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
20.11.2025
 

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

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

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 New Publications

Michael C, Klimburg-Witjes N. Troubled Orbits and Earthly Concerns: Space Debris as a Boundary Infrastructure. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2022 Sept;47(5):960-985. Epub 2021 Jun. doi: 10.1177/01622439211023554

Felt U. Transitions, Expansions, Engagements: Science, Technology, & Human Values between 2002 and 2007. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2022 Jul;47(4):650-655. Epub 2022 Jun 5. doi: 10.1177/01622439221102987

Wald D, (ed.), Carvalho A, (ed.), Felt U, (ed.). Science in a Time of Crisis: Communication, Engagement and the Lived Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Communication, 2022. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88976-306-1

Ocaklı B, Niewöhner J. Making and unmaking gold as a resource. Resistant socionatures in Maidan, Kyrgyzstan. Geoforum. 2022 May. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.03.015