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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'Making Europe through infrastructures of (in)security'

The Interdisciplinary Workshop is inspired by the need to investigate how infrastructures of...

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Job Announcements: Researcher

The Department of Science and Technology Studies seeks to employ 2 pre-doctoral and/or 2 post-doctoral researchers.

 New Publications

Mayer K, Schürz S, Kieslinger B, Schäfer T. Transformation messen und verstehen: partizipative Evaluationsansätze für Citizen Science. In Howaldt J, Kreibich M, Streicher J, Thiem C, editors, Zukunft gestalten mit Sozialen Innovationen: Neue Herausforderungen für Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft. 1 ed. Frankfurt: Campus. 2022. p. 207-224

Akyüz K, Chassang G, Goisauf M, Kozera Ł, Mezinska S, Tzortzatou O et al. Biobanking and risk assessment: A comprehensive typology of risks for an adaptive risk governance. Life Sciences, Society and Policy. 2021 Dec 13;17(1):1-28. 10. doi: 10.1186/s40504-021-00117-7

Habermann B, Vogl CR, Mekonnen K, Bekele K, Felt U. Farmers and scientists in AR4D: Looking at a watershed management project through an STS lens. NJAS: Impact in agricultural and life sciences. 2021 Nov;93(1):126-151. doi: 10.1080/27685241.2021.1993095