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

27.06.2017
 

Ulrike Felt on 'More work is required to make academic “timescapes” worth inhabiting and to open up space for creative work'

26.01.2017
 
23.01.2017
 

edited by Ulrike Felt, Rayvon Fouché, Clark A. Miller and Laurel Smith-Doerr

24.11.2016
 

Sind die ÖsterreicherInnen wirklich technikpessimistisch? Was bedeuten Funkchips in Kleidung oder auf dem Parkpickerl für unsere Privatsphäre? In der...

News
07.11.2016
 

Performing Moral Stories through Bodyweight by Michael Penkler

News
03.10.2016
 

A reflection on engaging with public engagement with science by Robin Rae

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 New Publications

Klimburg-Witjes N, Leese M, Trauttmansdorff P. Expanding boundaries: Unmaking and remaking secrecy in field research. Political anthropological research on international social sciences. 2022;3(2):168-197. Epub 2022 Nov 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25903276-bja10039

Mayer K, Shah EI. Human Sensors. In Sensing In/Security. Mattering Press. 2022. p. 206-215 doi: http://doi.org/10.28938/9781912729050

Felt U. Making and Taking Time. Work, funding and assessment infrastructures in inter- and transdisciplinary research. In Vienni Baptista B, Thompson Klein J, editors, Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity: Collaboration across Cultures and Communities. 1. ed. London: Routledge. 2022 doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003129424