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

17.01.2024
 

We are thrilled to announce Thomas Völker's STS Talk on 17th January 2024, 5.30 pm.

29.12.2023
 

FutureSpace is a 5-year research project at the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the University of Vienna. The project is led by...

12.12.2023
 

We are thrilled to announce Stefan Böschen's STS Talk on 12 December 2023, 5.30 pm.

STS Talks Vienna
11.12.2023
 

Im Forschungsprojekt „Valuing, Being, Knowing“ wurde untersucht, wie Fragen von gesellschaftlicher Relevanz in den Lebenswissenschaften mehr zum...

05.12.2023
 

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Sarah Davies is giving an ITA seminar on 5 December, 1.30 pm:

27.11.2023
 

The STS Austria conference 2023, “Digging Where We Stand: Activism, Community and the Politics of STS” is just around the corner, taking place in...

 New Publications

Radhuber I, Haddad C, Kieslich K, Paul KT, Prainsack B, El-Sayed S et al. Citizenship in times of crisis: biosocial state–citizen relations during COVID‑19 in Austria. BioSocieties. 2024 Jun;19(2):326-351. Epub 2023 May 22. doi: 10.1057/s41292-023-00304-z

Akyüz K, Goisauf M, Chassang G, Kozera Ł, Mežinska S, Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou O et al. Post-identifiability in changing sociotechnological genomic data environments. BioSocieties. 2024 Jun;19(2):204-231. doi: 10.1057/s41292-023-00299-7

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