CSS at 40: Temporalities of/in STS – a seminar series & workshop
2026 marks 40 years since the founding of the Centre for Science Studies (CSS) at Lancaster University. Much has changed over these 40 years, within Lancaster University, within STS, and within the higher education context more generally. Using ‘temporalities’ as our guiding construct, we take the 40th anniversary of CSS as an opportunity to explore pasts, presents and futures in/of STS and the local, national and global shifts that shape our field and our work. Over the course of the year, we will be hosting three online seminars, followed by a concluding workshop. The seminars will each focus on a topic connected to one of our research themes: politics & practices of knowledge production, data cultures & quantification, and climate, energy & environment. The final event will bring together discussions from across the preceding events, to consider the futures, pasts, and presents of STS at Lancaster and beyond.
- Date: To be confirmed
- Format: Seminars will be online only. Workshop format to be confirmed.
- Audience: Public
Once a term, the CSS stages a dialogue between a Lancaster-based early career scholar and an external member of staff, around shared research interests. Each speaker presents for 15 minutes, which includes a response to one or more questions that the other speaker has posed them in advance, followed by plenary discussion.
- Frequency: Once per term
- Format: Blended if possible
- Time: 1pm-2pm
- Audience: Public
The CSS runs regular meetings for members to present emerging work or issues for collective, constructive, informal feedback and discussion. Potential topics include but are not limited to emerging research, emerging applications for funding, debates in STS, or challenges that a CSS member may be experiencing (e.g. around journal submissions, institutional support, etc).
- Frequency: once a month during term time
- Format: blended
- Time: 1pm-2pm
- Audience: CSS members