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.

Holtz Center News

Spring STS seminars in Spring 2010:
STS 903 (Section 001): "Interdisciplinarity in the Modern Research University"

STS 903 (Section 002): "STS and Science Education: Schools, Museums, Media and the Public at Large"

New Undergraduate STS Certificate
The Holtz Center is pleased to announce the new Integrated Studies in Science, Engineering, and Society undergraduate certificate (ISSuES), which started in Fall 2009.

Holtz Center Events Calendar

Thursday, February 18: STS BROWNBAG SERIES
Young Mie Kim
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, UW–Madison

BROWNBAG
"Organized Interests' Lobbying and Mobilizing Strategies in the New Information Environment"
12:30 – 1:30 in 8108 Social Sciences Building

Thursday, February 18: BIOPOLITICS SEMINAR SERIES
Kelly Moore
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Loyola University Chicago

LECTURE
"Making a National Body: Neoliberalism and U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy"
4:00 in University Club Building, Room 313

Monday, February 22: STS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION SERIES
Darin Barney
Canada Research Chair in Technology & Citizenship
Department of Art History and Comunication Studies
McGill University

LECTURE
"The Revenge of Publicity"
12:00 – 1:00 in 220 Teacher Education Building

Tuesday, February 23: VISITING SPEAKER SERIES
Diana Rhoten
Social Science Research Council

LECTURE
"Understanding Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Social Network Analysis and Quasi Experimental Methods"
5055 Vilas Hall (Nafziger Room)