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

18.12.2025 10:30
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Nora Ederer

 

27.11.2025 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Maximilian Karge

 STS Talks Vienna

15.12.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x ALTERBIOTIC Talk by Claas Kirchhelle & Janina Kehr

We are thrilled to announce Claas Kirchhelle's talk & Janina Kehr's talk on December 15, 2025 05:00 PM

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

 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

16.01.2026 16:00
 

We invite you to the inaugural lecture by Maximilian Fochler on "How to know responsibly in a world in crisis?"

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
20.11.2025
 

Read about Katja Mayer's research on openness in scientific praxis.

News
17.11.2025
 

The 2025 Friedrich Schiedel Prizes honor Ulrike Felt and Martha Minow, two visionary thinkers whose work is redefining the ethical and social...

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

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 New Publications

Lievevrouw E, Felt U. Governing Citizen-Patients: The Digital Infrastructuring of Health and Care in Europe. In De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Health and Society. De Gruyter. 2025 doi: 10.1515/9783111247854-015

Felt U. Environmental Intelligence?! On the Consequences of Sidelining the Materiality of AI. Harvard Data Science Review. 2025 Oct 31;7(4). doi: 10.1162/99608f92.7703c9aa

Fochler M, Janger J, Stampfer M, Strassnig M, Benner M, Charos A et al. Just following the money? How research funding shapes the governance of university research. Science and Public Policy. 2025 Oct 9. doi: 10.1093/scipol/scaf056

Klimburg-Witjes N, Strycker KJE, Braun V. Who Cares for Space Debris? Conflicting Logics of Security and Sustainability in Space Situational Awareness Practices. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2025 Sept 28. doi: 10.1007/s11948-025-00550-3

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