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

26.11.2025
 

We invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher position (2 years, with a possible 1-year extension) to join the FutureSpace research team at the...

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!

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 New Publications

Felt U. Within, Across and Beyond: Reconsidering the Role of Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe. Science as Culture. 2014 Jul;23(3):384-396. doi: 10.1080/09505431.2014.926146

Felt U, Schumann S, Schwarz C, Strassnig M. Technology of Imagination. A Card-based Public Engagement Method for Debating Emerging Technologies. Qualitative Research. 2014 Apr;14(2):233-251. Epub 2013 Jan 4. doi: 10.1177/1468794112468468

Castree N, Adams WM, Barry J, Brockington D, Büscher B, Corbera E et al. Changing the intellectual climate. Nature Climate Change. 2014;4(9):763-768. Epub 2014 Aug 27. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2339

Felt U, Felder KF, Öhler T, Penkler M. Timescapes of obesity: Coming to terms with a complex socio-medical phenomenon. Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. 2014;18(6):646-664. Epub 2014 May 11. doi: 10.1177/1363459314530736