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Science and Technology Studies

STS offers degrees at each university level: undergraduate, masters, and PhD

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Research

STS has a wide-ranging research portfolio of academic research across three main research clusters: 1. Science Innovation and Policy, 2. History and Philosophy of Science, and 3. Science Communication

STS has a wide range of innovative research activities with a multidisciplinary team of academics working across broad-ranging research streams encompassing how science intersects with the world around us across history, philosophy, society, culture, the media, policy, ethics, nature, technology and the environment. 

Science, Culture, and Democracy

Science and Innovation policy

Investigating how the sciences interact with culture in democratic and other political contexts.

Philosophy of Science and Technology

Philosophy of Science and Technology

Where does science come from, and what has science done through history? What is the philosophy behind the science?

History of Science

History of Science

How scientific knowledge, and the practices it has entailed, shaped and was shaped by past societies.

Seminar Series

STS Seminars Series

Info on our various talks, seminars, reading groups and other research activities.

Our wider research community

We have an extensive network of honorary appointments and academic visitors from all over the world.  If you are interested in seeking an unpaid fellowship or academic affiliation with us please see our fellowship opportunities page for advice.

Resources:

The Institutional Research Information System (IRIS) is the research portal for UCL.

Explore the unique scale and diversity of UCL research publications in UCL Discovery.

STS Director of Research:
Prof Emily Dawson
Email: sts@ucl.ac.uk

Join the conversation: reading groups

STS staff and research students promote discussion and debate through reading groups, organised by research students and open to all staff and postgraduate students.

  • Philosophy of Science 
  • AI Technology and Society
  • History of Science
  • STS in Popular Culture

Occasional Papers Series

A series of papers published by the department to disseminate current research undertaken by our staff and affiliated scholars.

JBS Haldane Memorial Lectures

A regular annual lecture series held by STS in honour of JBS Haldane, a polymath in the life sciences, science communication, and science policy.

London PUS seminar series

An academic space in which to discuss the many aspects of science in public from multiple perspectives in a relaxed but rigorous environment. It is an open intercollegiate seminar concerned with the broad range of topics that fall under the headings of public understanding of science, public engagement with science, science communication, and science-in-society.

STS Work-in-Progress seminars (WIPS)

These seminars are intended as an informal venue for research students to present and discuss interesting aspects of their work. The format consists of a presentation of about thirty minutes, followed by about twenty minutes for discussion.