Peer Reviewed Publications

Printed copy of Ellie’s PhD thesis before her viva.

 
 

2026      Armstrong, E. S. & Tutton, R. Launching expectations: Exploring the role of the state in creating space launch markets. Science, Technology & Human Values https://doi:10.1177/01622439261487653. (open access)

 

2026      Jones, E., Hellyer, R.J., Armstrong, E. S. Lock, S.J.. LGBTQ+ staff experiences of negotiating the cishetmononormative university. Gender and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2026.2713092. (open access)

2026      Oromeng. K. V & Armstrong, E. S. Unlithified: Meditations on possibility and minerals in the museum. In Museums, Empire and Decolonial Praxis: A New Museum Paradigm?. Routledge Research on Museum Studies. https://www.routledge.com/Museums-Empire-and-Decolonial-Praxis-A-New-Museum-Paradigm/Aylett-Streitberg-Jones/p/book/9781032805214. (paywalled, read online as pdf here)

2026      Armstrong, E. S., mckay, e., Gonsalves, A. J., Danielsson, A. T. Theoretical and methodological innovative futures for physics in postsecondary contexts. In Springer Handbook on Equity-Oriented, Discipline-Based STEM Education Research. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/9789819691357. (paywalled, read online here as a pdf)

 

2026      Science Educators for Palestine (signatory to an open editorial). Science educators cannot remain silent: a call for Palestinian solidarity Cultural Studies of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-026-10283-9   (open access)

 

2026      Hahamovich, R., Gal, R., Armstrong, E. S., Siddiqi, A. S. Dictators of the Future: Tech Oligarchy In Outer Space. Science as Culture. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2026.2655707  (open acess)

 

2026      Armstrong E. S. et al. It’s (not) Rocket Science to think with Gender: Supporting students to develop confidence in talking about gender through outer space outreach activities. Journal of Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.22323/155420251226071000 (open access)

 

2025      Armstrong, E. S. & Klinger, J. M.  Earthly Entanglements with Outer Space: Introduction to the Theme Issue 2025. Environment and Planning D: Space and Society https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758251328223. (open access)

 

2025      Armstrong, E. S. Riot Strrrs: Zines as alternative public pedagogies in space science education. Cultural Studies of Science Education. https://doi-org/10.1007/s11422-024-10237-z. (open access)

 

2025      Armstrong, E. S. Growing New Narratives in Science Communication: The Pastoral and Ecocriticism in Outer Space. In Cosmic Fragments. The University of Pittsburgh Press. 2025. pp. 69-75. https://upittpress.org/books/9780822948438/. (paywalled, read online here as a pdf)

 

2024      Armstrong, E. S. & Sharp, C.M. Mobilising Museum Minerals: Introduction to the Special Issue. Museum and Society 22 (2-3), 2024. pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v22i2-3.4735. (open access)

 

2024      Conley, Mattern, S, Armstrong, E. S. et al. STS and Critical Pedagogies: Provocations from an NSF-funded workshop. Engaging Science and Technology Studies. 2024.pp.103-133. https://doi.org/10.17351/ests2024.3007. (open access)

 

2024      Klinger, J. M., Armstrong, E. S., Richaud, R., Wasting and wanting: an extractive supply chain approach to outer space geographies. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/026377582412746. (open access)

 

2024      Armstrong, E. S., & Terminate, A. Sleeping Bag to Sex Den: Bedrooms in Space. In Space Feminisms: People, Planets, Power. Bloomsbury. pp.179-188. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/space-feminisms-9781350346321/. (paywalled, read online here as pdf)

 

2024      Armstrong, E. S., & Rand, L. R. To Queerly Go: Queer Studies, Space Histories, and Space Futures. Quest: The History of Space Flight Quarterly. 2024. pp.45-51. https://spacehistory101.com/downloads/to-queerly-go-queer-studies-space-histories-and-space-futures/. (paywalled, read online here as pdf)

 

2024      Klinger, J. M., Bennet, M., Adams, R. M. & Armstrong, E. S. "The Crowded and Empty Arctic: Examining Spatial Imaginaries and Infrastructures in Kiruna, Sweden”. Lychnos: Annual of the Swedish History of Science Society. 2024. pp.57-72. https://doi.org/10.48202/25085. (open access)

 

2024      Armstrong, E. S. & Oromeng K. O. Labours of Excavation: Reflections on “Unearthing the Collection”. Journal of Natural Science Collections. 2024. pp.19-36. https://www.natsca.org/article/2841. (paywalled, read online as pdf here)

 

2023      Armstrong, E. S. Make-up Kit (No. A20020252000) from the National Air and Space Museum. In The Gender of Things: How Epistemic and Technological Objects Become Gendered. Routledge. 2023. pp.125-138. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003379225-11/make-kit-national-air-space-museum-eleanor-armstrong. (paywalled, read online as pdf here)

 

2023      Gal, R. P. & Armstrong, E. S. Feminist Approaches to Outer Space: Engagements with Labor, Technology, and Environment. In Routledge Handbook on Critical Social Studies of Outer Space. Routledge. 2023. pp.158-171. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003280507-15/feminist-approaches-outer-space-r%C3%A9ka-patr%C3%ADcia-g%C3%A1l-eleanor-armstrong (paywalled, read online as pdf here)

 

2023      Armstrong, E. S. & Bimm, J. The Trouble with Space Auctions. Historical Studies of Natural Sciences 53 (4) 2023. pp.425-433. https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2023.53.4.425.  (paywalled, read online as pdf here)

 

2023      Armstrong, E. S. & Danielsson, A. T. Science Butch Blues. Queer-Feminist Science & Technology Studies Forum – Volume 8, December 2023. 2023. pp.11-30. https://queersts.com/forum-queer-sts/queer-sts-forum-8-2023/science-butch-blues/. (open access)

 

2023      Armstrong, E. S., Lock, S. J.  Queering Science Museums, Science Centres, and Other Public Science Institutions. In Queering Science Communication. Bristol University Press. 2023. pp.71-81. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-science-communication. (paywalled, read online as pdf here)

 

2023      Armstrong, E. S., & Gerber, S. Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections: Community Workshops. In Queering Science Communication. Bristol University Press. 2023. pp.178-180. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-science-communication.

 

2023      Lock, S. J., Armstrong, E. S. The possibilities of queer in science communication teaching and pedagogies. In Queering Science Communication. Bristol University Press. 2023. pp.181-190. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-science-communication. (paywalled, read online as a pdf here)

 

2023      Armstrong, E. S. Towards queer tours at science and technology museums. Museums and Society. 20(2). 2023. pp.205-220. https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v20i2.3941. (open access)    

 

2019      Gerber, S., & Armstrong, E. S. Queer(y)ing STEM Collections: A workshop on STEM Museums, Gender and Sexuality. Queer-Feminist Science & Technology Studies Forum – Volume 4. 2019. pp.49-50. https://queersts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Forum-4-2019-49-50-Gerber-Armstrong.pdf (open access)

 

2017      Armstrong, E. S., TEDxUAL: A Case Study of Learning through Collaboration at the UAL. Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal 2 (3). 2017. pp.260-269. https://sparkjournal.arts.ac.uk/index.php/spark/article/view/68 (open access)

 

2015      Moses, J.I., Armstrong, E. S., Fletcher L.N., Friedson, A. J., Irwin G.J., Sinclair, J.A, Hesman, B.E. Evolution of Stratospheric Chemistry in the Saturn Storm Beacon Region, Icarus. 08.12. 2015. pp.149-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.012. (open access)