What is STS? [back to top]

"STS" stands for the Studies of Science, Technology, and Society. This interdisciplinary field combines sociological, historical, anthropological, economical and ethnographical approaches to understanding science, technology and society.

Reading list [back to top]

To get an idea, take a look at the following books:

• Biagioli, M., ed. (1999). The Science Studies Reader. New York, Routledge.
  
• Jasanoff, S., G. E. Markle, J. C. Petersen and T. Pinch, Eds. (1995).Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. London, Sage Publications.
  
• Golinski, J. (1998). Making Natural Knowledge. Constructivism and the History of Science. Cambridge, University of Cambridge Press.
  
• Pickering, E., Ed. (1992). Science as Practice and Culture. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
  
• Bijker, W., T. P. Hughes, et al., Eds. (1987). The Social Construction of Technological Systems. Cambridge, MIT Press.
  
• Heintz, B., and Nievergelt, B. (1998). Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung in der Schweiz : Sondierungen einer neuen Disziplin., Zürich, Seismo.
  
• Pestre, D. (1995). “Pour une histoire sociale et culturelle des sciences.” Annales HSS, 50(3), 487-522.