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

03.11.2025 17:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x CeSCos Talk by Jenny Reardon (in cooperation with CeSCos)

We are thrilled to announce Jenny Reardon's (in cooperation with CeSCos) on November 03, 2025 05:00 PM

23.10.2025 16:00
 

Vienna STS Talk x FutureSpace Talk by Bleddyn Bowen

We are thrilled to announce Bleddyn Bowen's talk on October 23, 2025 04:00 PM



 New Publications

Felt U. The Temporal Fabric of Academic Lives: Of Weaving, Repairing, and Resisting. In Vostal F, editor, Inquiring into Academic Timescapes. Bingley: Emerald Publishing. 2021. p. 265-278

Metzler I. Imaginaries as infrastructures? The emergence of non-invasive prenatal testing in Austria. BioSocieties. 2020 Dec;15(4):601-626. Epub 2019 Oct 4. doi: 10.1057/s41292-019-00171-7

Goisauf M, Akyüz K, Martin GM. Moving back to the future of big data-driven research: reflecting on the social in genomics. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 2020 Dec;7(1):55. doi: 10.1057/s41599-020-00544-5

Saatçi B, Akyüz K, Rintel S, Klokmose CN. (Re)Configuring Hybrid Meetings: Moving from User-Centered Design to Meeting-Centered Design. Computer supported cooperative work : CSCW : an international journal. 2020 Dec;29(6):769–794. Epub 2020 Nov 19. doi: 10.1007/s10606-020-09385-x

Jasanoff S, Metzler I. Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. Science, Technology & Human Values. 2020 Nov 1;45(6):1001-1037. Epub 2018 Jan 29. doi: 10.1177/0162243917753990