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.

 Defensiones

11.12.2024 10:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Julius Grießler

11.12.2024 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Kateryna Brailovska

 STS Talks Vienna

10.12.2024 17:00
 

INNORES Talk by Matthew Kearnes

We are thrilled to announce Matthew Kearnes' Talk on 10th December 2024, 5:00 pm

02.12.2024 17:00
 

STS Talk by Louise Whiteley

We are thrilled to announce Louise Whiteley's Talk on December 02, 2024 05:00 pm

 Events

29.02.2024 18:00
 

2024 Haldane Lecture

We are thrilled to announce Professor's Ulrike Felt 2024 Haldane Lecture on Thu, February 29th, 2024, 6:00 - 7:00 pm at Wolfson College, University of...

 News

09.07.2024
 

The EASST-4S Conference in Amsterdam will be joined by members of the STS Department

News
26.06.2024
 

Julia Engelmayer conducted an interview with Nina Klimburg-Witjes on the question “What visions of the future is our research based on?”.

News
07.06.2024
 

Starting April 1, 2024, Katja Mayer is incoming fellow for one year at the Berlin University Alliance.

News
25.04.2024
 

Der geplante neue Titel des EC lautet: "Wechselwirkungen zwischen Wissenschaft, Technik und Gesellschaft verstehen".

News
24.04.2024
 

Join the group of University Professor Ulrike Felt as a University assistant (praedoc) in the ERC grant Innovation Residues!

News
12.04.2024 15:30
 

Nina Klimburg-Witjes will give a talk on "Space debris as a security leftover" at the The Future of Near-Earth Space. Space Debris and Space...

News

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 New Publications

Mora-Gámez F. Thinking beyond the ‘imposter’: gatecrashing un/welcoming borders of containment. In Woolgar S, Moats D, Vogel E, Helgesson CF, editors, The imposter as social theory: thinking with gatecrashers, cheats, and charlatans. Bristol University Press. 2021. p. 293-315

Wöhrer V, Kerschhofer-Puhalo N, Kieslinger B, Mayer K, Schürz S, Truckenbroth S et al. ‘Hard to reach’ or ‘easy to ignore’. Strategies and reflections on including co-researchers. Proceedings of Science (PoS). 2021 Apr 12;ACSC2020:1-5. 017. doi: 10.22323/1.393.0017

Davies S. Atmospheres of science: Experiencing scientific mobility. Social Studies of Science. 2021 Apr 1;51(2):214-232. Epub 2020. doi: 10.1177/0306312720953520

Davies S. An Empirical and Conceptual Note on Science Communication’s Role in Society. Science Communication. 2021 Feb 1;43(1):116-133. Epub 2020 Nov 16. doi: 10.1177%2F1075547020971642