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

29.08.2024 15:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the defensio of Jana Bednarova

23.07.2024 11:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the defensio of Anastasia Grace Nesbitt

 STS Talks Vienna

19.06.2024 17:00
 

by Brice Laurent (CSI & ANSES, Paris), Eleanor S. Armstrong (Science Education, Stockholm University), Béatrice Cointe (CSI, Paris), Kirstin Asdal...

17.01.2024
 

2024's first STS Talk

We are thrilled to announce Thomas Völker's STS Talk on 17th January 2024, 5.30 pm.



 New Publications

Metzler I, Åm H. How the governance of and through digital contact tracing technologies shapes geographies of power. Policy & Politics. 2022 Apr;50(2):181-198. Epub 2022 Feb 15. doi: 10.1332/030557321X16420096592965

Felt U, Öchsner S, Rae R. Citizens in Search for a Place in the Digital Health Data Space: A Case Study. In Pfeifer B, Baumgartner M, editors, dHealth 2022 - Proceedings of the 16th Health Informatics Meets Digital Health Conference. Vol. 293. 2022. p. 127-136. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI220359

Bayer F. Die Etablierung der Wiener Nuklearmedizin im Kontext des Ost-West-Konflikts. In Nemec B, Hofer HG, Seebacher F, Schütz W, editors, Medizin in Wien nach 1945: Strukturen, Aushandlungsprozesse, Reflexionen. V&R unipress, Vienna University Press. 2022. (650 Jahre Universität Wien - Aufbruch ins neue Jahrhundert, Vol. 6). doi: 10.14220/9783737013932.447