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.

 New Publications

Schikowitz A, Pohler N. Varieties of alternativeness: Relational practices in collaborative housing in Vienna. The Sociological Review. 2024 Mar;72(2):301-321. Epub 2023 Nov 10. doi: 10.1177/00380261231205427
Davies S, Holmer C. Care, collaboration, and service in academic data work: biocuration as ‘academia otherwise’. Information, Communication & Society. 2024 Feb;27(4):683-701. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2024.2315285
Falkenberg RI, Sigl L, Fochler M. From ‘making lists’ to conducting ‘well-rounded’ studies: Epistemic re-orientations in soil microbial ecology. Social Studies of Science. 2024 Feb;54(1):78-104. Epub 2023. doi: 10.1177/03063127231179700
Falkenberg R, Fochler M. Innovation in Technology Instead of Thinking? Assetization and Its Epistemic Consequences in Academia. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2024 Jan;49(1):105-130. Epub 2022 Dec 5. doi: 10.1177/01622439221140003
Klimburg-Witjes N. A Rocket to Protect? Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Strategic Autonomy in Controversies About the European Rocket Program. Geopolitics. 2024;29(3):821-848. Epub 2023 Feb 22. doi: 10.1080/14650045.2023.2177157
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