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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Pham B-C, Davies S. What problems is the AI act solving? Technological solutionism, fundamental rights, and trustworthiness in European AI policy. Critical Policy Studies. 2024 Jul 2. Epub 2024 Jul 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2024.2373786
Schikowitz A, Davies S. Housing activists' science communication: online practices as contextual and reflexive. JCOM. 2024 Jun 17;23(5):A01. doi: https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23050201
Radhuber I, Haddad C, Kieslich K, Paul KT, Prainsack B, El-Sayed S et al. Citizenship in times of crisis: biosocial state–citizen relations during COVID‑19 in Austria. BioSocieties. 2024 Jun;19(2):326-351. Epub 2023 May 22. doi: 10.1057/s41292-023-00304-z
Akyüz K, Goisauf M, Chassang G, Kozera Ł, Mežinska S, Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou O et al. Post-identifiability in changing sociotechnological genomic data environments. BioSocieties. 2024 Jun;19(2):204-231. doi: 10.1057/s41292-023-00299-7