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

21.10.2025 16:30
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Roman Michael Hansen

20.10.2025 11:30
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Constantin Wolfgang Holmer:

 STS Talks Vienna

04.12.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Mia Bennett

We are thrilled to announce Mia Bennett's talk on December 04, 2025 04:00 PM

03.12.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk by Nikolaus Poechhacker

We are thrilled to announce Nikolaus Poechhacker's talk on December 03, 2025 04:00 PM



 New Publications

Radhuber I, Haddad C, Kieslich K, Paul KT, Prainsack B, El-Sayed S et al. Citizenship in times of crisis: biosocial state–citizen relations during COVID‑19 in Austria. BioSocieties. 2024 Jun;19(2):326-351. Epub 2023 May 22. doi: 10.1057/s41292-023-00304-z

Akyüz K, Goisauf M, Chassang G, Kozera Ł, Mežinska S, Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou O et al. Post-identifiability in changing sociotechnological genomic data environments. BioSocieties. 2024 Jun;19(2):204-231. doi: 10.1057/s41292-023-00299-7

Haddad C, Vorlicek D, Klimburg-Witjes N. The Security-Innovation Nexus in (Geo-)Political Imagination. Geopolitics. 2024 Mar 26;29(3):741-764. doi: 10.1080/14650045.2024.2329940

Pham BC, Gregory K, Davies S, Schikowitz A, Dessewffy E, Goldberg E et al. Academic citizenship, together: Prioritising care and reflexivity in scholarly life. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education. 2024 Mar 5;6(2):66–79. 6. doi: 10.47989/kpdc478

Felt U, Sepehr P. Infrastructuring citizenry in Smart City Vienna: investigating participatory smartification between policy and practice. Journal of Responsible Innovation. 2024 Mar 1;11(1):1-23. 2313303. doi: 10.1080/23299460.2024.2313303