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

24.04.2025 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Caitlin Harjes

07.04.2025 16:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Laura Still

 STS Talks Vienna

20.01.2025 17:00
 

STS Talk by Aristotle Tympas

We are thrilled to announce Aristotle Tympas' Talk on January 20, 2025 05:00 pm

11.12.2024 16:00
 

FutureSpace Talk by Eleanor Armstrong & Réka Gál

We are thrilled to announce Eleanor Armstrong's & Réka Gál's Talk on 11th December 2024, 4:00 pm



 New Publications

Mayer K, Pfeffer J. Lazer et al. (2009): Computational Social Science. In Holzer B, Stegbauer C, editors, Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2019. (Netzwerkforschung).

Mayer K. Merton (1950): Patterns of Influence. In Holzer B, Stegbauer C, editors, Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2019. (Netzwerkforschung).

Metzler I, Just P. “Think positively”: Parkinson’s disease, biomedicine, and hope in contemporary Germany. Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. 2018 Sept 1;22(5):483-499. Epub 2017 Jun 21. doi: 10.1177/1363459317715774

Falkenberg RI. Yoga and immune system functioning: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2018 Aug;41(4):467-482. doi: 10.1007/s10865-018-9914-y