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

05.02.2026 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Richard Tutton

We are thrilled to announce Richard Tutton's talk on February 05, 2026 04:00 PM

15.12.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x ALTERBIOTIC Talk by Claas Kirchhelle & Janina Kehr

We are thrilled to announce Claas Kirchhelle's talk & Janina Kehr's talk on December 15, 2025 05:00 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

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 New Publications

Mayer K. Merton (1950): Patterns of Influence. In Holzer B, Stegbauer C, editors, Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2019. (Netzwerkforschung).

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 Sept 1;22(5):483-499. Epub 2017 Jun 21. doi: 10.1177/1363459317715774

Falkenberg RI. Yoga and immune system functioning: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2018 Aug;41(4):467-482. doi: 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. Epub 2017 Nov 22. doi: 10.1057/s41292-017-0081-0