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

15.04.2026 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x INNORES Talk by Stephen Hilgartner

We are thrilled to announce Stephen Hilgartner's talk on April 15, 2026 04:00 PM

09.04.2026 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Anne Johnson

We are thrilled to announce Anne Johnson's talk on April 09, 2026 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

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 New Publications

Felt U. Under the Shadow of Time: Where Indicators and Academic Values Meet. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society. 2017;3:53-63. doi: 10.17351/ests2017.109

Aarden E. Translating genetics beyond bench and bedside: A comparative perspective on health care infrastructures for 'familial' breast cancer. Applied & Translational Genomics. 2016 Dec;11:48-54. doi: 10.1016/j.atg.2016.09.001

Paulitz T, Goisauf M, Zapusek S. Lebenspraxis Wissenschaft? Von der praktischen Sperrigkeit des Work-Life-Balance-Konzepts im wissenschaftlichen Feld. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 2016 Sept 20;41(3):319-337. doi: 10.1007/s11614-016-0220-z

Metzler I. Human life between biology and law in Germany. In Prozorov S, Rentea S, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Biopolitics . London and New York: Routledge. 2016. p. 295-312