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

28.04.2025 13:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Kai Jürgen Edgar Strycker

24.04.2025 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Caitlin Harjes

 STS Talks Vienna

20.03.2025 16:00
 

FutureSpace Talk by Karlijn Korpershoek

We are thrilled to announce Karlijn Korpershoek's Talk on March 20, 2025 04:00 pm

13.03.2025 17:00
 

STS Talk by Tiago Moreira

We are thrilled to announce Tiago Moreira's Talk on March 13, 2025 5:00 pm

 News

29.12.2023
 

FutureSpace is a 5-year research project at the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the University of Vienna. The project is led by...

News
11.12.2023
 

Im Forschungsprojekt „Valuing, Being, Knowing“ wurde untersucht, wie Fragen von gesellschaftlicher Relevanz in den Lebenswissenschaften mehr zum...

News
05.12.2023
 

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Sarah Davies is giving an ITA seminar on 5 December, 1.30 pm:

News
27.11.2023
 

The STS Austria conference 2023, “Digging Where We Stand: Activism, Community and the Politics of STS” is just around the corner, taking place in...

News
15.11.2023
 

APA-Science lädt ein zu einem Expert*innenpodium zur Frage, wie der Dialog über den Einsatz von neuer Gentechnik in der Landwirtschaft gelingen kann.

News
10.10.2023
 

„Umwelt im Gespräch“ ist eine Veranstaltungsreihe des Forschungsverbunds Umwelt und Klima und der Universität Wien in Kooperation mit dem...

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 New Publications

Felt U. Sociotechnical imaginaries of "the internet", digital health information and the making of citizen-patients. In Hilgartner S, Miller C, Hagendijk R, editors, Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond. London/New York: Routledge. 2015. p. 176-197 doi: 10.4324/9780203564370

Merz M, (ed.), Sormani PB, (ed.). The Local Configuration of New Research Fields. On Regional and National Diversity. Springer, 2015. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook).

Felt U, Schumann S, Schwarz C, Strassnig M. Technology of Imagination. A Card-based Public Engagement Method for Debating Emerging Technologies. Qualitative Research. 2014 Apr;14(2):233-251. Epub 2013 Jan 4. doi: 10.1177/1468794112468468