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

30.09.2025 15:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the PhD defensio of Bao-Chau Pham

18.09.2025 16:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Sandra Schober

 STS Talks Vienna

03.11.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x CeSCos Talk by Jenny Reardon (in cooperation with CeSCos)

We are thrilled to announce Jenny Reardon's (in cooperation with CeSCos) on November 03, 2025 05:00 PM

23.10.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Bleddyn Bowen

We are thrilled to announce Bleddyn Bowen's talk on October 23, 2025 04:00 PM

 News

02.12.2024
 

We have changed the opening hours of the library!

Mon, Thu: 10:00 am – 03:00 pm

Tue, Wed, Fri: 09:30 am – 01:30 pm

News

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 New Publications

Mora-Gámez F, Brown SD. The psychosocial management of rights restitution: Tracing technologies for reparation in post-conflict Colombia. Theory and Psychology. 2019 Aug 4;29(4):521-538. doi: 10.1177/0959354319863136

Mayer K, Mager A. Body Data - Data Body: Tracing ambiguous trajectories of data bodies between empowerment and social control in the context of health. Momentum Quaterly. 2019 Jul 1;8(2). doi: 10.15203/momentumquarterly.vol8.no2.p95-108

Starkbaum J, Felt U. Negotiating the reuse of health-data: Research, Big Data, and the European General Data Protection Regulation. Big Data & Society. 2019 Jul;6(2). doi: 10.1177/2053951719862594

Sigl L. Subjectivity, governance, and changing conditions of knowledge production in the life sciences. Subjectivity. 2019 Jun;12(2):117-136. doi: 10.1057/s41286-019-00069-6

Pfotenhauer S, Juhl J, Aarden E. Challenging the "deficit model" of innovation: Framing policy issues under the innovation imperative. Research policy. 2019 May;48(4):895-904. Epub 2018 Oct 17. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.10.015