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.
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Mora-Gámez F. Tantear beyond borders: Handcrafting digital experiments. SENSATE: A Journal for Experiments in Critical Media Practice. 2025 Sept 5;9.
Oechsner S, Rae R, Felt U. Should I provide my health data for research? Citizens assessing the value of data provision. Big Data & Society. 2025 Aug 22;1-12. doi: 0.1177/20539517251361117
Horn C, Felt U. Collateral transitions. Reassembling societies, data centres and the twin transition. Environmental Science and Policy. 2025 Aug;170:104122. Epub 2025 Jun 10. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104122
Falkenberg R, Sigl L, Fochler M. Orientation work: caring for the relevance of research to social-environmental problems. Science as Culture. 2025 Jul 21. doi: 10.1080/09505431.2025.2531747
Bayer F. Indicators and Metrics in SSH Research: How Scholars Value Publication Practices in the Face of Epistemic Capitalism. Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung . 2025 Jul. doi: 10.22163/fteval.2025.696