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📣 “Meet-the-Editors” of Current Sociology
Webinar for prospective contributors by Current Sociology editors

🗓️ March 12, 2026 at 5pm - 7pm SGT (UTC +8)
🔗 Register at tinyurl.com/sociologyweb...

#Conference

ℹ️ “Solidarity: Possibilities and Pitfalls”
2026 Annual Congress of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) on July 6-9, 2026 at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

🗓️ Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2026
🔗 sociology.africa/index.php/an...

Given reported cases, we feel the need to clarify: please be aware of scam emails. ‘presidentola10115@gmail.com’ is not associated with either Current Sociology Monographs or myself. We only communicate via official journal email listed on the journal website and through university email accounts.

Always a pleasure to discuss @isa-sociology.org journals and publication outlooks, especially with fellow Current Sociology editors, Joonmo Son and Daniel Goh, alongside the Executive Committee meeting. Also loved the reusable conference badge. Also loved the reusable conference badge.

Reflecting on the Transcriptomics Analysis Pipeline Workshop- 10 February 2026 - ELEMENTAL Discover highlights from the University of York’s Transcriptomics Workshop. Learn RNA-seq workflows, data analysis, and pathway interpretation in a hands-on, expert-led session.

Last week Elemental PDRAs & PhD researchers & members gathered in York for the Transcriptomics Analysis Pipeline Workshop. This in‑person session offered a practical & collaborative environment to explore RNA‑sequencing data analysis. Read more at elementalhub.org/2026/02/12/t...

#ElementalHub

Highlights from the Elemental Annual Meeting- York February 2026 - ELEMENTAL Highlights from Day One  The event kicked off with a warm welcome from Chair, Martin Warren, setting the context for the meeting and its goals. Attendees were introduced to the latest updates from BBS...

Our keen followers will have noted our Year 2 Annual Meeting posts last week. By bringing partners & stakeholders together, the meeting reinforced our shared goals, strengthened collaboration across work packages, & helped further develop our community. #ElementalHub elementalhub.org/2026/02/17/h...

What can top spending two days with some of my favourite engineering biologists at @elementalengbio.bsky.social annual meeting? Delivering an RRI and engagement session with the wonderful Emma Cook, Head of Engagement at UKRI-BBSRC

Group picture of delegation

That’s a wrap on the BBSRC ELEMENTAL Mission Hub Annual Meeting, where we celebrated our second year and mapped out plans for 2026.
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology

Submission portal now working! Deadline extended to 2 March.

Look forward to receiving your abstracts!

If you are interested in #ScienceDiplomacy, #ScienceCommunication or #PublicEngagement, please join us in Malaysia this July!

Still 11 days to submit your abstract!

📣 #CallforAbstracts
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'

Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...

📝 Abstracts: 250 words

⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb

🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey

#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism

Absolutely delighted that our panel for @easst.bsky.social '26 was accepted. Please submit an abstract to our panel "Commoning socio-technical frontiers: Navigating cutting-edge science & technology..."
Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026.
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

Great 48 hours- Thanks to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social and DSIT for the consultation on anticipatory biotech governance in Paris. A delightful bonus was a group photo with iGEMers.

Equally grateful to @sonjavw.bsky.social for the wonderfully interdisciplinary science diplomacy event in Cambridge.

So look forward to learning from everyone at this event!

We’re very pleased to announce the publication of the ODESSI Conference Report. This is a major initiative that GSEJ, in close collaboration with our global partners, will be advancing. At its core is an effort to bring together public engagement and science diplomacy.
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Misleading content can be both hard to spot and dangerous. But how can we identify and debunk it? Join Professor Iryna Gurevych for the free Milner Prize Lecture on 17 November as she explores:
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/11/how-to-spot-and-debunk-misleading-content/

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway. Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.

That’s why the thorniest problem lies in the phenomenon of ‘science at large’ www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

Can’t wait to read this!

Dalhousie’s Dr. Françoise Baylis begins new chapter as president of the Royal Society of Canada Global bioethics leader steps into a pivotal national role, aiming to deepen public trust in research, amplify Canadian voices on the world stage, and champion science for societal good.

I am so very excited about this new chapter of my life. Looking forward to working alongside talented colleagues to find creatives ways to leverage knowledge for the benefit of Canadians www.dal.ca/news/2025/11...

My next Zoom lecture on heritable human genome editing — November 6, 2025. The plan is to provide a worldwind summary of the last 10 years ….

Having just finished the final episode, I’m filled with both sadness and gratitude. The weekly programme will be greatly missed — a true loss for the BBC and for science communication worldwide.

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?

It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... ... is nigh

New Release- A New Social Compact to Grapple with #MirrorLife

Catch the commentary + full transcript from the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) ASU and @unevadareno.bsky.social organised workshop. blogs.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...

#SynBio #Biosafety #Biosecurity #ScienceGovernance

China seeks self-reliance in science in next five-year plan Beijing wants to double down on advanced semiconductor technologies, artificial intelligence and basic research.

During 2026-2030, China aims to achieve greater self-reliance in science and technology

go.nature.com/4nl34Er

If we had a normal Science in Action next week, we'd likely lead on this milestone in H5N1 bird flu, and the global picture
As it is, it's the final episode, and @angierasmussen.bsky.social will be joining a top top panel to discuss the dire state of anti science in 2025.
H5N1 will get a look in?

2026 Bordeaux - SASE

Please consider submitting papers to our Network on “Postcolonialism and the Legacies of Empire” for the Annual Meeting of @sasemeeting.bsky.social, to be held in Bourdeaux, France, in July 2026. Deadline: December 12. sase.org/events/2026-.... Specify you are submitting to our Network