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

21.10.2025 16:30
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Roman Michael Hansen

20.10.2025 11:30
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Constantin Wolfgang Holmer:

 STS Talks Vienna

25.11.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x INNORES Talk by Nanna Bonde Thylstrup

We are thrilled to announce Nanna Bonde Thylstrup's talk on November 25, 2025 05:00 PM

12.11.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Ralo Mayer

We are thrilled to announce Ralo Mayer's talk on November 12, 2025 04:00 PM

 

 News

08.05.2025
 

We congratulate Rasmus Kvaal Wardemann on his PhD defensio!

News
11.03.2025
 

The ERC-funded Research Project “ALTERBIOTIC” (lead by Assist.-Prof. Dr. Christian Haddad) explores the pressing global health crisis of antimicrobial...

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

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 New Publications

Mayer K, Lupu M, Kando N, Trippe A. Current Challenges in Patent Information Retrieval. 2 ed. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2017. (The information retrieval series, Vol. 37).

Schönbauer S. How biologists „meet“. In Jonas M, Lassnigg L, Littig B, Wroblewski A, editors, Practice theories and their methodology. Reflecting on research practices. Dordrecht: Springer.. Dordrecht: Springer. 2017

Fochler M, De Rijcke S. Implicated in the Indicator Game? An Experimental Debate. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society. 2017;3:21-40. doi: 10.17351/ests2017.108

Aarden E. Making value(s) through social contracts for biomedical population research. In Pavone V, Goven J, editors, Bioeconomies: Life, technology, and capital in the 21st century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2017. p. 161-184

Felt U. Of time-scapes and knowledge-scapes: Re-timing Research and Higher Education. In Scott P, Gallacher J, Parry G, editors, New Landscapes and Languages of Higher Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2017. p. 129-148