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

En B, Pöll M. Are you (self-)tracking? Risks, norms and optimisation in self-quantifying practices. Graduate Journal of Social Science. 2016;12(2):37-57.

Felder KF, Felt U, Penkler M. Caring for Evidence: Research and Care in an Obesity Outpatient Clinic. Medical Anthropology. 2016;35(5):404-418. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2015.1101100

Aarden E. Constitutions of Justice in Genetic Medicine: Distributing Diagnostics for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Three European Countries. Critical Policy Studies. 2016;10(2):216-234. Epub 2015 Jun 1. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2015.1024704

Mayer K. Netzwerkvisualisierungen. Anmerkungen zur visuellen Kultur der Historischen Netzwerkforschung. In Handbuch Historische Netzwerkforschung. 2016 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.48745

Mayer K, Aibar E. Open Science in Practice - STS approaches to open cultures in research. EASST Review. 2016. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.200180