Society for Social Studies of Science

Non-profit scholarly association Society for Social Studies of ScienceAbbreviation4SFormation1975; 51 years ago (1975)TypeINGORegion servedWorldwideOfficial language EnglishPresidentAnne PollockMain organScience, Technology, & Human ValuesParent organizationInternational Social Science Council (ISSC)Websitewww.4sonline.org The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is a non-profit scholarly association devoted to the social studies of science and technology (STS). It was founded in 1975 and it has grown considerably over the years. In 2024, over 3,000 people attended the society's annual meeting in Amsterdam, co-hosted by the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST). Its charter was drafted in 1975, and its first President was the American sociologist Robert K. Merton. 4S is governed by a nine-person council as well as its president. 4S publishes the quarterly academic journal Science, Technology, & Human Values as well as the diamond open access journal Engaging STS, and it organizes an annual conference attended by thousands of scholars from a range of fields including science and technology studies, sociology of science, science studies, history o