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| Abbreviation | 4S |
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| Formation | 1975; 51 years ago (1975) |
| Type | INGO |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English |
President | Anne Pollock |
Main organ | Science, Technology, & Human Values |
Parent organization | International Social Science Council (ISSC) |
| Website | www |
TheSociety for Social Studies of Science (4S) is a non-profitscholarly association devoted to thesocial studies of science and technology (STS).[1] It was founded in 1975 and it has grown considerably over the years. In 2024, over 3,000 people attended the society's annual meeting in Amsterdam, co-hosted by theEuropean Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST).
Its charter was drafted in 1975,[2] and its first President was the American sociologistRobert K. Merton.[3] 4S is governed by a nine-person council as well as its president.[4]
4S publishes the quarterly academic journalScience, Technology, & Human Values as well as thediamond open access journalEngaging STS, and it organizes an annual conference attended by thousands of scholars from a range of fields includingscience and technology studies,sociology of science,science studies,history of science,philosophy of science,anthropology of science,economics,political science, andpsychology, as well as science educators and scientists.
It gives out theLudwik Fleck Prize annually for "best book in the area of science and technology studies", theRachel Carson Prize for "a work of social or political relevance", theJohn Desmond Bernal Prize for an individual who made "a distinguished contribution to the field", and theNicholas C. Mullins Award for "outstanding scholarship in science and technology studies" by a graduate student.[5]
