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.

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 News & Events

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...

18.04.2023
 

There is a new Blogpost by a group of STS master students.

30.03.2023
 

Nina Klimburg-Witjes' article, “A Rocket to Protect? Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Strategic Autonomy in Controversies About the European Rocket...

29.03.2023
 

The praedoc will join the group of University Professor Ulrike Felt and should focus on environmental issues related to scientific and technological...

20.03.2023
 

We are happy to announce the talk on 29th March 2023, 5.30 pm:

"On the little tools and social epistemology of democracy".

 New Publications

Felt U, Öchsner S, Rae R. Citizens in Search for a Place in the Digital Health Data Space: A Case Study. In Pfeifer B, Baumgartner M, editors, dHealth 2022 - Proceedings of the 16th Health Informatics Meets Digital Health Conference. Vol. 293. 2022. p. 127-136. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI220359

Klimburg-Witjes N, Leese M, Trauttmansdorff P. Expanding boundaries: Unmaking and remaking secrecy in field research. Political anthropological research on international social sciences. 2022;3(2):168-197. Epub 2022 Nov 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25903276-bja10039

Mayer K, Shah EI. Human Sensors. In Sensing In/Security. Mattering Press. 2022. p. 206-215 doi: http://doi.org/10.28938/9781912729050