Winter Semester 2024/25
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies | Bernhard Isopp |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Jörg Niewöhner, Silke Beck, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Ruth Müller; Tutors: Michael Schönwolff, Mary Jones |
| seminar | STS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | STS 3: History of Science and Technology | Felix Mauch |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Georgia Samaras, Patrick Bieler, Cansu Güner |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the Department STS | Clara Valdes Stauber, Yigit Ülker |
| seminar | Academic Skills | Jenny Graner |
Semester 3
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Publics and Participation Beyond Technoscience | Carlos Cuevas Garcia |
| seminar | Repair and Reparation - reducing harm, maintaining power? | Reka Gal |
| seminar | Innovation in the Periphery | Alex Wentland |
| seminar | Generative Artificial Intelligence: Regulation, Innovation Design | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Jörg Wernecke | |
| seminar | Joakim Juhl, Sebastian Pfotenhauer | |
| seminar | Future-making: Risk and Speculative STS | Martin Fonck |
| seminar | Living in NatureCulture Worlds. Or: How to Care in the Anthropocene | Ruth Müller |
| seminar | The Social Life of Infrastructure and Urban Design | Anne Rademacher |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | MA Colloquium STS & RESET – WS 24/25: Please join the colloquium of your supervisor’s research group. | Bernhard Isopp |
Summer Semester 2024
Semester 2
| Methods & MINT | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II) | Georgia Samaras, Martin Fonck |
| seminar | STS-MINT: STS in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | Jasmin Shokoui, Fiona Kinniburgh, Jörg Niewöhner, Aysel Sultan |
Semester 4
| Master's Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | Master’s Colloquium STS & RESET | Please join the colloquium of your supervisor's research group |
Winter Semester 2023/24
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 0: Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies | Bernhard Isopp |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Silke Beck, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Ruth Müller; Tutors: Dominic Lammar, Michael Schönwolff |
| seminar | STS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | STS 3: History of Science and Technology | Felix Mauch |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Georgia Samaras, Patrick Bieler; Guests: Christian Djeffal, Felix Mauch |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the Department STS | Clara Valdes Stauber |
| seminar | Academic Skills | James Mallory |
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research (STS) | Lucas Brunet, Marlise Schneider, Carlos Cuevas Garcia |
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Global Histories of Technology & the Environment. Current Insights and Future Directions | Felix Mauch |
| seminar | Gender and Diversity in Science and Technology | Cansu Güner |
| seminar | The Sustained (Un)Sustainability of Mobility: Challenges, Perspectives, and Transformation Pathways | Franziska Meinherz, Michael Mögele |
| seminar | Recent Trends and Topics of Regulating and Governing Artificial Intelligence | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Jörg Wernecke | |
| seminar | Joakim Juhl, Sebastian Pfotenhauer |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | MA Colloquium STS & RESET – WS 23/24: Please join the colloquium of your supervisor’s research group. | Aysel Sultan, Sophia Knopf, Christian Djefall |
Summer Semester 2023
Semester 2
| Methods & MINT | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II) | Georgia Samaras, Aysel Sultan, Carlos Cuevas Garcia |
| seminar | STS-MINT: STS in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | Nadine Osbild |
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
| seminar | Great Debates on Normativity and Technology | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | The Future of Data Governance: Sharing, Accessing, Securing and Protecting | David Rebohl, Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Current Discussions in Digital Law | Philipp Mehl, Jessica Eynard |
| seminar | Infrastructural Inversion. Prehistories of Connected Mobilities | Felix Mauch |
| seminar | Search History: Research Seminar on the History of Technology in the 20th and 21st Century | Daniela Zetti |
| seminar | Urban Visions: The Exploration of Innovation Culture | Cindy Rentrop |
| seminar | Innovation in the Periphery? Industrial Legacies, Economic Transitions, and the Politics of "Lost Places" | Marlise Schneider |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | Science in a Post-Truth World | Bernhard Isopp |
| seminar | The Value of Life: Public Health, Policy and Ethics | Aysel Sultan |
| seminar | Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly | Cansu Güner, Amy Clare |
| seminar | Science, Environment and International Development | Anna Bridel |
| seminar | Engineers, Energy, and Responsibility | Mallory James |
| seminar | Introduction to Science and Technology Policy | Sebastian Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Inclusive Science and Technology | Anna Bridel |
| seminar | The End of the World as We Know It? Cultures of Risk, Crisis & Catastrophe | Makoto Takahashi |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research | Jasmin Shokoui |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | MA Thesis Colloquium of the Professorship of Innovation Research | Bernhard Isopp, Nadine Osbild |
| colloquium | PhD and MA Thesis Colloquium Law, Science, and Technology | Christian Djefall, Philipp Mehl |
| colloquium | Technikhistorisches Oberseminar | Daniela Zetti |
Winter Semester 2022/23
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies | Bernhard Isopp |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Nadine Osbild, Ruth Müller, Silke Beck |
| seminar | STS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | STS 3: History of Science and Technology | Ruth Müller, Joakim Juhl, Jörg Wernecke, Christian Djeffal, Silke Beck |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Georgia Samaras |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the Department of Science, Technology and Society | Clara Valdés Stauber |
| exercise | Academic Skills | Aysel Sultan |
Semester 2
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Mapping Digitization in Highly Regulated Spaces | Eduardo Magrani, David Rebohl |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research (STS) | Manuel Jung, Lucas Brunet |
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Global Histories of Technology & the Environment. Current Insights and Future Directions | Stefan Esselborn, Felix Mauch |
| seminar | Living in NatureCulture Worlds. Or: How to Care in the Anthropocene? (Nature, Cultures & Sustainability) | Ruth Müller |
| seminar | The Future of Social Media Governance | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | The Sustained (Un)Sustainability of Mobility: Challenges, Perspectives, and Transformation Pathways | Franziska Meinherz, Michael Mögele |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: Current Areas of Application | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | Engineers, Energy, and Responsibility | Mallory James |
| seminar | Innovation, Society and and Public Policy | Joakim Juhl |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | Master's Thesis Colloquium |
Summer Semester 2022
Semester 2
| Methods & MINT | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II) | Ruth Müller |
| seminar | STS-MINT | Ruth Müller |
| seminar | STS-STEM | Bernhard Isopp |
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | The Value of Life: Public Health, Policy and Ethics | Aysel Sultan |
| seminar | Economic and Political Spaces of Innovation | Alex Wentland, Marlise Schneider |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | Socio-technical Systems in the History and Philosophy of Technology | Daniela Zetti |
| seminar | Introduction to Science & Technology Policy (ISPP) | Sebastian Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Science in a Post-Truth World | Bernhard Isopp |
| seminar | Telling Responsible Stories | Ruth Müller |
| seminar | Great Debates about Normativity and Technology Applied to Recent Events | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Making the Invisible Visible. Values in Design and Infrastructure | Paula Helm |
| seminar | Environmental Science and Technology Studies: Making and Responding to the Ecological Crisis | Lucas Brunet |
| seminar | Urban Natures. Landscapes, Infrastructures, Technologies | Felix Mauch |
| seminar | Urbane Visionen: Eine ethnographische Erkundung der Innovationskulturen Münchens | Cindy Rentrop |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | Master's Thesis Colloquium |
Winter Semester 2021/22
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies | Bernhard Isopp, Mak Takahashi |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Ruth Müller, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Zinaida Vasilyeva |
| seminar | STS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | STS 3: History of Science and Technology | Shehab Ismail |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Georgia Samaras, Anja Rueß, Theresa Willem |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the Department of Science, Technology and Society | Johanna Hintermeier |
| exercise | Academic Skills |
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Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research (STS) | Lucas Brunet, Carlos Cuevas |
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Public Participation in Science, Technology, and Innovation | Hadrien Macq, Nadine Patzelt |
| seminar | Risk in Society | Stefan Esselborn |
| seminar | Living in NatureCulture Worlds. Or: How to Care in the Anthropocene? | Ruth Müller, Paula Villa |
| seminar | Measuring Body and Mind. A Knowledge History from 1900 to Today | Olga Sparschuh |
| seminar | Law in Action. Current Issues in Law and Digitisation | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Theoretical Reflections on Law and Technology. Key Concepts concerning Normativity and Technology | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Innovation, Society & Public Policy | Sebastian Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Governance of Socio-technical Transformations (Introduction into STS Approaches) | Silke Beck |
| seminar | Environmental STS (Politics of Knowledge-making) | Silke Beck |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: Current Areas of Application | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | Digitalized Media and Public | Nils Matzner |
Summer Semester 2021
Semester 2
| Methods & MINT | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II) | Michael Penkler, Olga Sparschuh; Mallory James, Lucas Brunet |
| seminar | STS-MINT: STS in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | Ruth Müller, Shehab Ismail, Nadine Patzelt, Anja Rueß, Luise Ruge, Zinaida Vasilyeva |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research | Michael Penkler |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Master’s Colloquium STS & RESET | Mak Takahashi |
| colloquium | MA Thesis Colloquium of the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy | Ruth Müller |
| exercise | Thesis Writers‘ Workshop (extracurricular) | Jennifer Balton-Stier |
Winter Semester 2020/21
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies | Bernhard Isopp, Mak Takahashi |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Anton Schröpfer, Andrea Schikowitz, Zinaida Vasilyeva, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Sophia Rossmann; Cansu Guner, Nadine Patzelt |
| seminar | STS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology | Jörg Wernecke, Samuel Pedziwiatr |
| seminar | STS 3: History of Science and Technology | Felix Mauch |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Michael Penkler, Georgia Samaras, Anja Rueß |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the STS | Victoria Bauer et al. |
| exercise | Academic Skills | Maximilian Braun |
Semester 2
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Law, Science and Technology: Digital Medicine | Christian Djeffal |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research [STS] | Andrea Schikowitz |
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: Current Areas of Application | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | Law and Technology in Action: Current Debates | Christian Djeffal |
| Living in NatureCulture Worlds. Or: How to Care in the Anthropocene? | Susanne Schmitt | |
| seminar | Technology and History in Capitalism | Felix Mauch |
| seminar | What Future of Mobility? Engaging Technologies, Politics, Economic Scenarios, and Practices (WI001147) | Sebastian Pfotenhauer; Alexander Wentland |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | MA Colloquium STS & RESET | Andrea Schikowitz, Nils Matzner |
Summer Semester 2020
Semester 2
| Methods & MINT | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II) | Michael Penkler |
| seminar | STS-MINT | Ruth Müller et al. |
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Bodies & Beings in Biomedicine | Amy Clare |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics | Jörg Wernecke |
| seminar | Introduction to Science & Technology Policy | Sebastian Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Law, Science and Technology: Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence | Christian Djeffal |
| seminar | Politics, Innovation, and Risks in the Oil & Gas Industry | Carlos Cuevas |
| seminar | Research Creation: Sensing Extended Realities | Jan-Hendrik Passoth |
| seminar | Science in a „Post-Truth“ World | Bernhard Isopp |
| seminar | Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly. STS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture. | Ruth Müller |
| seminar | Urban Natures. Landscapes, Infrastructures, Technologies | Felix Mauch |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research (STS) | Andrea Schikowitz |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | Master’s Colloquium STS & RESET | Sabine Maasen, Andrea Schikowitz |
Winter Semester 2019/20
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| exercise | Basic Methods in Science & Technology Studies | Isopp, Frahm, Vasilyeva et al. |
| seminar | Basic Ideas and Concepts of Science and Technology Studies | Isopp, Frahm, Vasilyeva et al. |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Maasen, Müller, Passoth, Pfotenhauer et al. |
| seminar | STS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology | Greif |
| seminar | STS 3: History of Science and Technology | Mauch |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Penkler, Samaras, Felder |
| exercise | Academic Skills | Rossmann |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the STS | Bauer et al. |
Semester 2
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Law, Science and Technology: Digital Medicine | Christian Djeffal |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research (STS) | Maasen, Schikowitz |
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Living in NatureCulture: How to Care in the Anthropocene | Müller |
| seminar | Innovation, Society, and Public Policy | Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: Current Areas of Application | Wernecke |
| seminar | Global Histories of Technology | Mauch, Esselborn |
| seminar | Spaces of Participation – Participatory Spaces | Schikowitz |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | MA Colloquium STS & RESET | Maasen, Schikowitz, Sutter |
| Additional Courses | (Extracurricular Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| workshop | Thesis Writer’s Workshop | Holohan |
Summer Semester 2019
Semester 2
| Methods & MINT | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II) | Penkler |
| seminar | STS-MINT | Sutter, Müller |
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Biomedicine, Society, and Controversy | Penkler |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics | Wernecke, Bechtold |
| seminar | Fighting Fake Science | Pedziwiatr, Wernecke |
| seminar | Industry and Innovation: An Introduction into Concepts and Cases | Hahn |
| workshop | Research Creation/Digital Encounters: Technologies of Incompetence | Passoth |
| seminar | Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly. STS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture. | Müller |
| seminar | Introduction to Science & Technology Policy (WI001124, WI001172) | Pfotenhauer, Sardo |
| seminar | Evidence Practices in Environmental Health Research, 1984 – present | Blacker |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research (STS) | Sutter |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | Master’s Colloquium | Sutter, Maasen |
Winter Semester 2018/19
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Basic Ideas and Concepts of Science and Technology Studies | Igelsböck, Guner-Birdal |
| exercise | Basic Methods in Science & Technology Studies | Cuevas |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Maasen, Müller, Passoth, Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | STS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology | Greif |
| seminar | STS 3: History of Science and Technology | Mauch |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Penkler, Passoth |
| seminar | Academic Skills | Sutter, Sörgel |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the STS | Sutter |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Practicing Research | Maasen, Sutter |
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Questioning Narratives of Change in Organizations, Industry and Innovation | Cuevas, Thiele, Seibt |
| seminar | Ethics of Responsibility: Current Areas of Application | Wernecke |
| seminar | Living in NatureCulture: How to Care in the Anthropocene | Müller |
| seminar | Technologies of Difference: Genetics, Race, and the Making of Diversity | Blacker |
| seminar | Innovation, Society, and Public Policy | Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Europe by Design: Transnational Infrastructure Projects and the Reconfiguration of Europe | Pollozek, Arms, Passoth, Mendes |
Summer Semester 2018
Semester 2
| Methods & MINT | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS Methods 2 | Penkler |
| exercise | STS in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics | Sutter u.a. |
| Core Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Governing The Body. Biomedicine, Health and Justice in the 21st Century | Felder |
| seminar | On What There Is | Greif |
| seminar | A Moral Proposal. How to Gain the Power of Judgment in Science and Technology | Wernecke, Sandmann |
| seminar | Innovation & Organization. Sociological Perspectives | Meyer |
| seminar | This Ain’t No Knowledge Society. Revisiting Theories of Classical/Post/Late Modernity in Digitized Societies | Pöchhacker, Passoth |
| seminar | Introduction to Science and Technology Policy | Pfotenhauer, Wentland |
| seminar | Political Objects, Political Subjects. Rethinking Democratic Ordering with STS | Laurent |
| seminar | Evidence Practices in Environmental Health Research, 1984 – Present | Blacker |
Semester 4
| Master’s Thesis | ||
|---|---|---|
| colloquium | Master’s Colloquium | Maasen |
Winter Semester 2017/18
Semester 1
| Additional Basics | ||
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Basic Ideas and Concepts of Science and Technology Studies | Meyer, Igelsböck, Cuevas |
| exercise | Basic Methods in Science & Technology Studies | Müller |
| Basics & Methods | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | STS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology | Massen, Farias, Müller, Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Philosophy of Science and Technology | Greif |
| seminar | STS3 – History of Science and Technology | Mauch |
| seminar | Making a Mess with Methods | Penkler |
| seminar | Academic Skills | Sutter, Maasen |
| lecture | Lecture Series: Current Research at the STS | Korts et al. |
Semester 3
| Practice & Research | (Mandatory Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Fields of Practice | Sutter |
| seminar | Practicing Research | Maasen, Sutter |
| Advanced Topics | (Elective Modules) | |
|---|---|---|
| seminar | Living in NatureCulture Worlds. Or: How to Care in the Anthropocene? | Müller |
| seminar | The Cybernetic Turn. Visions of Communication and Control | Schaupp, Jochum |
| seminar | Innovation, Society, Public Policy | Pfotenhauer |
| seminar | Technoscientific activisms: Collective action with, against, and beyond the burden of proof | Criado |
| seminar | Controlling Flows: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Logistics in TechnoSocieties | Passoth, Mauch, Pollozek |