The key dates in run-up to the conference are
Call for cases 25. July–22. October 2025Call for case participation 12. November–22. December 2025Call for papers (not case-based) 12. November–22. December 2025- Registration 15. January–15. February 2026
- The conference 25.–27. March 2026 at Ruhr University Bochum
Conference programme
🚧 We are working on the programme, but the overview looks like this
Wednesday March 25th
| when | what |
|---|---|
| noon | Welcome |
| Opening keynote | |
| Introduction to Ruhr Valley | |
| Panel Planetary Entanglements of Science and Technology | |
| later | stsing e.V. General Assembly |
| evening | Reception |
The opening keynote of Before Ruins will be confirmed soon. Following the address, Uli Paetzel, the director of the Emscher Cooperative Lippe will present on socio‑ecological transitions in the Ruhr region.
Continuing the first day of the conference, after the opening and a break, we host an interdisciplinary and creative panel Planetary Entanglements of Science and Technology. Phoebe Sengers (department of Science & Technology Studies and of Information Science, Cornell University), meets Sandra Maß (International History at Ruhr-University Bochum) and Tina Asmussen (Early Modern Mining History at RUB, and head of the mining history research department at the German Mining Museum in Bochum). Expect a multimodal happening.
Thursday March 26th
| when | what |
|---|---|
| all day | Case work |
| later | STS meets archaeology |
| screening of Terranova's Isabelle Stengers: Building hope on the edge of the abyss (2023) | |
| evening | Social event |
Friday March 27th
| when | what | |
|---|---|---|
| morning | Case presentations | |
| day | Papers | |
| afternoon | Closing keynote by Prof. Endre Dányi (University of the Bundeswehr) | |
| Closing remarks |
On the third day, after plenty of case-ing and discussions, Endre Dányi (Sociology of Globalization, University of the Bundeswehr Munich) will close off the conference with a reflection on the collective journey.