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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Davies SR, Díaz-Valderrama M. Attending to ‘Computational Universalism’: Practices, Frictions, Events. Social Studies of Science. 2026 Apr 29. doi: 10.1177/03063127261445803
Felt U, Münster NJ. Navigating regulatory complexities: Challenges and shifting problem framings in turning microplastics into a European policy object. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics. 2026 Mar 30. doi: 10.1017/plc.2026.10048
Klimburg-Witjes N, Popper J. Multiplying Elements of Fragmentation? Polycentrism, the launcher crisis and the future of Europe in space. Global Policy. 2026 Mar;1-8. doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.70137
Kirchhelle C, Alas Portillo MY, Davis MDM, Doron A, Dreser A, Fortané N et al. (Un)intended consequences: a social sciences stocktake of a decade of Global Action Plan-inspired antimicrobial governance. The Lancet Microbe. 2026 Mar;7(3):101315. doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101315
Lieverouw E, Felt U. Governing Citzen-Patients: The Digital Infrastructuring of Health and Care in Europe. In Marent B, editor, De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Health and Society. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. 2026. p. 255-278. (De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Handbooks, Vol. 11). doi: 10.1515/9783111247854-015