Science & Technology Studies open call for new editors

2026-01-09

This is a general announcement distributed to all registered users of the Science & Technology Studies journal system. If you are interested in joining our team of editors, please read the details below and consider applying.

Science & Technology Studies is looking for new editors to its editorial team of ten senior editors as part of its scheduled four-year editor rotation. A decision will be made in February 2026, and work will start at the earliest in March 2026. 

Deadline: 31 January 2026

Science & Technology Studies is the house journal of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and published by the Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies (FSSTS). The journal is open access, maintains an impact factor, is non-commercial, and does not charge author publication fees. The journal publishes four issues annually, including one special issue.

The journal editorial team represents various European STS hubs and covers a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds, thematic specialisations, and methodological approaches. We encourage applications from Central, Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern Europe.

Science & Technology Studies is dedicated to advancing scholarly studies of science and technology as socio-material phenomena, including their historical and contemporary production and their associated forms of knowledge, expertise, social organisation, and controversy. This includes an interest in developing Science and Technology Studies' own knowledge-production techniques, methodologies, and interventions. The journal welcomes high-quality contributions that engage substantively with the multidisciplinary field of STS, including contributions from anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy, political science, educational science, and communication studies. Read more at: https://sciencetechnologystudies.org/

The journal has an editorial team of ten senior editors, including regular editors, a book review editor, a coordinating editor, a screening editor, and a managing editor. All these positions are honorary and unpaid, except for the managing editor. 

We are currently seeking new regular editors and a book review editor.

The key duties of a regular editor are to:

  • edit about 10-20 journal papers (e.g. research articles, discussion papers) in parallel at any time via the journal’s Open Journal Systems platform
  • implement and safeguard the principles of double-blind peer review
  • occasionally coordinate special theme issues together with guest editors
  • maintain all contacts with the authors and the reviewers during the peer review
  • join editorial board meetings online and a meet-the-editors event during the EASST conferences if attending

The key duties of the book review editor are to:

  • seek new book reviews via periodical calls to relevant mailing lists, such as EASST-Eurograd
  • proofread and edit the received book reviews
  • maintain all contacts with the book review authors
  • ensure the publication of two book reviews per journal issue

The journal is autonomous regarding matters of publication. Management and production of the journal are the joint responsibility of the entire editorial team.

Applications should be sent to the coordinating editor, Antti Silvast (antti.silvast@lut.fi), by 31 January 2026. To apply, please send:

1) your CV

2) a 1-page letter of motivation, with a note of which role(s) you are applying to (regular editor and/or book review editor)

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed online in February. The new positions are filled in March at the earliest. Please send any queries to Antti Silvast at antti.silvast@lut.fi