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

Felt U, (ed.). Knowing and Living in Academic Research. Convergence and Heterogeneity in Research Cultures in the European Context. Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2009. 242 p.

Mayer K. On the Sociometry of Search Engines: A Historical Review of Methods. In Becker K, Stadler F, editors, Deep Search: The Politics of Search Beyond Google. Innsbruck: StudienVerlag. 2009. p. 54-72 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.199100

Felt U, Bister M, Strassnig M, Wagner U. Refusing the information paradigm: informed consent, medical research, and patient participation: informed consent, medical research, and patient participation. Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. 2009;13(1):87-106.