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

13.02.2023
 

Prof. Sarah R. Davies was invited to hold the JBS Haldane lecture at the University College London. You can now watch the recording of this lecture on...

13.02.2023
 

There was a new visual essay published in the CATALYST journal by Sarah Davies, Bao-Chau Pham, Esther Dessewffy, Andrea Schikowitz, Fredy Mora Gámez. ...

31.01.2023
 

Paul Trauttmansdorff, Matthias Leese, and Nina Klimburg-Witjes have published a new article on "Expanding boundaries: Unmaking and remaking secrecy in...

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.

 New Publications

Wald D, (ed.), Carvalho A, (ed.), Felt U, (ed.). Science in a Time of Crisis: Communication, Engagement and the Lived Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Communication, 2022. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88976-306-1

Mobach K, Felt U. On the Entanglement of Science and Europe at CERN: The Temporal Dynamics of a Coproductive Relationship. Science as Culture. 2022 May 20;31(3):382-407. Epub 2022 May 20. doi: 10.1080/09505431.2022.2076586

Metzler I, Åm H. How the governance of and through digital contact tracing technologies shapes geographies of power. Policy & Politics. 2022 Apr;50(2):181-198. Epub 2022 Feb 15. doi: 10.1332/030557321X16420096592965