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

News

 New Publications

Saatçi B, Akyüz K, Rintel S, Klokmose CN. (Re)Configuring Hybrid Meetings: Moving from User-Centered Design to Meeting-Centered Design. Computer supported cooperative work : CSCW : an international journal. 2020 Dec;29(6):769–794. Epub 2020 Nov 19. doi: 10.1007/s10606-020-09385-x

Jasanoff S, Metzler I. Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2020 Nov 1;45(6):1001-1037. Epub 2018 Jan 29. doi: 10.1177/0162243917753990

Hurlbut B, Metzler I, Marelli L, Jasanoff S. Bioconstitutional Imaginaries and the Comparative Politics of Genetic Self-knowledge. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2020 Nov;45(6):1087-1118. Epub 2020 May 18. doi: 10.1177/0162243920921246

Mayer K, Strassnig M. The Digital Humanism Initiative in Vienna: A Report based on our Exploratory Study Commissioned by the City of Vienna. In Fritz J, Tomaschek N, editors, Digitaler Humanismus. 1 ed. Vol. 9. Wien: Waxmann Verlag. 2020 doi: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4250144