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.

 News & Events

12.04.2022
 

Patrick PIETERS, 26.04., 12:00

Péter MAKAI-BÖLÖNI, 28.04., 16:00

06.04.2022
 

Read here the latest article written by Ulrike Felt and Florentine Frantz.

05.04.2022
 

Read now the new blog post written by Marie Rathmann!

15.03.2022
 

Join us at on Thu 24 Mar at 4pm for a film screening produced by students of the 'Visual Ethnographies of Science' course taught by Sarah Davies.

08.03.2022
 

The podcast of PhD candidates in the humanities and the social sciences at the University of Vienna.

18.02.2022
 

Nina Klimburg-Witjes gave an interview about space debris for Tech & Nature (in German). Read it here!

 New Publications

Matthews KRW, Iltis AS, Marquez NG, Wagner DS, Robert JS, de Melo-Martín I et al. Rethinking Human Embryo Research Policies. Hastings Center Report. 2021 Jan;51(1):47-51. doi: 10.1002/hast.1215

Davies S, Lindvig K. Assembling research integrity: negotiating a policy object in scientific governance. Critical Policy Studies. 2021;15(4):444-461. Epub 2021 Feb 1. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2021.1879660

Schikowitz A. Being a ‘Good Researcher’ in Transdisciplinary Research: Choreographies of Identity Work Beyond Community. In Community and Identity in Contemporary Technosciences. 2021. p. 225-245. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, Vol. 31). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-61728-8_11

Mora-Gámez F. Beyond citizenship: the material politics of alternative infrastructures (RP). In Amelung N, Gianolla C, Susa Ribeiro J, Solovova O, editors, Material Politics of Citizenship: Connecting Migrations with Science and Technology Studies. Taylor & Francis. 2021