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

Felt U. Policy Imaginaries of European Citizen-Patients: European Integration and the Digital Infrastructuring of Health Care. In Marelli L, Dratwa J, Verschraegen G, Van Hoyweghen I, editors, Project Europe. Rethinking European futures through the politics of digital innovation. Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar. 2025. p. 68-88
Klimburg-Witjes N. Politics of Speculation: Ethnographic Encounters with the ‘Future’ in the European Space Sector. In Eitel K, Ojani C, editors, Speculative Ethnography. Duke University Press. 2025. (Experimental Futures).
Davies S, (ed.), Schikowitz A, (ed.), Mora-Gámez F, (ed.), Goldberg E, (ed.), Dessewffy E, (ed.), Pham BC, (ed.) et al. Revisiting Reflexivity: Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond. Bristol University Press, 2025. 272 p. (Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS).
Klimburg-Witjes N, Clormann M. Space Debris. In Taylor ARE, editor, Keywords for Social Studies of Outer Space. Palgrave Macmillan. 2025
Pham BC, Davies S. What problems is the AI act solving? Technological solutionism, fundamental rights, and trustworthiness in European AI policy. Critical Policy Studies. 2025;19(2):318-336. Epub 2024 Jul 2. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2024.2373786
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