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.

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20.06.2023
 

Ulrike Felt and Pouya Sepher have just published a new article in Science, Technology and Human Values.

19.06.2023
 

How do we move from knowledge to action? This was the topic of the panel discussion “Can we still be saved?”

06.06.2023
 

There is a new blogpost by Katja Mayer and Carsten Horn.

16.05.2023
 

The Research Platform Governance of Digital Practices cordially invites you to an event featuring Klaus Hoeyer’s new book “Data Paradoxes: The...

16.05.2023
 

Nina Klimburg-Witjes has been elected as a new member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ (ÖAW) Young Academy.

11.05.2023
 

For my Project “FutureSpace” I am looking for 1 post-doc researcher (2.5 years with the option of extension to 5 years) and 1 PhD candidate (four...