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April, 3 - 5, 2017 in St. Petersburg will host the IX Readings in memory of V. B. Golofast sponsored by the sociology Institute of RAS, Saint-Petersburg Association of sociologists of the European University in St. Petersburg. The theme of the Readings focuses on the social and spatial dimensions of a modern metropolis. Submission deadline for applying is until 15 March 2017.

On November 11, 2016 the STS-Centre participated in the 10th annual conference "VDNH"

On October 21, 2016 at 18:00 in the Golden Hall Rob Kitchin, professor of Maynooth University, gave a talk on Reframing, reimagining and remaking smart cities. The talk aims to provide conceptual and practical suggestions and stimulate debate about how to productively recast smart urbanism and the creation of smart cities.

October, 3rd, Ellan Spero's (Post-doc, MIT) talk on Technologies of Collaboration:  an Entrepreneurial Moment for Academic-Industrial Research in Early 20th Century America.

Sophie Watson's talk "Water matters in public spaces", given at the New Stage of Alexandrinsky theater on May 12, 2016, is now online.

A series of lectures on urban technologies organized by the STS Center will take place on May 12-13, 2016 at the EUSP and The New Stage of Alexandrinsky Theater. Three speakers from England – Sophie Watson (Open University), Hannah Knox (UCL), and Penelope Harvey (University of Manchester) – will give talks on urban infrastructures regarded as sociomaterial systems supporting city life. City waters, carbon emissions, and roads will become key subjects of discussion. 

12 April, 2016. 18:00, White Hall. Joint seminar of the EUSP Art History Department and the STS Center with the participation of Alexandra Suda, Ph.D., Lisa Ellis and Craig Boyko (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto). The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto currently holds the worlds largest collection of early 16th century prayer beads and a miniature altarpiece.  Audiences are fascinated by these objects and constantly ask, "How were these virtuosic works of art made?"  In an effort to answer this question, researchers first used focus-stacking photography to render these impossibly tiny objects completely in focus; magical details were revealed!  Additionally, for the first time, the entire collection has been investigated using Micro CT scanning and advanced 3D modeling software.  These research techniques have brought the objects and their makers to life and inspire awe today.   

Degree students on MA and PhD level of the European University at Saint Petersburg are invited to apply for student exchange during the academic year 2016-2017 within the Erasmus+ program. Successful applicants will receive funded contribution for mobility to IUAV University of Venice and/or Venice International University for 3 months (PhD level students) or up to 6 months (MA level students). Deadline for applications: 20 April, 2016.

On December 17-19 European University and ITMO University host a workshop on Erasing Disciplinary Boundaries in Urban Studies: Social Science and Computation. The event will be interesting for researchers, scientists and practitioners who work in multidisciplinary projects dedicated to Urban Studies around the world with the focus on Russia and CIS. 

The two-day workshop Urban STS: Assembling New Perspectives discusses (September 18-19, 2015) how the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) can become a productive optic for the study of cities. International participants from Russia, Europe, Asia and the UK present recent scholarship, contributing to thinking about  four main issues: Mediation, Time, (Techno)Politics, and Comparisons. Presented papers and discussions range from issues of architecture and design to technical infrastructure to ecology. 

On September 7th at 6.00 pm in the Golden Hall Martin Kenney (UC Davis) gave a lecture entitled The Internet Platform Economy, Employment, and Value Creation.

On November 21st-22nd, 2014,  EUSP STS Center co-organizes a workshop titled Smart City Ground-Up, which aims to approach the issues of mobility and safety/security in a city from a multitude of viewpoints. The event will contain presentations of already realized projects, lectures by practicing architects and urban theorists, sociologists, anthropologists, as well as roundtables fostering conversations among the various practitioners and experts.

October 4-5, 2014, at KLUTCH space (2 Konyushennaya sq.) STS Center reserchers Alexandra Simonova and Lilia Zemnukhova will give talks at the International forum on collective actions in IT sphere, their types and challenges "Labourious actions"