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

24.01.2023
 

When it comes to questions of good scientific practice, there are often no clear boundaries, but grey areas. The map-based discussion method...

17.01.2023
 

Starting on the 1st March, you can apply for the STS Master programme.

12.01.2023
 

Lisa Sigl, Ruth Falkenberg and Maximilan Fochler just published a new article in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.

07.12.2022
 

On Wednesday, the 7th December, 5 p.m Prof. Davies' inaugural lecture took place in the Main Ceremonial Hall (Großer Festsaal) of the University of...

05.12.2022
 

Ruth Falkenberg's and Maximilian Fochler's article was published in Science, Technology & Human values.

22.11.2022
 

Congratulations to Nina Klimburg Witjes who received an ERC Starting Grant for her project FUTURESPACE!

 New Publications

Felt U. Making and Taking Time. Work, funding and assessment infrastructures in inter- and transdisciplinary research. In Vienni Baptista B, Thompson Klein J, editors, Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity: Collaboration across Cultures and Communities. 1. ed. London: Routledge. 2022 doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003129424

Mayer K, Schürz S, Kieslinger B, Schäfer T. Transformation messen und verstehen: partizipative Evaluationsansätze für Citizen Science. In Howaldt J, Kreibich M, Streicher J, Thiem C, editors, Zukunft gestalten mit Sozialen Innovationen: Neue Herausforderungen für Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft. 1 ed. Frankfurt: Campus. 2022. p. 207-224