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

21.10.2025 16:30
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Roman Michael Hansen

20.10.2025 11:30
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Constantin Wolfgang Holmer:

 STS Talks Vienna

25.11.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x INNORES Talk by Nanna Bonde Thylstrup

We are thrilled to announce Nanna Bonde Thylstrup's talk on November 25, 2025 05:00 PM

12.11.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Ralo Mayer

We are thrilled to announce Ralo Mayer's talk on November 12, 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

Mayer K. Von Verbindungen und Banden des Wissens. In Hofhues S, Schütze K, editors, Doing Research: Wissenschaftspraktiken zwischen Positionierung und Suchanfrage. Bielefeld: transkript. 2022. p. 130-137 doi: 10.14361/9783839456323-016, 10.14361/9783839456323-016

Huber B, Lepenies R, Baena LQ, Allgaier J. Beyond Individualized Responsibility Attributions? How Eco Influencers Communicate Sustainability on TikTok. Environmental Communication. 2022 Oct 14;16(6):713-722. Epub 2022 Oct 11. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2022.2131868

Mora-Gámez F. Technologies of human rights representation. TAPUYA: Latin American Science, Technology and Society. 2022 Sept 22;5(1):2114645.

Avkiran AS, Pham BC, Holmer C, Schikowitz A, Dessewffy E, Mora-Gámez F et al. Pandemic Research: Reflecting an on auto-ethnography of mundane academic practice in pandemic times. In DIY Methods: A Mostly Screen-Free, Zine-Full, Remote- Participation Conference on Experimental Methods for Research and Research Exchange. The Low-Carbon Research Methods Group. 2022. p. 243-253

Kieslinger B, Schürz S, Mayer K, Schaefer T. Participatory evaluation practices in citizen social science: Insights from three case studies. Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung . 2022 Sept;53:10-19. doi: 10.22163/fteval.2022.567