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.

 News & Events

06.06.2023
 

There is a new blogpost by Katja Mayer and Carsten Horn.

16.05.2023
 

The Research Platform Governance of Digital Practices cordially invites you to an event featuring Klaus Hoeyer’s new book “Data Paradoxes: The...

16.05.2023
 

Nina Klimburg-Witjes has been elected as a new member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ (ÖAW) Young Academy.

11.05.2023
 

For my Project “FutureSpace” I am looking for 1 post-doc researcher (2.5 years with the option of extension to 5 years) and 1 PhD candidate (four...

11.05.2023
 

Follow along the research journey of Tamara Bak, Tereza Butková, David Würflinger, and Michaela Zuckerhut and find out what they learned when talking...

08.05.2023
 

We are pleased to announce that the Department of Science & Technology Studies will be hosting a workshop: International Workshop: Revaluing European...

 New Publications

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

Akyüz K, Goisauf M, Chassang G, Kozera Ł, Mežinska S, Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou O et al. Post-identifiability in changing sociotechnological genomic data environments. BioSocieties. 2023 Mar 28. doi: 10.1057/s41292-023-00299-7

Sepehr P, Aarden E. Between straight lines and winding alleys: Streets as boundary objects in the transnational modernization of urban planning in Iran. In De Munck B, Lachmund J, editors, Politics of Urban Knowledge: Historical Perspectives on the Shaping and Governing of Cities. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2023. p. 179-200 doi: 10.4324/9781003312628