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

Mora-Gámez F. Beyond citizenship: the material politics of alternative infrastructures. Citizenship Studies. 2020 Jul 3;24(5):696-711. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2020.1784648

Felt U. Public Health Communication: Anecdotal Evidence and Responsibility in Print Media Accounts of Obesity. In Felt U, Davies S, editors, Exploring Science Communication. A Science and Technology Studies Approach. London: Sage Publications Ltd. 2020. p. 131-148

Penkler M, Felder KF, Felt U. Challenging Diversity: Steering Effects of Buzzwords in Projectified Healthcare. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2020 Jan;45(1):138-163. Epub 2019 Apr 2. doi: 10.1177/0162243919841694

Mora-Gámez F, Brown SD. A reparação a despeito de si mesma: traições psi na Colômbia pós-conflito. In Arruda Leal Ferreira A, editor, Governamentalidade e práticas psi: a gestão pela liberdade. Vol. 2021-03. Rio de Janeiro: Editora NAU. 2020. p. 523-548