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

11.05.2026 18:00
 

Lecture by Cecilia Rikap (in cooperation with IPW and others)

We are thrilled to announce Cecilia Rikap's talk (in cooperation with IPW) on May 11, 2026 06:00 PM

06.05.2026 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk by Vololona Rabeharisoa

We are thrilled to announce Vololona Rabeharisoa's talk on May 06, 2026 04:00 PM

 



 New Publications

Davies S, (ed.), Schikowitz A, (ed.), Mora-Gámez F, (ed.), Goldberg E, (ed.), Dessewffy E, (ed.), Pham BC, (ed.) et al. Revisiting Reflexivity: Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond. Bristol University Press, 2025. 272 p. (Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS).

Mayer K, Jarke J. Situierte Daten. Wie Datenspaziergänge unser Verständnis von Daten in der Praxis verändern können. In Hofhues S, Schütz J, editors, Plattformen der Bildung. 2025. p. 301-314 doi: 10.14361/9783839475164-020

Mayer K, Prem E, Birkner P, Hahne PZ, Schmölz A, Striano F et al. The Future of Digital Humanism: Towards a Critical Post-Post-Humanism. In 23rd STS Conference Graz 2025. 2025 doi: 10.3217/978-3-99161-062-5-002

Pham BC, Davies S. What problems is the AI act solving? Technological solutionism, fundamental rights, and trustworthiness in European AI policy. Critical Policy Studies. 2025;19(2):318-336. Epub 2024 Jul 2. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2024.2373786

Felt U. Rethinking individual and community engagement with genomics in a digital world. In Kumar D, Chadwick R, editors, Genomics, Populations, and Society. Elsevier. 2024. p. 209-226