Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard

Technologies of Reason in Uncertain Times

November 19-21, 2026,

Abstract

In a moment of deepening instability and unrest, the 2026 Graduate Research in STS Conference focuses on how societies mobilize expertise and technology to mediate competing visions for collective life. It features 6 graduate student panels and a faculty keynote panel, which will discuss the histories and aspirations of universalism as an ideal for imagining and governing the world.

Please email gristsconference@gmail.com with any questions and visit gristsconference.wordpress.com/grists-2026 to register and learn more.

Supported by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University at Harvard University and the Program on Science, Technology and Society and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School.