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

27.11.2025 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Maximilian Karge

26.11.2025 16:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Pipi Paloeka de Koning

 

 STS Talks Vienna

04.12.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Mia Bennett

We are thrilled to announce Mia Bennett's talk on December 04, 2025 04:00 PM

03.12.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk by Nikolaus Poechhacker

We are thrilled to announce Nikolaus Poechhacker's talk on December 03, 2025 04:00 PM

 News

02.07.2025
 

We congratulate Florentine Frantz on her PhD defensio!

News
02.07.2025
 

We congratulate Vera Ulmer on her PhD defensio!

News
19.05.2025
 

Ulrike Felt explores in her new book the hidden politics of time that shape knowledge production in universities and academic life.

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...

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 New Publications

Falkenberg R, Fochler M. Innovation in Technology Instead of Thinking? Assetization and Its Epistemic Consequences in Academia. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2024 Jan;49(1):105-130. Epub 2022 Dec 5. doi: 10.1177/01622439221140003

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

Klimburg-Witjes N, Weißer K. Europas Zukunft im Weltraum: Wie die Kontroversen um das Ariane-Programm Ideale und Spannungsfelder der europäischen Integration widerspiegeln. In Nötzold A, Fels E, Rotter A, Brake M, editors, Strategischer Wettbewerb im Weltraum: Politik, Recht, Sicherheit und Wirtschaft im All. Springer. 2024. p. 653-674. (Sicherheit, Strategie & Innovation). doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-42602-6