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.
STS Talks Vienna
05.02.2026 16:00
Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Richard Tutton
15.12.2025 17:00
Vienna STS Talk x ALTERBIOTIC Talk by Claas Kirchhelle & Janina Kehr
News
02.07.2025
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08.05.2025
New Publications
Lieverouw E, Felt U. Governing Citzen-Patients: The Digital Infrastructuring of Health and Care in Europe. In Marent B, editor, De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Health and Society. De Gruyter. 2026 doi: 10.4337/9781800886629.00011
Davies S. Our Writing Could Be Otherwise: Reflections on Teaching Citational Politics as an Aspect of Academic Writing. KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies . 2026 Jan 9. doi: 10.18357/kula.313
Kirchhelle C, Portillo MYA, Davis MDM, Doron A, Dreser A, Fortané N et al. (Un)intended consequences: a social sciences stocktake of a decade of Global Action Plan-inspired antimicrobial governance. The Lancet Microbe. 2026 Jan. doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101315
Davies S. Science communication in the wild. Public Understanding of Science. 2026. Epub 2026. doi: 10.1177/09636625261419690
Mayer K, Skupien S, Knaus J. The Commons Approach: A Proposal for a Digital Humanist Agenda to (Re)Open Artificial Intelligence. In Digital Humanism. Springer. 2026 doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-11108-1_28