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

Mayer K. Reflexivity in Co-Evaluation: From Challenges to Principles of Participatory Research Evaluation. In Revisiting Reflexivity: Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond. 2025. p. 273-281 doi: 10.51952/9781529244892.ch021

Horn C, Felt U. Collateral transitions. Reassembling societies, data centres and the twin transition. Environmental Science and Policy. 2025 Aug;170:104122. Epub 2025 Jun 10. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104122

Falkenberg R, Sigl L, Fochler M. Orientation work: caring for the relevance of research to social-environmental problems. Science as Culture. 2025 Jul 21. doi: 10.1080/09505431.2025.2531747

Frantz F. Good Science from Below: Of Early-Stage Researchers’ Registers of Valuing, Response-Abilities, and Care for Good Research. Minerva. 2025 Jul 15. Epub 2025 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s11024-025-09588-w

Bayer F. Indicators and Metrics in SSH Research: How Scholars Value Publication Practices in the Face of Epistemic Capitalism. Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung . 2025 Jul. doi: 10.22163/fteval.2025.696