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

17.07.2025 15:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Veronika Nowak

30.06.2025 09:45
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the PhD defensio of Florentine Frantz

 STS Talks Vienna

15.05.2025 16:00
 

FutureSpace Talk by Victor Buchli

We are thrilled to announce Victor Buchli's Talk on May 15, 2025 04:00 pm

13.05.2025 17:00
 

STS Talk by Malcolm Ashmore and Olga Restrepo Forero

We are thrilled to announce Malcolm Ashmore and Olga Restrepo Forero's Talk on May 13, 2025 5:00 pm



 New Publications

Schikowitz A. Self-Managed Housing in Vienna: Managing Ambivalences Between Invitability and Resistance. Social Inclusion. 2025 Jan 16;13:7993. Epub 2024 Dec 16. doi: 10.17645/si.7993

Schikowitz A, Dessewffy E, Davies S, Pham BC, Gregory K, Goldberg E et al. Writing Choreographies: (STS) Knowledge Production in Post- digital Academia. Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies. 2025 Jan;1.

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

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).