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

10.06.2026 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk by Sharon Tsai-Hsuan Ku

We are thrilled to announce Sharon Tsai-Hsuan Ku's talk on June 10, 2026 04:00 PM

28.05.2026 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Chakad Ojani

We are thrilled to announce Chakad Ojani's talk on May 28, 2026 04:00 PM

 Events

04.11.2025 12:30
 

STS Lunch Lecture by Mirko Schäfer

We warmly invite you to join our STS Lunch Lecture, where Mirko Tobias Schäfer will speak about “Custodial Work for Algorithmic Systems: Researching...

 News

17.11.2025
 

The 2025 Friedrich Schiedel Prizes honor Ulrike Felt and Martha Minow, two visionary thinkers whose work is redefining the ethical and social...

News
16.10.2025
 

We congratulate Laura Bomm and Bao-Chau Pham on their PhD defensio!

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 New Publications

Serbe-Kamp É, Bemme J, Pollak D, Mayer K. Open Citizen Science: fostering open knowledge with participation. Research Ideas and Outcomes. 2023 Jan 23;9. doi: 10.3897/rio.9.e96476

Klimburg-Witjes N, (ed.), Trauttmansdorff P, (ed.). Technopolitics and the Making of Europe: Infrastructures of Security. 1 ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2023. 208 p. doi: 10.4324/9781003267409

Bieszczad SR, Fochler M, Brodschneider R. How Citizen Scientists See their Own Role and Expertise: An Explorative Study of the Perspectives of Beekeepers in a Citizen Science Project. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 2023;8(1):1-12. 26. doi: 10.5334/cstp.501

Klimburg-Witjes N, Trauttmansdorff P. Making Europe through infrastructures of in/security: An introduction. In Klimburg-Witjes N, Trauttmansdorff P, editors, Technopolitics and the Making of Europe: Infrastructures of Security. Routledge. 2023. p. 1-18 doi: 10.4324/9781003267409-1

Mayer K. Von Verbindungen und Banden des Wissens. In Hofhues S, Schütze K, editors, Doing Research: Wissenschaftspraktiken zwischen Positionierung und Suchanfrage. Bielefeld: transkript. 2022. p. 130-137 doi: 10.14361/9783839456323-016, 10.14361/9783839456323-016