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

29.04.2021
 

Wenn der Problemlöser zum Problem wird: Die Geschichte unseres Umgangs mit Kunststoffe als Analogie für unseren Zugang zur Klimawende.

29.04.2021
 

Sarah Davies published an article about analysis of Twitter data during the pandemic.

27.04.2021
 

New blog post by T. Bühler is online!

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 New Publications

Felt U. Keeping Technologies Out: Sociotechnical imaginaries and the formation of Austria's technopolitical identity. In Jasanoff S, Kim S-H, editors, Dreamscapes of Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication of Power. Chicago: Chicago University Press. 2015. p. 103-125

Sormani PB. Practicing Innovation: Mobile Nano-training, Emerging Tensions, and Prospective Arrangements. In Merz M, Sormani P, editors, The Local Configuration of New Research Fields. On Regional and National Diversity. Vol. 29. Springer. 2015. p. 229-247. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook).

Felt U, Schumann S, Schwarz C. (Re)assembling Natures, Cultures and (Nano)technologies in Public Engagement. Science as Culture. 2015;24(4):458–483. doi: 10.1080/09505431.2015.1055720

Felt U. Sociotechnical imaginaries of "the internet", digital health information and the making of citizen-patients. In Hilgartner S, Miller C, Hagendijk R, editors, Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond. London/New York: Routledge. 2015. p. 176-197 doi: 10.4324/9780203564370