity.
The party will be on Friday, September 5, from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. on the Garden Terrace (third floor) of the Summit at the Seattle Convention Center. Reverberations will take place at the Sheraton Grand Hotel and the Summit at the Seattle Convention Center from September 3-6, 2025.
“This is an exciting opportunity to acknowledge the tremendous and ongoing work in this interdisciplinary field happening at UW across all three campuses,” said Monika Sengul-Jones, co-host of the UW Social with Daniela Rosner, a professor in Human Centered Design and Engineering and Co-chair of Reverberations.
“And it’s in a pollinator garden, which is a gesture to our intention with the party: to be a space to pollinate and to strengthen the assemblages that animate STS as a field of creation and critique.”
Who can attend?
The UW Social is free for registered 4S attendees, though separate registration for the party is required. Register online and pick up your paper UW Social ticket at the registration desk in the foyer of the Sheraton Hotel starting on Thursday at 1:00 p.m.
The first 150 guests to register and collect their paper ticket will receive a complimentary drink sticker they can redeem at the party; additional refreshments will be available for purchase.
Co-sponsors of UW Social include: Society + Technology at UW, hosted by the Tech Policy Lab, University of Washington Press, 4S, Science, Technology & Society at UW Bothell, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, the Science, Technology and Society Studies Graduate Certificate Program, the Department of Communication, CommLead, Human Centered Design and Engineering, DXARTS, and the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at UW Medicine.
Attending 4S? Register for the UW Social
We’re thrilled to announce that the University of Washington Press has joined Society + Technology at UW as a community partner.
A national leader in publishing, UW Press contributes to the University of Washington’s research, education, and outreach missions by bringing vital new work to a global audience of scholars, students, and intellectually curious readers. From Indigenous studies and environmental history to feminist technosciences, the press’s areas of focus include fields that shape how we think about the societal dimensions of technology. The new partnership reflects a shared commitment to advancing cross-disciplinary perspectives and connecting scholarship to broader publics.
As we build an initiative focused on cross-disciplinarity and public dialogue, we’re excited about the possibility of collaboration with UW Press on future programming, including events, publications, and more.
Society + Technology at UW welcomes interest from community organizations, nonprofits, and industry groups who see value in what we’re building and would like to be part of it. To learn more about joining the Society + Technology at UW affiliate circle, email mmjones@uw.edu.