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

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".

19.03.2023
 

Panel discussion with Nina Klimburg-Witjes, 23rd March 2023, 20.00-21.30 (SPUI25, live-stream available)

18.02.2023
 

International Workshop "Re-valuing European Research Infrastructures – Knowledge, Innovation, and the Public Good" University of Vienna, May 25-26,...

 New Publications

Mora-Gámez F. Thinking beyond the ‘imposter’: gatecrashing un/welcoming borders of containment. In Woolgar S, Moats D, Vogel E, Helgesson CF, editors, The imposter as social theory: thinking with gatecrashers, cheats, and charlatans. Bristol University Press. 2021. p. 293-315

Wöhrer V, Kerschhofer-Puhalo N, Kieslinger B, Mayer K, Schürz S, Truckenbroth S et al. ‘Hard to reach’ or ‘easy to ignore’. Strategies and reflections on including co-researchers. Proceedings of Science (PoS). 2021 Apr 12;ACSC2020:1-5. 017. doi: 10.22323/1.393.0017

Davies S. Atmospheres of science: Experiencing scientific mobility. Social Studies of Science. 2021 Apr 1;51(2):214-232. Epub 2020. doi: 10.1177/0306312720953520

Davies S. An Empirical and Conceptual Note on Science Communication’s Role in Society. Science Communication. 2021 Feb 1;43(1):116-133. Epub 2020 Nov 16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1075547020971642