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

08.09.2025 10:15
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the PhD defensio of Laura Bomm

02.09.2025 14:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Tilman Freiherr von Werthern

 STS Talks Vienna

02.10.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x by Panel discussion 'Alternative knowledge practices and the politics of urban transformation'

We are thrilled to announce the panel discussion 'Alternative knowledge practices and the politics of urban transformation' on October 02, 2025 04:00...

01.10.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk by Inga Ulnicane

We are thrilled to announce Inga Ulnicane's talk on October 01, 2025 04:00 PM

 News

19.11.2024
 

We congratulate Astrid Mager and Karen Kastenhofer to their Habilitation and Hüseyin Kaya Akyüz to his PhD!

News
14.11.2024
 

Ulrike Felt, together with Alan Irwin, gathered over 90 authors to write about Science and Technology.

News

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 New Publications

Felder KF, Felt U, Penkler M. Caring for Evidence: Research and Care in an Obesity Outpatient Clinic. Medical Anthropology. 2016;35(5):404-418. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2015.1101100

Aarden E. Constitutions of Justice in Genetic Medicine: Distributing Diagnostics for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Three European Countries. Critical Policy Studies. 2016;10(2):216-234. Epub 2015 Jun 1. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2015.1024704

Mayer K. Netzwerkvisualisierungen. Anmerkungen zur visuellen Kultur der Historischen Netzwerkforschung. In Handbuch Historische Netzwerkforschung. 2016 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.48745

Mayer K, Aibar E. Open Science in Practice - STS approaches to open cultures in research. EASST Review. 2016. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.200180

Felt U. The temporal choreographies of participation: Thinking innovation and society from a time-sensitive perspective. In Chilvers J, Kearnes M, editors, Remaking Participation: Science, Environment and Emergent Publics. London/New York: Routledge. 2016. p. 178-198 doi: 10.4324/9780203797693