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...

News

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 New Publications

Chlormann M, Klimburg-Witjes N. Space Debris Sustainability: Understanding and Engaging Outer Space Environments. In Madi M, Sokolova O, editors, Space Debris Peril: Pathways to Opportunities. : Capacity Building in the New Space Era. 1 ed. Boca Ranton: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group. 2020

Davies S. University communications as auto-communication: the NTNU ‘Challenge Everything’ campaign. Journal of Communication Management. 2020;24(3):227-243. doi: 10.1108/JCOM-08-2019-0120

Aarden E. Decoding the Million Death Study. Ambivalence of Producing Evidence on Mortality in India. Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs. 2019 Dec 21;54(50):41-48.

Mayer K. Offene Wissenschaft braucht offene Infrastrukturen: Zur Diskussion der Ergebnisse der Europäischen Mutual Learning Exercise: Open Science – Altmetrics and Rewards. . Mitteilungen der Vereinigung österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare. 2019 Oct 9;72(2):337-355. doi: 10.31263/voebm.v72i2.3175

Felt U, Öchsner S. Reordering the “World of Things”: The Sociotechnical Imaginary of RFID Tagging and New Geographies of Responsibility. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2019 Oct;25(5):1425–1446. Epub 2018 Oct 24. doi: 10.1007/s11948-018-0071-z