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

21.10.2021
 

Maschinelles Lernen zur Auswertung und Analyse von Dokumenten und Beweismitteln in Betrugsbekämpfung und Strafverfolgung: gemeinsame...

05.10.2021
 

Ulrike Felt spricht über die aktuelle Stellung der Wissenschaft!

27.09.2021
 

20 department members are presenting their research at the 4S conference!

16.09.2021
 

Ulrike Felt gives a keynote speech about “Transdisciplinarity in assessing technologies for sustainability” on 17 September.

07.09.2021
 

Science, Peace, Security, 8-10 Sep

STS Austria Workshop, 13-15 Sep

How to be a Researcher in the XXI Century, 14-17 Sep

03.09.2021
 

Ulrike Felt and Vera Ulmer will present their paper “Making Sense of Publishing” at the EAIR Forum 2021.

 New Publications

Buschmann K, Kasberger S, Kraker P, Mayer K, Reckling F, Rieck K et al. Open Science in Österreich: Ansätze und Status Open Science in Austria: Approaches and status Open Science en Autriche: Approches et état des lieux. Information-Wissenschaft und Praxis. 2015 Jan 1;66(2-3):137-145. doi: 10.1515/iwp-2015-0025, http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16511

Merz M, Sormani PB. Configuring New Research Fields: How Policy, Place, and Organization Are Made to Matter. In Merz M, Sormani P, editors, The Local Configuration of New Research Fields. On Regional and National Diversity. Springer. 2015. p. 1-22. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook).

Felt U. Keeping Technologies Out: Sociotechnical imaginaries and the formation of Austria's technopolitical identity. In Jasanoff S, Kim S-H, editors, Dreamscapes of Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication of Power. Chicago: Chicago University Press. 2015. p. 103-125

Sormani PB. Practicing Innovation: Mobile Nano-training, Emerging Tensions, and Prospective Arrangements. In Merz M, Sormani P, editors, The Local Configuration of New Research Fields. On Regional and National Diversity. Vol. 29. Springer. 2015. p. 229-247. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook).