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TaSTI Newsletter 4/2025

Tampere Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (TaSTI) looks forward to a busy and exciting autumn. This newsletter includes information about upcoming events, recent publications and activities and courses coordinated by TaSTI.

Upcoming events

  • The Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies (FSSTS) 40th anniversary event will take place on 18-19 September 2025 at the University of Helsinki. There will be a celebratory lecture by Jane Calvert (University of Edinburgh) on 19 September and a PhD workshop on 18 September. TaSTI participates in organizing the event. More information: https://www.fssts.fi/anniversary/
  • Workshop on Sociology and the ecological predicament organised by the INDU project on 26 September 2025 at Tampere University. The event includes a keynote by Rebecca Elliott (LSE): “Towards a sociology of incumbency in the face of climate change”. Programme and registration: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Sociology_and_the_ecological_predicament
  • TaSTI research seminar Studying animals from social science perspectives on October 2-3, 2025, at Tampere University, will delve into the human-animal intersections and explore questions related to animal experimentation, ethics of human-non-human relations, animal rights and human-animal welfare. The seminar includes presentations drawing from multispecies studies, post-humanist thinking, and new materialism, among others. Pru Hobson-West (University of Nottingham, UK) will give a keynote lecture on “Vaccines, veterinarians, and the entanglement of human and animal healthcare”. See full programme and register by September 22: https://research.tuni.fi/tasti/uutinen/register-now-tasti-research-seminar-studying-animals-from-social-science-perspectives-october-2-3-2025/
  • On Friday 21 November 2025, TaSTI organizes a research seminar for early career researchers. More details coming soon.

Upcoming courses in science, technology and innovation studies (2025-2026)

Recent publications by the TaSTI research community

  • Kolehmainen, M. & Lupton, D. (2025) Teletherapy Matters – Mental health and materialities of care in domestic more-than-digital assemblages. Social Science & Medicine 383, 118418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118418
  • Lehtimäki, T., Karhunmaa, K., Reinekoski, T., Manninen, A. & Virtanen, M.J. (2025) Climate Moralities Offset: A Case of Formative Voluntary Carbon Markets. The British Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.70000
  • Lehtokunnas, T., Uusitalo, N., Sutinen, U.-M. & Onali, A. (2025) Sensory labor as un/knowing in a waste composition study: Identifying a chain of translation. Social Studies of Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127251357625
  • Muhonen, R. & Himanen, L. (2025) Evaluation as a source of unhappiness in academia—unpacking the boundaries of responsible research assessment. Research Evaluation 34, rvaf034, https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf034
  • Oikkonen, V. & Temmes, M. (2025) Self-tracking in endometriosis: Evolving expectations around a gynecological app developed by a Finnish patient organization. Social Studies of Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127251344961
  • Palukka, H., Koski, A., Parviainen, J. & Eilola, L. (2025). Experiencing Social Exclusion and Distrust: Mental Health Rehabilitees Struggling with Digital Administrative Burdens. Social Inclusion 13, 9950. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9950
  • Rokkonen, L. A. & Alava, H. (2025) Mothering with migraine. Social Theory & Health 23, 5. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-025-00227-8
  • Rokkonen, L. A. (2025) Sukupuolittunut näkymätön kipu: Hormonaalinen migreeni työelämässä. Sukupuolentutkimus–Genusforskning 38(1): 8–23. https://journal.fi/sukupuolentutkimus/article/view/162702
  • Temmes, M., Helosvuori, E. & Oikkonen, V. (2025) Chronic pain across clinical settings: the changing understanding of pain and its treatment in endometriosis. BioSocieties. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41292-025-00361-6

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News and other activities

The next TaSTI newsletter will be published in December. If you have news that would be of interest to the TaSTI community, please contact Venla Oikkonen venla.oikkonen@tuni.fi