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

03.11.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x CeSCos Talk by Jenny Reardon (in cooperation with CeSCos)

We are thrilled to announce Jenny Reardon's (in cooperation with CeSCos) on November 03, 2025 05:00 PM

23.10.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Bleddyn Bowen

We are thrilled to announce Bleddyn Bowen's talk on October 23, 2025 04:00 PM



 New Publications

Felt U. Policy Imaginaries of European Citizen-Patients: European Integration and the Digital Infrastructuring of Health Care. In Marelli L, Dratwa J, Verschraegen G, Van Hoyweghen I, editors, Project Europe. The Making of European Digital Innovation, Policy and Society . Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar. 2025. p. 68-88

Wöhrer V, Malik M, Mayer K, Wintersteller T. Rethinking Informed Consent: Ethical Tensions and Adaptive Practices in Participatory Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM). 2025.

Davies S, (ed.), Schikowitz A, (ed.), Mora-Gámez F, (ed.), Goldberg E, (ed.), Dessewffy E, (ed.), Pham BC, (ed.) et al. Revisiting Reflexivity: Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond. Bristol University Press, 2025. 272 p. (Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS).

Mayer K, Jarke J. Situierte Daten. Wie Datenspaziergänge unser Verständnis von Daten in der Praxis verändern können. In Hofhues S, Schütz J, editors, Plattformen der Bildung. 2025. p. 301-314 doi: 10.14361/9783839475164-020

Mayer K, Prem E, Birkner P, Hahne PZ, Schmölz A, Striano F et al. The Future of Digital Humanism: Towards a Critical Post-Post-Humanism. In 23rd STS Conference Graz 2025. 2025 doi: 10.3217/978-3-99161-062-5-002