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What is NEXUS?

An editorial note on NEXUS as the publication layer of the STS India Network platform.

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Editorial note

NEXUS keeps public STS writing accessible without making it shallow.

This article is presented as part of the publication layer of STS India Network. It is connected outward to themes, resources, reading groups, and contribution routes so each piece strengthens the wider platform.

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Essay

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Author

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Connected routes

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Strong editorial pages should not stop at reading. They should carry people into resource material, collective discussion, and public-facing activity.

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STS-IN Roundtable Report at EASST-4S 2024

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Section 1

Publication as platform layer

NEXUS gives STS-IN an editorial layer: a place for announcements, essays, fieldnotes, interviews, reviews, and report-backs to travel beyond isolated posts.

Section 2

Accessible seriousness

The publication aims to keep STS writing accessible without making it shallow, connecting scholarly concepts to publics, institutions, and lived infrastructures.

Section 3

Connected to the network

Each NEXUS piece should connect back to resources, events, authors, themes, and community activity so the publication strengthens the whole platform.

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NEXUS is the STS India Network's Blog.

We will publish short research articles, opinion posts and report-backs from conferences and workshops that speaks to the Indian context, in the field of Science and Technology Studies/ Science Technology and Society. The blog will provide a platform for researchers to weave together the complex threads of the social, the scientific,and the technical, in short and accessible pieces, to enhance and make richer the discipline of STS in India. This blog aims to create a space that encourages scholarly discourse that is more conversational and easily accessible to the larger public, thereby bringing together different categories of people that make the discipline of STS.

What We Are Looking For

  1. Research articles
  2. Ethnographic narratives
  3. Report-backs from conferences, workshops, and seminars.
  4. Pieces that explain complex STS themes and debates
  5. Opinion pieces on contemporary STS media issues
  6. Critical reviews of books, movies, art, and other popular media
  7. STS methodology
  8. Policy analysis

This list is merely indicative and not exhaustive. Other ideas are welcome as well.

General Writing Guidelines

  • Stick to a word limit of 700-1000 words.
  • Adopt a conversational and engaging tone that is not jargon heavy
  • If you are introducing a term or a concept, make sure to explain it in simple language.
  • Include a title for the piece and a short bio of yourself in the post.
  • Use clear sub-headings.
  • Include pictures from your field or conference/workshop. If you are using images from the internet, make sure that they are free to access and free from copyright.
  • No plagiarism, please.
  • Include citations (see style guide) and hyperlinks to words and or phrases that point the reader to outside sources, wherever relevant.
  • Use British English
  • If your blog post includes negative comments about people or institutions, do not use unparliamentary language and steer clear from hate speech. Be sure to back up your claims with research and data , and always provide sources.
  • This space has a zero-tolerance policy towards opinions that are sexist, casteist and/or hateful in any way.

    Send your pitches and queries to stsindianetworkblog@gmail.com

Suggested citation

NEXUS Editorial Desk. “What is NEXUS?.” NEXUS, STS India Network, February 18, 2026.

Article type

Essay / 5 min read / NEXUS, STS-IN

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Cite it as part of a larger NEXUS conversation rather than a disconnected standalone page.

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