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

14.02.2024
 

We warmly invite you to the PhD defense of Pouya Sepehr.

02.02.2024 15:00
 

We warmly invite you to the defensio of Keziah Sheldon.

 STS Talks Vienna

19.06.2024 17:00
 

by Brice Laurent (CSI & ANSES, Paris), Eleanor S. Armstrong (Science Education, Stockholm University), Béatrice Cointe (CSI, Paris), Kirstin Asdal...

17.01.2024
 

We are thrilled to announce Thomas Völker's STS Talk on 17th January 2024, 5.30 pm.



 New Publications

Felt U. Living a Real-world Experiment: Post-Fukushima Imaginaries and Spatial Practices of “Containing the Nuclear”. In van de Poel I, Asveld L, Mehos DC, editors, Experimentation beyond the laboratory: new perspectives on technology in society. Routledge. 2018. p. 49-78

Mayer K, Kieslinger B, Schäfer T. Open and participatory citizen social science for evidence-based decision making. In Austrian Citizen Science Conference. Vol. 4. Frontiers Research Foundation. 2018. p. 74-77 doi: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1479273, 10.3389/978-2-88945-587-4

Felt U. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). In Gibbon S, Prainsack B, Hilgartner S, Lamoreaux J, editors, Routledge Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society. Routledge. 2018

Felt U. “Response-able Practices” or “New Bureaucracies of Virtue”: The Challenges of Making RRI Work in Academic Environments. In Asveld L, van Dam-Mieras R, Swierstra T, Lavrijssen S, Linse K, van den Hoven J, editors, Responsible Innovation 3. Chem: Springer. 2017. p. 49-68

Felt U, Schwarz-Plaschg C, Schumann S. IMAGINE. A card-based discussion method. In Liamputtong P, editor, Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences. Singapore: Springer. 2017 doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2779-6_9-1