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...

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07.11.2016
 

Performing Moral Stories through Bodyweight by Michael Penkler

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03.10.2016
 

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

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 New Publications

Felt U, Schumann S, Schwarz C. (Re)assembling Natures, Cultures and (Nano)technologies in Public Engagement. Science as Culture. 2015;24(4):458–483. doi: 10.1080/09505431.2015.1055720

Felt U. Sociotechnical imaginaries of "the internet", digital health information and the making of citizen-patients. In Hilgartner S, Miller C, Hagendijk R, editors, Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond. London/New York: Routledge. 2015. p. 176-197 doi: 10.4324/9780203564370

Merz M, (ed.), Sormani PB, (ed.). The Local Configuration of New Research Fields. On Regional and National Diversity. Springer, 2015. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook).