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

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

 

15.04.2026 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x INNORES Talk by Stephen Hilgartner

We are thrilled to announce Stephen Hilgartner's talk on April 15, 2026 04:00 PM



 New Publications

Davies S. University communications as auto-communication: the NTNU ‘Challenge Everything’ campaign. Journal of Communication Management. 2020;24(3):227-243. doi: 10.1108/JCOM-08-2019-0120

Aarden E. Decoding the Million Death Study. Ambivalence of Producing Evidence on Mortality in India. Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs. 2019 Dec 21;54(50):41-48.

Mayer K. Offene Wissenschaft braucht offene Infrastrukturen: Zur Diskussion der Ergebnisse der Europäischen Mutual Learning Exercise: Open Science – Altmetrics and Rewards. . Mitteilungen der Vereinigung österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare. 2019 Oct 9;72(2):337-355. doi: 10.31263/voebm.v72i2.3175

Felt U, Öchsner S. Reordering the “World of Things”: The Sociotechnical Imaginary of RFID Tagging and New Geographies of Responsibility. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2019 Oct;25(5):1425–1446. Epub 2018 Oct 24. doi: 10.1007/s11948-018-0071-z

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