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

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!

15.11.2022
 

As of 15.11.2022, the library of the Institute of Science and Technology Studies will start lending via electronic system.

03.10.2022
 

Prof. Sarah R. Davies and Bao-Chau Pham have just published a research note in Social Studies of Science.

 New Publications

Klimburg-Witjes N, Leese M, Trauttmansdorff P. Expanding boundaries: Unmaking and remaking secrecy in field research. Political anthropological research on international social sciences. 2022;3(2):168-197. Epub 2022 Nov 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25903276-bja10039

Mayer K, Shah EI. Human Sensors. In Sensing In/Security. Mattering Press. 2022. p. 206-215 doi: http://doi.org/10.28938/9781912729050

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