Science, Technology and Society

Science, Technology and Society is an interdisciplinary program in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Our aim is to give students, faculty, and others in the community the opportunity to explore the wide ranges of social impacts of emerging technologies and new scientific discoveries, using the diverse approaches of the liberal arts, social sciences, and humanities. Digital information technologies, new communication technologies and new scientific innovations are rapidly transforming traditional ways of working, learning, and living. Key STS areas include Societal Impacts of Nanotechnology, Gaming, Education, Bio-health, Surveillance, Mobile Technologies, E-society and Computer-mediated communication.