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.
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Mayer K. Merton (1950): Patterns of Influence. In Holzer B, Stegbauer C, editors, Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2019. (Netzwerkforschung).
Schönbauer S. We Are Standing Together in Front: How Scientists and Research Groups Form Identities in the Life Sciences. Science & Technology Studies. 2019;32(1).
Metzler I, Just P. “Think positively”: Parkinson’s disease, biomedicine, and hope in contemporary Germany. Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. 2018 Sep 1;22(5):483-499. doi.org/10.1177/1363459317715774
Falkenberg RI. Yoga and immune system functioning: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2018 Aug. doi.org/10.1007/s10865-018-9914-y
Aarden E. Repositioning biological citizenship: State, population, and individual risk in the Framingham Heart Study. BioSocieties. 2018 Jun;13(2):494–512. doi.org/10.1057/s41292-017-0081-0