Editing Science and technology studies (section)

===In Europe===
* In [[Europe]], the '''European Association for the Study of Science and Technology'''<!--boldface per [[WP:R#PLA]]--> (EASST) was founded in 1981 to "improve scholarly communication and exchange in the field", "increase the visibility of the subject to policy-makers and to the general public", and "stimulate and support teaching on the subject at all levels".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://easst.net/about-easst/ |title=About EASST |website=easst.net |access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> Similarly, the [[European Inter-University Association on Society, Science and Technology]] (ESST) researches and studies science and technology in society, in both historical and contemporary perspectives.
* In European nation states and language communities, a range of STS associations exist, including in the UK, Spain, Germany, Austria, Turkey. In some states, several formal associations exist.
** For instance, in 2015, the UK-based Association for Studies in Innovation, Science and Technology (AsSIST-UK) was established, chaired by Andrew Webster (York) and Robin Williams (Edinburgh) principally to foster stronger integration between the innovation studies and STS fields.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://assist-uk.com/association-for-studies-in-innovation-science-and-technology/background/ |title=Background – AsSIST-UK |website=assist-uk.com |date=29 March 2016 |access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> In 2021 it had a membership of 380.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://assist-uk.com/members/ |title=Members – AsSIST-UK |website=assist-uk.com |date=29 March 2016 |access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> It holds annual conferences and has built strong links to policy practitioners in [[Westminster]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Webster |first=Andrew |title=SATSU – The Science and Technology Studies Unit: 30 years in the making |url=https://easst.net/article/satsu-the-science-and-technology-studies-unit-30-years-in-the-making/ |journal=EASST Review |volume=37 |issue=2 |date=2018 |publisher=European Association for the Study of Science and Technology |access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>
**In Italy, STS Italia – The Italian Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology was founded in 2005. Its mission is "to build up an Italian network of researchers oriented to study Science and Technology starting from the social dynamics which characterize and interweave science and technology themselves".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Society : STS ITALIA| date=7 February 2011 |url=http://www.stsitalia.org/about-4/lassociazione/?lang=en|access-date=2020-11-11|language=en}}</ref>
**In Sweden, the Swedish Network for Science and Technology Studies was founded in 2006, at the first national Swedish Conference for STS, ''STS Dagarna''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-13 |title=STS Dagarna |url=https://swests.org/wiki/STS_Dagarna |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=SweSTS |language=en}}</ref>
**In Germany several STS associations exist, including the [[Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung]], founded in 1987<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwtf.de/info.html |website=GWTF |access-date=14 December 2022 |ref=gwtf|title=GWTF e.V. }}</ref> or the [[stsing]] network, labelled "Doing Science and Technology Studies in and through Germany", founded 2020,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stsing.org/about |website=About |publisher=stsing |access-date=14 December 2022|title=About &#124; Doing Science and Technology Studies in and through Germany }}</ref> a early career research network called INSIST and various STS-related sub-groups of the larger disciplinary associations (like [[sociology]]).<ref>{{cite journal
|author      = Ingmar Lippert, Julie S Mewes, Paula Helm, Stefan Laser, Estrid Sorensen and Laura Kocksch
|date        = October 7, 2021
|title       = stsing: Doing STS In, Through And Beyond the German Academic System
|url         = https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8pu5c
|journal     = SocArXiv Papers
|publisher   =  Center for Open Science 
|doi = 10.31235/osf.io/8pu5c
}}</ref>