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

28.04.2025 13:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Kai Jürgen Edgar Strycker

24.04.2025 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Caitlin Harjes

 STS Talks Vienna

13.05.2025 17:00
 

STS Talk by Malcolm Ashmore and Olga Restrepo Forero

We are thrilled to announce Malcolm Ashmore and Olga Restrepo Forero's Talk on May 13, 2025 5:00 pm

08.05.2025 17:00
 

STS Talk by Kean Birch

We are thrilled to announce Kean Birch's Talk on May 08, 2025 5:00 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

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...

News
19.11.2024
 

We congratulate Astrid Mager and Karen Kastenhofer to their Habilitation and Hüseyin Kaya Akyüz to his PhD!

News
14.11.2024
 

Ulrike Felt, together with Alan Irwin, gathered over 90 authors to write about Science and Technology.

News
09.07.2024
 

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

News

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 New Publications


Jasanoff S, Metzler I. Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2020 Nov 1;45(6):1001-1037. Epub 2018 Jan 29. doi: 10.1177/0162243917753990

Hurlbut B, Metzler I, Marelli L, Jasanoff S. Bioconstitutional Imaginaries and the Comparative Politics of Genetic Self-knowledge. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2020 Nov;45(6):1087-1118. Epub 2020 May 18. doi: 10.1177/0162243920921246

Mayer K, Strassnig M. The Digital Humanism Initiative in Vienna: A Report based on our Exploratory Study Commissioned by the City of Vienna. In Fritz J, Tomaschek N, editors, Digitaler Humanismus. 1 ed. Vol. 9. Wien: Waxmann Verlag. 2020 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4250144