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

03.05.2022
 

Sarah Davies has just published two invited commentaries reflecting on public communication of science

03.05.2022
 

Open discussion with citizen science practitioners from Austria.

Session on 05.05.2022, 15:00-17:30 (online) with: Tobias Reckling; Daniel Derler &...

25.04.2022
 

This workshop, held from 5-6 May, seeks to critically examine and reflect upon STS in the context of central Europe (CE).

14.04.2022 10:00
 

Talk by Prof. Amade M’charek (University of Amsterdam) about the

RaceFaceID project: The Absent Presence of Race in Forensic Identification

12.04.2022
 

Patrick PIETERS, 26.04., 12:00

Péter MAKAI-BÖLÖNI, 28.04., 16:00

06.04.2022
 

Read here the latest article written by Ulrike Felt and Florentine Frantz.

 New Publications

Mayer K. Big Data, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence. In Felt U, Irwin A, editors, Elgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2024

Mayer K. Partizipation: Partizipativ forschen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Inklusion und Exklusion. In Peer C, Semlitsch E, Güntner S, Haas M, editors, Urbane Transformation durch soziale Innovation: Schlüsselbegriffe und Perspektiven. TU Academic Press. 2024. p. 175 doi: https://doi.org/10.34727/2024/isbn.978-3-85448-064-8_22

Mora-Gámez F, Papadopolous D, Sánchez Aldana E. Affecting Infrastructures: Crafting and Weaving as Alternative Repairs. Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience. 2023 Nov 5;9(2):1-28. doi: https://doi.org/10.28968/cftt.v9i2.39206