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Humanities and Social Sciences

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
François Prouteau
Université Catholique de Lille
2
Jonathan Luke Austin
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
3
Anja Habersang
Ruhr University Bochum
4
Linda Ruppert
University of Freiburg
5
Jasper Cattell
Brown University
6
Tapji Garba
Manitoba Beekeepers' Association
7
Hayarpi Sahakyan
Yerevan State Medical University
8
Lotte Warnsholdt
Unknown
9
Wendelin Kuepers
Massey University
10
Katsu Masaki
Hyogo Medical University

Rising Stars Papers

1
From Disciplinary Societies to Algorithmic Control: Rethinking Foucault’s Human Subject in the Digital Age
Philosophies|2025
12 cit.
2
Tackling terricide, not (only) ecocide: further exploring the nexus between social-ecological destruction
Globalizations|2024
10 cit.
3
Forum: At the crossroads – Critical perspectives on the study of climate security
Geoforum|2024
5 cit.
4
The Active Form of Security: Technology and the Material-aesthetic Script
Science Technology & Human Values|2024
4 cit.
5
Combining work and vacation: workation as an attractive work arrangement
Personnel Review|2025
3 cit.
6
Reorienting the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness
Journal of Developing Societies|2024
2 cit.
7
Une pensée convivialiste d’une éducation politique en Anthropocène
Penser l éducation|2024
2 cit.
8
Embodied digital warfare: Authoritarian appropriation through human enhancement
Dialogues on Digital Society|2025
2 cit.
9
Encounter, Critique, and Postcritique: A Play in Two Acts
Millennium Journal of International Studies|2024
1 cit.
10
<i>Is it happening?</i> Inverting situational awareness
Critical Studies on Security|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Darí­o Montero
University of Chile
2
Nathanaël Wallenhorst
Université catholique de l'ouest
3
Amaya Querejazu
Universidad de Antioquia
4
Henrik Skaug Sætra
University of Oslo
5
Сергій Руденко
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
6
Carole Bourgadel
University of Graz
7
Sara‐Maria Sorentino
University of Alabama
8
Arpine Malkjyan
Armenian State University of Economics
9
Ashot Gevorgyan
National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia
10
Louis Morelle
Université Paris Cité

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Generative AI: Here to stay, but for good?
Technology in Society|2023
289 cit.
2
The AI ESG protocol: Evaluating and disclosing the environment, social, and governance implications of artificial intelligence capabilities, assets, and activities
Sustainable Development|2022
106 cit.
3
Mechanisms of Techno-Moral Change: A Taxonomy and Overview
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice|2023
55 cit.
4
Technology and moral change: the transformation of truth and trust
Ethics and Information Technology|2022
49 cit.
5
To Each Technology Its Own Ethics: The Problem of Ethical Proliferation
Philosophy & Technology|2022
47 cit.
6
Climate change and the political pathways of AI: The technocracy-democracy dilemma in light of artificial intelligence and human agency
Technology in Society|2023
34 cit.
7
Technological Remedies for Social Problems: Defining and Demarcating Techno-Fixes and Techno-Solutionism
Science and Engineering Ethics|2024
32 cit.
8
Scaffolding Human Champions: AI as a More Competent Other
Human Arenas|2022
31 cit.
9
Critique, Utopia and Resistance
VIERTELJAHRSSCHRIFT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE PÄDAGOGIK|2022
29 cit.
10
Avoid diluting democracy by algorithms
Nature Machine Intelligence|2022
20 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Shani Orgad
London School of Economics and Political Science
2
Benoît Challand
European University Institute
3
Pedro Vasconcelos
Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
4
Alasia Nuti
University of York
5
Peter‐Paul Verbeek
University of Amsterdam
6
Nick Robinson
University of Leeds
7
Anna Leander
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
8
Lina Dencik
Goldsmiths University of London
9
Emiliano Treré
Cardiff University
10
Corné Schutte
Stellenbosch University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Materializing Morality
Science Technology & Human Values|2006
636 cit.
2
Big Data from the South(s): Beyond Data Universalism
Television & New Media|2019
439 cit.
3
Global Civil Society: An Answer to War
Journal of International Relations and Development|2004
404 cit.
4
In search of the ‘we’ of social media activism: introduction to the special issue on social media and protest identities
Information Communication & Society|2015
371 cit.
5
The Amazing Bounce-Backable Woman: Resilience and the Psychological Turn in Neoliberalism
Sociological Research Online|2018
357 cit.
6
Towards data justice? The ambiguity of anti-surveillance resistance in political activism
Big Data & Society|2016
306 cit.
7
Cyborg intentionality: Rethinking the phenomenology of human–technology relations
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences|2008
297 cit.
8
The Confidence Cult(ure)
Australian Feminist Studies|2015
285 cit.
9
Design for Socially Responsible Behavior: A Classification of Influence Based on Intended User Experience
Design Issues|2011
283 cit.
10
Media Practices, Mediation Processes, and Mediatization in the Study of Social Movements
Communication Theory|2014
281 cit.

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