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

Felt U. Time and temporalities in academic research. In Felt U, Irwin A, editors, Elgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies. Edgar Elgar. 2024. p. 318-327

Verstappen S, Davies S. Ethnographic film as world-making: Connecting visual anthropology with Science and Technology Studies. Visual Anthropology Review. 2024 Oct 3;40(2):147-160. Epub 2024 Oct 3. doi: 10.1111/var.12338

Pham BC, Davies S. Policy as infrastructure: Enacting artificial intelligence and making Europe. In Klimburg-Witjes N, Trauttmansdorff P, editors, Technopolitics and the Making of Europe: Infrastructures of Security. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2024. p. 125–140 Epub 2023.

Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou O, Akyüz K, Goisauf M, Kozera Ł, Mežinska S, Th Mayrhofer M et al. Ethical, legal, and social implications in research biobanking: A checklist for navigating complexity. Developing World Bioethics. 2024 Sept;24(3):139-150. Epub 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12411

Schikowitz A, Davies S. Housing activists' science communication: online practices as contextual and reflexive. JCOM. 2024 Jun 17;23(5):A01. doi: 10.22323/2.23050201