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

16.10.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk by Sally Wyatt

We are thrilled to announce Sally Wyatt's talk on October 16, 2025 04:00 PM

 

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...



 New Publications


Sepehr P, Felt U. Urban Imaginaries as Tacit Governing Devices: The Case of Smart City Vienna. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2023 Jun 8. Epub 2023 Jun 8. doi: 10.1177/01622439231178597

Trauttmansdorff P, Felt U. Between Infrastructural Experimentation and Collective Imagination: The Digital Transformation of the EU Border Regime . Science, Technology & Human Values. 2023 May;48(3):635-662. Epub 2021 Nov. doi: 10.1177/01622439211057523

Dessewffy E, Schikowitz A, Davies SR. Tracing (in)visibilising practices: engaging with simulations for architecture and spatial planning. Digital Creativity. 2023 Apr 13;34(2):127-142. doi: 10.1080/14626268.2023.2200762

Davies S, Pham BC. Luck and the ‘situations’ of research. Social Studies of Science. 2023 Apr;53(2):287-299. Epub 2022 Oct. doi: 10.1177/03063127221125438