Join Society + Technology After Hours on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 5:30 PM at Halcyon Brewery (8564 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103) for Who’s Watching? Privacy and Urban Surveillance, a conversation with Ryan Calo (Law and Information, UW Seattle), Brie McLemore (Political Science, UW Seattle), and NPR’s Martin Kaste. Free and open to the public, no registration required.
Society + Technology at UW’s community of affiliates expands with a new community partner, the Seattle University Technology Ethics Initiative.
Directed by Professor Onur Bakiner (SU, Political Science), whose research and teaching focus on technology and society, the Seattle University Technology Ethics initiative seeks to bring together students, faculty, practitioners, and community members to explore how technologies shape power, accountability, and the public good.
This cross-institutional partnership indexes a shared commitment to cross-disciplinary collaboration and to creating spaces where open conversations about technology, society, and justice can flourish across institutions and communities.
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.
The University of Washington’s interdisciplinary Science, Technology, and Society Studies (STSS) community will host its fall mixer on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 3:30 PM at the Simpson Center for the Humanities (CMU 202).
This fall’s theme, “Encounters,” invites STSS faculty, staff, and students from UW Seattle, Bothell, Tacoma, and the School of Medicine to share what they’ve been doing with STS across research, teaching, mentorship, and leadership work.
Join for outtakes from the 2025 4S Reverberations conference, the First Monday STSS Reading Group, the graduate certificate program, and the UW Bothell major and minor, and stay for an interactive component to spark conversation about emerging research directions and collaborations between participants.
We are deciding if we should make the mixer hybrid to best include all our colleagues from across our campuses and we want to hear from you about that, and more. We’ve also got a table reserved for a no-host drink at a local brewery after.
Please share your meeting style preferences, projects, and updates by filling out this STSS MIXER form by Tuesday, Nov. 18 to help us best plan an inclusive experience!
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.