Science & Technology Studies (S&TS)

About the journal

In response to the steady growth of our field, EASST is proud to support a flagship open access journal for the whole STS community, which is independent of commercial publishing houses, without article processing charges, meaning that the journal is free to publish at every stage. The journal publishes four issues per year: in February, May, September and December. The journal impact factor is 2.9 (2020).

Science & Technology Studies is the official journal of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Finnish Association for Science and Technology Studies. The journal is a development of Science Studies, which has a history of internationally peer-reviewed publications since 1988. Find the history of the journal on the S&TS website and follow the journal on twitter.

EASST members will be emailed when a new issue is available with its contents and access details. If you do not receive this email please contact office(at)easst.nomadit.net.

We invite prospective authors to submit their work to S&TS. Notes for authors can be found journal’s dedicated website.

Current Journal Content

• Framed Uncertainty
  May 14, 2025 by Rasmus Haarløv, Mikkel Bille
  Residential wood stoves are often highlighted as the worst pollution source of PM2.5 air pollution in Denmark, accounting for 52 percent of national emissions. This unambiguous number implies accuracy, and that researchers know how much PM2.5 pollution can be attributed to residential wood stoves with precision. But we demonstrate in this article that emissions from […]
• How Sociotechnical Systems Adapt to Change
  May 14, 2025 by Natalia Fernández-Jimeno
  This paper addresses the topic of the dynamics of sociotechnical change of reproductive technologies and, in particular, the relationship between sociotechnical systems as described by TP Hughes and their environments. The co-production approach and sociotechnical imaginaries defined by S Jasanoff and SH Kim allow to explain the dynamics of technical change through the interweaving of […]
• Steered or Guided by Numbers?
  May 14, 2025 by Susanne Jørgensen, Knut H. Sørensen, Marianne Ryghaug
  Concepts like 'the metric society' and 'the tyranny of metrics' suggest that quantitative information increasingly shapes and steers policy and governance. This paper engages critically with such assumptions by using domestication theory to analyse how Norwegian climate and energy policy actors make sense of, assemble, and employ numeric information. Through analysis of interviews with politicians […]
• Exploring the Geopolitical Limits of Responsible Innovation and Technology Assessment
  May 14, 2025 by Luca Possati
  The central argument of this paper is that the frameworks of responsible innovation (RI) and technology assessment (TA) are rooted in an antiquated political and geopolitical paradigm, thus necessitating a conceptual overhaul. This argument is supported by two primary reasons. First, RI and TA are not neutral towards technological innovation; instead, they inherently align with […]
• Hennion Antoine and Levaux Christophe (2023) Rethinking Music through Science and Technology Studies
  May 14, 2025 by Anna Lytvynova