Call for STS Austria Early Career Award 2026

Leave a reply

To support the research and visibility of early career researchers in Science and Technology Studies, STS Austria will, for the third time, award a prize for the best publications by young researchers in 2026. The award addresses academic writings by early career researchers demonstrating the relevance, productivity, and critical potential of Science and Technology Studies research. In particular, we are searching for publications that excel in one or several of the following categories: societal relevance, quality of writing, and theoretical or methodological innovativeness.

Continue reading →

[STS Austria Joint Summer School] Applications Open for the 8th STS Italia Summer School: AI and the Future of Healthcare

Leave a reply

8th STS Italia Summer School Jointly Organized with STS Austria

STS Austria is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 8th STS Italia Summer School, titled “AI and the Future of Healthcare”, which will take place from 7 to 10 July 2026 at the University of Trieste (Italy). The Summer School is jointly organized by STS Italia and STS Austria, continuing a strong collaboration between the two associations.

Continue reading →

Stammtisch in Vienna and Graz (June 2025)

Leave a reply

We are happy to announce two opportunities to meet other STS folks this month at a “STS Stammtisch”.

– Vienna: Thursday, 5th June, 7 pm @CafeBenno, Alser Straße 67 (Joint event with University of Vienna STS Stammtisch)

– Graz: Wednesday, 18th June, 7 pm @Café Harrach, Harrachgasse 26

No registration is needed, just show up by yourself or with your STS folks. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Continue reading →

New STS Austria Board elected

Leave a reply

At the general assembly on December 17, 2024, a new STS Austria board was elected featuring representatives of several Austrian institutions and three early-career researchers. Juliane Jarke was elected as president, and Astrid Mager was newly elected as vice-president. Christian Dayé newly joined as treasurer, Jahan Hadidi and Ronja Borgmästars as student representatives. We thank our outgoing board members and president for their service and are looking forward to the new board’s activities in 2025-2026!

Continue reading →

Great Success of the 3rd Early Career Workshop “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories”

Leave a reply

21.11.2024 at ÖAW

“How did you prepare for your job interview to convey the expertise you bring from STS?”
The reply to this question sparked my favorite moment: “Not at all, I only attended this Workshop a couple of year ago.”

The 3rd Early Career Workshop organized by STS Austria explored job opportunities for graduates in STS and was a resounding success. How can graduates apply academic knowledge? What non-academic career paths offer exciting fields of activity? And what does career development look like across various fields?

Continue reading →

Workshop Invitation “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories” #3

Leave a reply

We warmly invite you to the third instalment of STS Austria’s workshop “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories” on career orientation and different professional paths for STS graduates. The workshop will take place at the Austrian Academy of Science on Thursday, Nov 21st, 2024, 15:00 – 18:00.

Continue reading →

Funding Support for STS Events

Leave a reply

Are you organising an event in 2024? STS Austria will again financially support 1–2 academic events this year. A total of € 1500 is available for this purpose. Only members of STS Austria are eligible to apply, but potential co-organisers of the event do not need to be members. We will fund different kinds of events (workshops, conferences, lectures, roundtable discussions, working groups) supporting the mission of STS Austria. In particular, we invite  applications for events which a) address early-career researchers, b) involve cooperation between different institutions and/or c) take place outside of Vienna.

Continue reading →