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Community Programs

Participants in S+T Community Programs are invited to please review and abide by our Community Guidelines.

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 designed to elevate the S+T’s cross-campus and 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. Interested in notifications about future Salons? Subscribe to 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