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
We are pleased to announce the newest Reflections blog post from R. Falkenberg, M. Fochler & Lisa Sigl.
Ulrike Felt, Susanne Öchsner and Robin Rae have presented some of their findings at this year's dhealth conference. They have also elaborated on their...
Kamiel Mobach and Ulrike Felt have published an article "On the Entanglement of Science and Europe at CERN" in Science as Culture.
Ulrike Felt has published a paper on the infrastructures that make inter- and trans-disciplinary research possible.
The Departments of Science and Technology Studies, and Development Studies host a talk by Ching Kwan Lee (UCLA, US) on 01.06.2022.
From 4-6 May the department hosted a workshop that brought together scholars from Czechia, Germany, and Austria.
New Publications
Mayer K.
Von Verbindungen und Banden des Wissens. In Hofhues S, Schütze K, editors, Doing Research: Wissenschaftspraktiken zwischen Positionierung und Suchanfrage. Bielefeld: transkript. 2022. p. 130-137 doi: 10.14361/9783839456323-016, 10.14361/9783839456323-016