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

06.06.2025 12:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Daphne Lenz

05.06.2025 16:00
 

Defensio

We warmly invite you to the Master defensio of Barry Jenkins

 STS Talks Vienna

10.04.2025 17:00
 

STS Talk by Bård Lahn

We are thrilled to announce Bård Lahn's Talk on April 10, 2025 5:00 pm

20.03.2025 16:00
 

FutureSpace Talk by Karlijn Korpershoek

We are thrilled to announce Karlijn Korpershoek's Talk on March 20, 2025 04:00 pm



 New Publications

Mayer K, Jarke J. Situierte Daten. Wie Datenspaziergänge unser Verständnis von Daten in der Praxis verändern können. In Hofhues S, Schütz J, editors, Plattformen der Bildung. 2025. p. 301-314 doi: 10.14361/9783839475164-020

Pham BC, Davies S. What problems is the AI act solving? Technological solutionism, fundamental rights, and trustworthiness in European AI policy. Critical Policy Studies. 2025;19(2):318-336. Epub 2024 Jul 2. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2024.2373786

Felt U. Rethinking individual and community engagement with genomics in a digital world. In Kumar D, Chadwick R, editors, Genomics, Populations, and Society. Elsevier. 2024. p. 209-226

Schmid S, Pham BC, Ferl AK. Trust in artificial intelligence: Producing ontological security through governmental visions. Cooperation and Conflict. 2024 Oct 19. Epub 2024 Oct 19. doi: 10.1177/00108367241288073