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

30.09.2025 15:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the PhD defensio of Bao-Chau Pham

18.09.2025 16:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Sandra Schober

 STS Talks Vienna

03.11.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x CeSCos Talk by Jenny Reardon (in cooperation with CeSCos)

We are thrilled to announce Jenny Reardon's (in cooperation with CeSCos) on November 03, 2025 05:00 PM

23.10.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Bleddyn Bowen

We are thrilled to announce Bleddyn Bowen's talk on October 23, 2025 04:00 PM

 News

05.03.2025
 

Find all the relevant Information about the Department's Master programme in Science-Technology-Society in the recording of the first Information...

News
04.03.2025
 

The ERC-funded Research Project “FutureSpace” (lead by Assist.Prof. Nina Klimburg-Witjes) explores the shifting temporalities, infrastructures, and...

News
11.12.2024
 

Sara Davies describes her book as an introduction to science, technology, and society answers these questions, and more, by exploring contemporary...

News
03.12.2024
 

The prestigious award for culture and science is endowed with 10,000 Euros with a award ceremony in the town hall on November 27th, 2024

News
02.12.2024
 

We have changed the opening hours of the library!

Mon, Thu: 10:00 am – 03:00 pm

Tue, Wed, Fri: 09:30 am – 01:30 pm

News
25.11.2024
 

From 2014-2018, Professor Ulrike Felt was Dean at the Faculty of Social Science. In an interview with Katja Horninger she speaks about this particular...

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 New Publications

Bayer F, Gorraiz J, Gumpenberger C, Itúrbide A, Iribarren-Maestro I, Reding S. Investigating SSH Research and Publication Practices in Disciplinary and Institutional Contexts. A Survey-Based Comparative Approach in Two Universities. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. 2019 Apr 11;4. doi: 10.3389/frma.2019.00001

Goisauf M, Durnová AP. From engaging publics to engaging knowledges: Enacting “appropriateness” in the Austrian biobank infrastructure. Public Understanding of Science. 2019 Apr 1;28(3):275-289. Epub 2018 Oct 16. doi: 10.1177/0963662518806451

Bayer F, Felt U. Embracing the “atomic future” in post-World War II Austria. Technology and Culture . 2019 Jan;60(1):165-191. doi: 10.1353/tech.2019.0005

Born D. Bearing Witness? Polar Bears as Icons for Climate Change Communication in National Geographic. Environmental Communication. 2019;13(5):649-663. Epub 2018 Dec 2. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1435557

Mayer K. Krempel (2005): Visualisierung komplexer Strukturen. In Stegbauer C, Holzer B, editors, Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2019. (Netzwerkforschung).