Department of Science and Technology Studies

Science, technology and innovation shape life in modern societies in countless ways. Some of these are perceived as positive, others are deeply controversial. In turn, policy, corporations, the media and other societal actors influence how knowledge and technologies are produced. Science and technology studies analyzes these interactions, and aims to foster critical and reflexive debates on the relations of science, technology and society.

 Defensiones

27.11.2025 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Maximilian Karge

26.11.2025 16:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Pipi Paloeka de Koning

 

 STS Talks Vienna

04.12.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Mia Bennett

We are thrilled to announce Mia Bennett's talk on December 04, 2025 04:00 PM

03.12.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk by Nikolaus Poechhacker

We are thrilled to announce Nikolaus Poechhacker's talk on December 03, 2025 04:00 PM

 Events

12.11.2025 13:15
 

Research colloquium: ALTERBIOTIC - Antibiotic resistance: a multiple crisis of health, innovation, and modern biopolitics

Christian Haddad and his team will introduce the work on this matter conducted in the ERC Starting Grant Project ALTERBIOTIC. The project investigates...

04.11.2025 12:30
 

STS Lunch Lecture by Mirko Schäfer

We warmly invite you to join our STS Lunch Lecture, where Mirko Tobias Schäfer will speak about “Custodial Work for Algorithmic Systems: Researching...

 News

16.10.2025
 

We congratulate Laura Bomm and Bao-Chau Pham on their PhD defensio!

News
02.07.2025
 

We congratulate Florentine Frantz on her PhD defensio!

News
02.07.2025
 

We congratulate Vera Ulmer on her PhD defensio!

News
19.05.2025
 

Ulrike Felt explores in her new book the hidden politics of time that shape knowledge production in universities and academic life.

News
08.05.2025
 

We congratulate Rasmus Kvaal Wardemann on his PhD defensio!

News
11.03.2025
 

The ERC-funded Research Project “ALTERBIOTIC” (lead by Assist.-Prof. Dr. Christian Haddad) explores the pressing global health crisis of antimicrobial...

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 New Publications

Bayer F, Gorraiz J, Gumpenberger C, Itúrbide A, Iribarren-Maestro I, Reding S. Investigating SSH Research and Publication Practices in Disciplinary and Institutional Contexts. A Survey-Based Comparative Approach in Two Universities. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. 2019 Apr 11;4. doi: 10.3389/frma.2019.00001

Goisauf M, Durnová AP. From engaging publics to engaging knowledges: Enacting “appropriateness” in the Austrian biobank infrastructure. Public Understanding of Science. 2019 Apr 1;28(3):275-289. Epub 2018 Oct 16. doi: 10.1177/0963662518806451

Bayer F, Felt U. Embracing the “atomic future” in post-World War II Austria. Technology and Culture . 2019 Jan;60(1):165-191. doi: 10.1353/tech.2019.0005

Born D. Bearing Witness? Polar Bears as Icons for Climate Change Communication in National Geographic. Environmental Communication. 2019;13(5):649-663. Epub 2018 Dec 2. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1435557

Mayer K. Krempel (2005): Visualisierung komplexer Strukturen. In Stegbauer C, Holzer B, editors, Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2019. (Netzwerkforschung).