We are delighted to invite proposals to our "futuring digital foodscapes" panel at the EASST2026 "More than now: exploring resilient futures" conference in Krakow (8-11 September). EASST stands for the European Association for the
Study of Science and Technology.

Panel 17: futuring digital foodscapes Digital foodscapes are key sites where future social values, inequalities and alternative possibilities for living well are negotiated and enacted. This panel fosters interdisciplinary exchange to explore how digital technologies are mobilised to imagine and perform potential food futures.

If you are interested to join our conversations, please have a look at our long abstract below and at the conference programme:
https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/programme/

The cfp is open until 28 February 2026 here:
https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/call-for-abstracts/

Feel free to share this call for papers with anyone interested in this topic
within your networks.

We look forward to seeing you in Krakow next year!

Best wishes,
Tina Bartelmeß, Tanja Schneider, Katharina Graf & Joachim Allgaier

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Colleagues & I have two new papers out on #data & #edtech, second one ...

"Monetising Digital Data in Higher education: Analysing the Strategies and Struggles of EdTech Startups" (link.springer.com/article/10.1...)

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