STS News

UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies is delighted to announce that Professor Andy Stirling has joined the department as an Honorary Professor.

UCL WRC welcomes a new innovative report by Rhiannon Hawkins that provides an innovative review of current strategies to monitor mental health in the context of disasters proposing novel solutions.

UCL STS are delighted to announce the promotion of four of our academic members of staff with effect 1 October 2025

UCL has been named the ninth best university in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, the third year in a row the university has held this position.

Fatima Ismail, BSc Sociology and Politics of Science student and Year 1 Student Rep, talks about her experience of being a student and activist, and raising awareness of the blood diamond conflicts in Sierra Leone. Interview by Dr Jenny Bulstrode.

During Academic year 25/26, as part of our Science Communication MSc, we will launch a new and exciting health communication optional module.

The MAPS Faculty Awards ceremony 2024 took place on the 9 December in the Haldane Room, Main Building, bringing together faculty members, students, and staff to celebrate a year of remarkable achievements within the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

Call for Papers: Leviathan and after – a celebration of the history of science, the field, and its future.

Conversations between groups of PhD students in the department and practicing historians of science have helped us to grow our professional networks, build community within the department, help us to understand more about careers post-PhD – and win an award.

As Director and founder of the UCL Warning Research Centre, Prof Carina Fearnley is on The Standard 100 list for people shaping London in science & medicine in 2024.

A new digital platform reveals the thoughts and discoveries of British chemist and inventor Sir Humphry Davy for the first time in a project involving UCL’s Professor Frank James.

New paper from STS historians of science: Karl Pearson's Pattern of Publishing

Professor Carina Fearnley is one of the leading figures from the science, medicine, business, academia, education, and arts sectors to be awarded the Freedom of the City of London.

UCL has been ranked ninth best university in the world for the second year in a row, marking UCL’s 13th year among the top 10 universities worldwide, in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.

Our MSci Chemistry student Mayukh Das invites you to mark Dinosaur Day by looking at the history, the effects of modern technology and by exploring the latest dinosaur discoveries. Read his blog below!