A research network joining social scientists working on topics related to Outer Space

Joined January 2019
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Looking for an online space to get your writing on outer space done? Check out the Outer Space Coworking Cafe, organised by Anton Nikolotov @winter_noumenon. More info can be found on our website: ssosnetwork.org/coworking-ca…
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SYMPOSIUM: Extra-terrestrial ethnographies: Fieldwork for the new space age 18 and 19 September 2023 In-person at @UCLanthropology, London Co-hosted by @ETHNOISS and @ssosnetwork Register and find further info below 🛰️ @UCLOuterSpace @UCLSpaceDomain ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advan…
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'Space in Time: From the Heavens to Outer Space', 12–13 October 2023 at the Warburg Institute @Warburg_News More info here: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/CFP…
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🚨Fully funded Ph.D.&Post-Doc vacancies in my #ERC project #FutureSpace @STSvienna! Join us to explore the relations btw. infrastructures, Europ. integration & envisioned space futures🚀Apply: June 15! #STS #SocialStudiesOfOuterSpace #Ariane6. More info:sts.univie.ac.at/einzelansic…

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Third and penultimate NYU Space Talk of the spring 2023 season coming up on Wednesday, 19 April 2023: anthropologist Denis Sivkov on amateurs and children in space. To register 📷space-talks.com
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CALL FOR PAPERS Extra-terrestrial ethnographies: Fieldwork for the new space age 18 and 19 Sept 2023 Symposium hosted by ETHNO-ISS at @UCLanthropology in conjunction with @ssosnetwork 250-word abstracts due 23 June to Giles Bunch ethnoiss.space/cfp-sept-symp…

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CfP: Extra-terrestrial Ethnographies: Fieldwork for the New Space Age - a symposium we are co-organising @ucl @UCLanthropology with @ETHNOISS on 18-19 September 2023. If you would like to present, please submit 250-word abstracts to Giles Bunch (see pic for email) by 23 June 2023
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A photo direct from the historic #SpaceportCornwall @SpaceCornwall #launch, taken by Dr Alexander R. E. Taylor @alexretaylor from @ExeterComms, who has been conducting fieldwork on the transformation of the South West into a space hub #StartMeUp #LaunchUK #LaunchCornwall
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🎉 Congratulations @WitjesNina - excited to see this timely and important project develop!
Time for champagne & lift-off! My project FutureSpace has been selected for an ERC Starting Grant! I am beyond grateful, super excited, and still a bit speechless #ERCStG @ERC_Research
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On 9th November 2022, 12:30 – 14:00 GMT, I will be chairing this talk which takes a theological perspective on space law and technology. Register @spaceinafrica1 @officialesss @SANSA7 @ssosnetwork @SpaceAgencyKE @SpaceX @spacegovuk @S_D_O_S @IntDev_OU @OU_EEE
🎥 @OpenUniversity Webinar 🗓️ 9 November 2022 🕕 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT) Speaker: Jessica Giles from @OU_Law Chair: @fchemura from @OU_FASS This fascinating webinar will explore how space exploration, theology and human rights law intersect. Everyone welcome eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-theolog…
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📢 New article could be of interest to the social studies / geographies of outer space community! 👇 🔭
Happy to announce that my chapter on space weather infrastructure in the arctic is out now (open access) in "More than 'Nature'", edited by @DorisFriedrich, Markus Hirnsperger and Stefan Bauer. lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643…
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Great line up of speakers for the fall 2022 NYU Space Talks: History, Politics and Astroculture lecture series from @actgeppert @ArtsandScience @nyuniversity! For further details and to RSVP, please consult space-talks.com
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Check out the latest post on the #SSOSNetwork blog - 'Turkish – Emirati Partnership Goes Extra-Terrestrial'. Yasin Yildirim from @karatekinUni and @ASBUedu discusses recent efforts from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to advance their space activity. ssosnetwork.org/2022/08/22/t…

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If you're interested in contributing to the #SSOSNetwork blog check out the 'Write for Us' page on our website! ssosnetwork.org/the-ssos-blo…

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Co-authored by @juanbatfran and @pcastano - Framing the Futures of Australia in Space: Insights from Key Stakeholders Stakeholders is the core output of the project Australia a Space faring Nation: Imaginaries and Practices of Space Futures. westernsydney.edu.au/__data/…
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🚀 We're excited about the #SSOSmeetsESA workshop today! ☄️ It is taking place at #ESTEC @ESA_nl, with generous funding from @esa and @STSeasst. Thanks to @alexretaylor and @markmccaughrean for organising!
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We've got a great line-up of talks for #SSOSmeetsESA from space studies scholars, including @vidmarmatjaz, @NinaWitjes, @TuttonRichard, @alexretaylor, @MichaelClormann, @jstpwalsh, @EllieTheElement, @MarijaIsailov11...
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