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

27.06.2025 09:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Ingrid Paola Marin Cabezas

24.06.2025 13:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the PhD defensio of Vera Ulmer

 STS Talks Vienna

08.05.2025 17:00
 

STS Talk by Kean Birch

We are thrilled to announce Kean Birch's Talk on May 08, 2025 5:00 pm

17.04.2025 16:00
 

FutureSpace Talk by Darshan Vigneswaran and Enrike van Wingerden

We are thrilled to announce Darshan Vigneswaran and Enrike van Wingerden's Talk on April 17, 2025 04:00 pm



 New Publications

Mayer K. Von Verbindungen und Banden des Wissens. In Hofhues S, Schütze K, editors, Doing Research: Wissenschaftspraktiken zwischen Positionierung und Suchanfrage. Bielefeld: transkript. 2022. p. 130-137 doi: 10.14361/9783839456323-016, 10.14361/9783839456323-016

Huber B, Lepenies R, Baena LQ, Allgaier J. Beyond Individualized Responsibility Attributions? How Eco Influencers Communicate Sustainability on TikTok. Environmental Communication. 2022 Oct 14;16(6):713-722. Epub 2022 Oct 11. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2022.2131868

Mora-Gámez F. Technologies of human rights representation. TAPUYA: Latin American Science, Technology and Society. 2022 Sept 22;5(1):2114645.

Avkiran AS, Pham BC, Holmer C, Schikowitz A, Dessewffy E, Mora-Gámez F et al. Pandemic Research: Reflecting an on auto-ethnography of mundane academic practice in pandemic times. In DIY Methods: A Mostly Screen-Free, Zine-Full, Remote- Participation Conference on Experimental Methods for Research and Research Exchange. The Low-Carbon Research Methods Group. 2022. p. 243-253

Kieslinger B, Schürz S, Mayer K, Schaefer T. Participatory evaluation practices in citizen social science: Insights from three case studies. Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung . 2022 Sept;53:10-19. doi: 10.22163/fteval.2022.567