Science and Technology Studies | University of Wisconsin

A unique collaboration across the boundaries of the modern research university to promote the understanding of science, technology and medicine as human enterprises.

Science and technology studies (STS) is a growing field of study that seeks to understand how science and technology shape human lives and livelihoods and how society and culture, in turn, shape the development of science and technology.

By focusing scholarly attention on science and technology as human institutions, situated in wider historical, social, and political contexts, STS provides insights into the relationship between science and technology and such basic categories of social thought as race and gender, poverty and development, trust and credibility, participation and democracy, health and pathology, risk and uncertainty, globalization, and environmental protection.

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Couldn't make it to The Future of Nuclear Power in the Wake of Fukushima: Culture, Politics & Policy?

A complete recording is now available here:

The Future of Nuclear Power: Part 1

The Future of Nuclear Power: Part 2

Major Gift Transforming Science, Technology Studies with Help from the Humanities

The Holtz Center is pleased and grateful to announce an expansion of its programs made possible by a generous addition to the bequest from Robert and Jean Holtz's estate. Please see the article about the Holtzes' generous gift in L&S News and Notes.