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.

 News & Events

17.07.2018
 

ÖNB Jubiläumsfonds grant awarded to Maximilian Fochler

It is a great pleasure to announce that Max Fochler was awarded a two year research grant by the ÖNB Jubiläumsfonds (Austrian National Bank).

17.07.2018
 

ÖAW DOC fellowship awarded to Paul Trauttmansdorff

We are pleased to announce that our colleague Paul Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg achieved to secure the highly competitive ÖAW DOC fellowship awarded by...

17.07.2018
 

Elise Richter fellowship awarded to Katja Mayer

The Department of Science and Technology Studies congratulates alumna and colleague Dr. Katja Mayer on her recently awarded Elise Richter fellowship...

13.03.2018
 

Alexander Degelsegger-Márquez receives the honorary degree "promotio sub auspiciis" from Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen.

08.02.2018
 

Adipositas als vermeintliche Diagnose ist nicht nur Gegenstand medialer Diskurse und gesellschaftlicher Ausverhandlungsprozesse, sondern auch ideales...

22.01.2018 17:00
 

Welche Relevanz haben Sozialwissenschaften?

Podiumsdiskussion zum Start der Societal Impact-Plattform

Der Ruf nach gesellschaftlicher Relevanz von Forschung ist heute deutlicher zu hören denn...

 New Publications

Pham B-C, Davies S. Policy as infrastructure: Enacting artificial intelligence and making Europe. In Klimburg-Witjes N, Trauttmansdorff P, editors, Technopolitics and the Making of Europe: Infrastructures of Security. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2023. p. 125–140 Epub 2023.

Felt U, Öchsner S, Rae R, Osipova E. Doing co-creation: power and critique in the development of a European health data infrastructure. Journal of Responsible Innovation. 2023 Aug 8;10(1):2235931. doi: 10.1080/23299460.2023.2235931

Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou O, Akyüz K, Goisauf M, Kozera Ł, Mežinska S, Th Mayrhofer M et al. Ethical, legal, and social implications in research biobanking: A checklist for navigating complexity. Developing World Bioethics. 2023 Jul 10;1-12. Epub 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12411