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STS: Science and Technology Studies

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 Events Calendar



The Holtz Center is pleased to announce several new programs offering opportunties for faculty, graduate students and scholars at the University of Wisconsin and beyond. Please see the announcements below.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Science & Technology Studies

CFP: Graduate Student Conference in Animal Studies

RFP: UW-Madison Faculty Outreach Fellowship