Still considering your summer conference plans? We highly recommend you visit Kraków in September and join our Hype Studies round table at the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) conference! Other than being a beautiful, historic city known for its round and holey baking goods, dragon-themed legends and a castle lying on a chakra point emanating 'powerful, spiritual energy', it will also be a host of powerful discussions on the state of tech politics in 2026!

The session is called "Hype Studies, meet STS; STS meet Hype Studies". During the event, we will aim to bring established as well as emerging voices into a conversation about hypes’ histories and futures. So far, the confirmed speakers include Kornelia Konrad, Harro van Lente, Jacek Mańko, Jack Stilgoe and Gemma Milne. We will also put together a social – more details closer to the time :). For those who aren’t planning on attending the event, we will be sharing a written event summary on our website. The session is collaboratively organised by Vassilis Galanos, Neil Pollock, Robin William and Ola Michalec.

Reminder: while our session doesn't accept new papers, the conference call for abstracts is open until 9th March!