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

25.11.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x INNORES Talk by Nanna Bonde Thylstrup

We are thrilled to announce Nanna Bonde Thylstrup's talk on November 25, 2025 05:00 PM

12.11.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Ralo Mayer

We are thrilled to announce Ralo Mayer's talk on November 12, 2025 04:00 PM

 

 News

04.03.2025
 

The ERC-funded Research Project “FutureSpace” (lead by Assist.Prof. Nina Klimburg-Witjes) explores the shifting temporalities, infrastructures, and...

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 New Publications

Schikowitz A. Self-Managed Housing in Vienna: Managing Ambivalences Between Invitability and Resistance. Social Inclusion. 2025 Jan 16;13:7993. Epub 2024 Dec 16. doi: 10.17645/si.7993

Schikowitz A, Dessewffy E, Davies S, Pham BC, Gregory K, Goldberg E et al. Writing Choreographies: (STS) Knowledge Production in Post- digital Academia. Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies. 2025 Jan;1.

Felt U. Policy Imaginaries of European Citizen-Patients: European Integration and the Digital Infrastructuring of Health Care. In Marelli L, Dratwa J, Verschraegen G, Van Hoyweghen I, editors, Project Europe. The Making of European Digital Innovation, Policy and Society . Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar. 2025. p. 68-88