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

03.10.2024 12:00
 

We warmly invite you to the defensio of Carina Romanach Nasser

06.09.2024 10:56
 

We warmly invite you to the defensio of Carina Liersch

 STS Talks Vienna

02.12.2024 17:00
 

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

24.10.2024 16:00
 

We are thrilled to announce Julie Michelle Klinger's Talk on 24th October 2024, 4:00 pm

 Events

29.02.2024 18:00
 

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

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
26.03.2024
 

Since December 2023, Professor Ulrike Felt is part of the new FWF Supervisory Board 2023 to 2027!

News
29.12.2023
 

FutureSpace is a 5-year research project at the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the University of Vienna. The project is led by...

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 New Publications

Mayer K. Big Data, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence. In Felt U, Irwin A, editors, Elgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2024

Mayer K. Partizipation: Partizipativ forschen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Inklusion und Exklusion. In Peer C, Semlitsch E, Güntner S, Haas M, editors, Urbane Transformation durch soziale Innovation: Schlüsselbegriffe und Perspektiven. TU Academic Press. 2024. p. 175 doi: 10.34727/2024/isbn.978-3-85448-064-8_22

Davies S, Wells R, Zollo F, Roche J. Unpacking social media 'engagement': a practice theory approach to science on social media. JCOM. 2024;23(6):Y02. doi: 10.22323/2.23060402