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

03.09.2021
 

Ulrike Felt: Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung an der Universität Wien und Innovative Technik in Österreich

01.09.2021
 

Nina Klimburg-Witjes has just published her new book!

27.08.2021
 

Read now our new blog post written by Esther Dessewffy!

23.08.2021
 

Fredy Mora Gámez and Karin Kriffors are presenting their paper "Calculating migration" at the Annual International Conference. Register here!

18.08.2021
 

Pandemie, Krise und ihre Folgen. Pandemic and its impact on research

28.07.2021
 

Publication alert! Read the new article Nina Klimburg-Witjes published together with Mascha Gugganiga here!

 New Publications

Sepehr P, Aarden E. Between straight lines and winding alleys: Streets as boundary objects in the transnational modernization of urban planning in Iran. In De Munck B, Lachmund J, editors, Politics of Urban Knowledge: Historical Perspectives on the Shaping and Governing of Cities. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2023. p. 179-200 doi: 10.4324/9781003312628

Mora-Gámez F. Curating Reparation and Recrafting Solidarity. In Ecological Reparation: Repair, Remediation and Resurgence in Social and Environmental Conflict. Bristol University Press. 2023. p. 258-272

Sepehr P. Post-Automobility Futures: Technology, Power, and Imaginaries. Mobility Humanities. 2023 Jan 31;2(1):164-167. doi: 10.23090/MH.2023.01.2.1.164

Fritzsche M-C, Akyüz K, Abadía MC, McLennan S, Marttinen P, Mayrhofer MT et al. Ethical layering in AI-driven polygenic risk scores—New complexities, new challenges. Frontiers in Genetics. 2023 Jan 26;14:1-11. 1098439. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1098439