• New STAND Book Series with Oxford University Press

    The DHST Commission on Science, Technology, and Diplomacy is pleased to announce the launch of a new book series with Oxford University Press. Science, Technology, and International Affairs encourages innovative studies on the influence science and technology have had on international affairs. The series takes an interdisciplinary approach to decenter traditional histories of science and…

  • Call for Submissions: STAND Early Career Prize 2025

    STAND ECS Prize The Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy (STAND) recognizes outstanding papers by early career scholars addressing the history of science, technology and medicine in their international contexts. Since the inaugural award was announced in 2022, the annual STAND ECS award aims to provide support and recognition for fresh voices in the field.…

  • STAND at ESHS 2024

    STAND has sponsored two symposia for the 11th European Society for the History of Science, held 4-7 September 2024 at UPF Campus de la Ciutadella, Barcelona, Spain. Additionally, the commission has sponsored two lunchtime events: an Early Career Researcher Gathering on Thursday, September 5, 13:00-14:00 (Room 40.004) to support networking and active STAND opportunities for…

  • STAND Early Career Prize 2024

    The Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy is pleased to announce that Jiya Pandya is recipient of its 2024 Early Career Prize for the paper ‘Disability as Geopolitics: India, the UN, and Transnational Welfare’. Out of a strong set of submissions, two further papers were selected for recognition as Honourable Mentions: Sungeun Kim, for ‘Bridging…

  • Call for Papers and Panels, ICHST 2025 Symposium: ‘Connections, Synergies, and Tensions in Science Diplomacy’

    The DHST Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy is making a call for expressions of interest for participation in a symposium to be held as part of ICHST 2025. This conference is set to be held in New Zealand in a hybrid format, so we are looking for prospective participants who would be able to present either in-person or…

  • Call for Papers – Science Diplomacy: Searching for a Deeper Past (ESHS 2024 Symposium)

    11th ESHS Conference, 4–7 Sept 2024, Barcelona (Spain), Theme: Science, Technology, Humanity, and the Earth Call for Abstracts – Symposium Title: Science Diplomacy: Searching for a Deeper Past Organizers: Daniel Gamito-Marques (NOVA School of Science and Technology), Lif Lund Jacobsen (Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen) Session Description This symposium organized by the…

  • STAND Members Presenting at 1st CLIMASAT Workshop

    When: 6th October 2023, 08:30-18:00 CET.   Where: Institut d’història de la ciència [uab.cat] at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. It will be possible to join the conference online here [teams.microsoft.com].   Presenters involved in STAND include: Johan Gärdebo (University of Cambridge), ‘Baltic Battleground: Geopolitics of Swedish Environmental Data, 1975–1995’ Doubravka Olšáková (Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences), ‘Bringing Data Back to…

  • Special Issue: ‘Science, Technology and Visual Diplomacy’

    British Journal for the History has published a special issue on ‘Science, Technology and Visual Diplomacy’ sponsored by the DHST Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy (Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2023). It is based on a STAND-organised symposium for 9th European Society for the History of Science Conference. Introduction: ‘Power to the Image! Science,…

  • Circulation and Exchange in Science and Diplomacy: Updated Programme

    3rd Conference of the DHST Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy 19-21 July 2023 | Inova USP – Centro de Inovação da USP, University of São Paulo Co-hosted with the Department of Political Science of University of São Paulo (DCP/FFLCH-USP) Programme * Wednesday 19 July 2023 09.00-09.45 Breakfast/coffee ** 09.45-10.00 Welcome (by Prof. Janina Onuki)…

  • STAND Early Career Prize 2023

    The Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy is pleased to announce that Dr Alma Igra is recipient of its 2023 Early Career Prize for her paper ‘British Scientific Humanitarianism in Vienna: Milk and Standards in Exchange‘. Out of an exceptionally strong set of submissions, two additional papers merited recognition as Honourable Mentions: Timothy Sim, for…