STS Knowledge Guide

Explore the fields, concepts, thinkers, and works of STS.

Fields and research traditions

Explore connections among research traditions across Science Studies and Technology Studies. Select a field to see its focus and shared questions.

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science as a social practiceknowledge & scientific changeinstitutions & knowledgescientific activity & rewardsinterpretation & closureartifacts & interpretationhistory, evidence & valuessocial groups & powerinnovation & changeinfrastructure & institutionsgender, design & powerknowledge & unequal authoritycolonial histories of sciencesystems & everyday practicesFieldHistory & philosophy ofscienceFieldSociology of scienceFieldSociology of scientificknowledgeFieldScientometrics & Scienceof ScienceFieldHistory & philosophy oftechnologyFieldSocial construction oftechnologyFieldSocial shaping &politics of technologyFieldTechnological systems &innovationFieldFeminist STSFieldPostcolonial STSFieldInfrastructure studies

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An overview of overlapping fields and research traditions, connected by shared questions. The positions follow connections, not chronology; the map is selective, not a fixed disciplinary hierarchy.

A growing selection of introductory entries and reading guides.