STS@UoM: Science Technology & Society

James Parker and Jeremy Baskin


STS@UoM is an informal network of scholars at the University of Melbourne who work within the disciplinary tradition/s of STS or draw on associated concepts and approaches. They are generally engaging critically with developments in one or more areas where science and technology are central, and where the relationship to social structures is complex or contested. These scholars are spread across a number of faculties and disciplines.

We are interested in contemporary and emerging, and often controversial, developments in science and technology. The network is currently run by James Parker and Jeremy Baskin. It provides a space where we can:

  • share research and work-in-progress in a collegial way
  • organise occasional seminars and reading groups
  • occasionally invite scholars of note and arrange visiting masterclasses
  • ensure cross-UoM publicity for STS scholars visiting a particular faculty/dept

We spent 2020 focusing on the theme: Data Science and the Politics of Automation. In Semester 1 of 2021 the Reading Group will be co-ordinated by Jeremy Baskin and Gabrielle Simm. We will focus on revisiting Classic texts in the STS ‘canon’.

Readings will be posted below in advance.  We will meet in a hybrid Zoom/Physically-present mode until further notice, every 2nd Tuesday during term from 1pm to 2.15pm.

To be added to the mailing list, for information about the reading group or any other news and events, please contact sts-uom@unimelb.edu.au with a short account of what your particular scholarly focus is.


Semester 1, 2021

Past reading schedules