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

22.01.2022
 

Ulrike Felt has just published her new book (available in German) !

17.12.2021
 

Congratulation to Anna Pillinger, who won the AK-Wissenschaftspreis for her master thesis "Imagining Care Robots at a Dementia Station – Or: Wishing...

06.12.2021
 

Susanne ÖCHSNER

09.12.2021, 12:00-13:30

25.11.2021
 

Strategieentwicklung ist ein Teil von wissenschaftlichem Leitungspersonal geworden. Das Projekt “Follow the Money” geht dieser Entwicklung nach.

24.11.2021
 

The Digital Transformation of the EU Border Regime: Read the new article by Paul Trauttmannsdorff & Ulrike Felt!

22.11.2021
 

Ulrike Felt talks about Science and Humanity at the Tokyo Forum on 2nd December, 12:05 (GMT)!

 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