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Academic Programs

Programs

At the STS Department, teaching is multidisciplinary and research-based! Take advantage of our wide-ranging programs:

The Master’s programs Science and Technology Studies (MA STS) and Responsibility in Science, Engineering, and Technology (MA RESET) are directed at students with a scientific interest in the field of Science and Technology Studies.

Wissenschaft ⋈ Technologie ⋈ Gesellschaft (WTG) offers an interdisciplinary teaching program for all TUM students. Many of the modules can either be included in the TUM Bachelor and Master programs or be enrolled in as additional subjects.

The STS Department Plug-ins allow students of the natural sciences and engineering to learn about concepts and methods of science and technology studies within their curriculum.

MCTS & RESET
seminar	Between Empowerment and Control: Unpacking Biomedical Approaches towards Life	Georgia Samaras
seminar	Co-Creation Lab (SCALINGS)	Julia Renninger, Federica Pepponi, Carlos Cuevas, Benjamin Lipp, Anja Rueß
seminar	Digitalised Media and Publics	Nils Matzner
seminar	Economic and Political Spaces of Innovation	Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Marlise Schneider, Alexander Wentland
seminar	Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics (Core Topic MA STS)	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Global Histories of Engineering	Shehab Ismail
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy (ISPP)	Sebastian Pfotenhauer
seminar	Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Narratives of Industrial Innovation	Katrin Hahn
seminar	Project Seminar: Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice	Katrin Hahn
seminar	Science in a “Post-Truth” World	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories	Ruth Müller
seminar	Theoretical Reflections on Law and Technology	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Urban Natures. Landscapes, Infrastructures, Technologies	Shehab Ismail
seminar	MCTS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II)	Michael Penkler, Olga Sparschuh, Mallory James, Lucas Brunet
seminar	MCTS-MINT: MCTS in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Ruth Müller et al.
seminar	Practicing Research
exercise	MCTS-STEM Mentorship	Bernhard Isopp et al.
seminar	Advanced Methods in MCTS	Nils Matzner
project	Entering Virtual Museum Worlds via the Dark Side of Science Communication	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock
workshop	Intercultural Communication & Cultural Awareness – Skills for a Mindful and Effective Way to Communicate with Each Other	Isabel Reible
workshop	Meaningful Project Management	Matthias Haberl
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser
seminar	Science Communication	Jeanne Rubner
exercise	Statistical Literacy: Basics, Scope and Limitations of Standard Statistical Procedures	Cornelia Schadler
seminar	Practicing Research in MCTS
seminar	Master’s Colloquium MCTS & RESET	Mak Takahashi
exercise	Thesis Writers’ Workshop (extracurricular)	Jennifer Balton-Stier

seminar	Denken, Erkennen, Wissen	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Modelling and Simulation in the Engineering Sciences	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Richard Wagners “Ring der Nibelungen” und Arthur Schopenhauer	Felix Mayer, Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Robo Ethics: Ethical Challenges of Autonomous Machines	Jörg Wernecke

seminar	Consumer History	Olga Sparschuh, Karin Zachmann
lecture/exercise	Ernährung, Innovation und Risiko – Technikgeschichte des Essens in der globalisierten Gesellschaft	Karin Zachmann
	Forschungsprojekte Herausforderungen der Biomedizin	Julia Feiler, Amy Clare, Sophia Rossmann
seminar	Herausforderungen der Biomedizin. Soziale, politische und ethische Dimensionen der medizinischen Biologie	Max Braun & Svenja Breuer
seminar	Mapping Digitization in Highly Regulated Spaces	Christian Djeffal, Eduardo Magrani
seminar	Technology, Innovation, Society	Stefania Sardo

colloquium	MA Thesis Colloquium of the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy	Ruth Müller
colloquium	PhD Colloquium of the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy	Ruth Müller

MCTS & RESET
seminar	Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies	Bernhard Isopp, Mak Takahashi
seminar	MCTS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology	Anton Schröpfer, Andrea Schikowitz, Zinaida Vasilyeva, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Sophia Rossmann; Cansu Guner, Nadine Patzelt
seminar	MCTS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology	Jörg Wernecke, Samuel Pedziwiatr
seminar	MCTS 3: History of Science and Technology	Felix Mauch
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Michael Penkler; Georgia Samaras, Anja Rueß
lecture	Lecture Series: Current Research at the MCTS	Victoria Bauer
exercise	Academic Skills	Maximilian Braun
seminar	Practicing Research [MCTS]	Andrea Schikowitz
seminar	Ethics of Responsibility: Current Areas of Application	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Law and Technology in Action: Current Debates	Christian Djeffal
	Living in NatureCulture Worlds. Or: How to Care in the Anthropocene?	Susanne Schmitt
seminar	Technology and History in Capitalism	Felix Mauch
seminar	What Future of Mobility? Engaging Technologies, Politics, Economic Scenarios, and Practices (WI001147)	Sebastian Pfotenhauer; Alexander Wentland
project	Immersion Project	Bernhard Isopp, Katrin Hahn, Sophia Knopf, Mak Takahashi, Amy Clare, Svenja Breuer, Antonia Horst, Christina Hitrova, Stefan Esselborn
seminar	Technology & Society (Politics, Economics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Sarah Schönbauer, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Jörg Wernecke, Christian Djeffal
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jena Balton-Stier
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser
seminar	Corporate Social Responsibility	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
project	Entering Virtual Museum Worlds via the Dark Side of Science Communication	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock
seminar	Internship	Katrin Hahn, Antonia Horst
seminar	Master’s Blog	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Science School	Katrin Hahn
exercise	Practicing Research in MCTS [RESET]	Michael Penkler, Nils Matzner
colloquium	MA Colloquium MCTS & RESET	Andrea Schikowitz, Nils Matzner

seminar	Cognitive Science: Einführung in ein interdisziplinäres Forschungsprogramm	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Ist Mozarts “Zauberflöte” rassistisch und frauenfeindlich?	Felix Mayer, Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Soziologie der Medien. Theorien, Programme und Anwendungsfelder	Henning Mayer, Barbara Sutter
lecture	Technik, Natur und Gesellschaft	Karin Zachmann
lecture	Technik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft	Karin Zachmann
seminar	Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft – welche Gesellschaft?	Marc Strotmann
seminar	Umweltchemikalien und ökologische Gerechtigkeit. Naturwissenschaftliche und umweltethische Einordnung	Jörg Wernecke, Anton Lerf

MCTS & RESET
seminar	Bodies & Beings in Biomedicine	Amy Clare
seminar	Digital Medicine	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy	Sebastian Pfotenhauer
seminar	Law, Science and Technology: Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Politics, Innovation, and Risks in the Oil & Gas Industry	Carlos Cuevas
seminar	Project Seminar: Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Research Creation: Sensing Extended Realities	Jan-Hendrik Passoth
seminar	Responsible Research & Innovation in the Making	Nils Matzner
seminar	Science in a “Post-Truth” World	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly. MCTS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture.	Ruth Müller
seminar	Urban Natures. Landscapes, Infrastructures, Technologies	Felix Mauch
seminar	MCTS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II)	Michael Penkler
seminar	MCTS-MINT	Ruth Müller plus 3 mentorships
seminar	Practicing Research (MCTS)	Andrea Schikowitz
exercise	MCTS-STEM Mentorship	Bernhard Isopp plus mentorships
seminar	Corporate Social Responsibility	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
workshop	Meaningful Project Management. From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Projects.	Matthias Haberl
seminar	Science Communication	Jeanne Rubner
exercise	Practicing Research (RESET)	Andrea Schikowitz
colloquium	Master’s Colloquium MCTS & RESET	Sabine Maasen, Andrea Schikowitz

Seminar	Biotechnologie in der Gesellschaft	Maasen, Klering
seminar	Ethics in Science and Technology – Introduction to Applied Ethics	Wernecke
Seminar	Ethik und Verantwortung. Eine Einführung in die Bioethik für Studierende der Naturwissenschaften	Sandmann
Seminar	Platons Dialog “Phaidros”. Eine Einführung ins philosophische Denken	Jung
Vorlesung/Übung	Tech-Histories Alive	Ehlers, TUM Ermeriti of Excellence
Vorlesung	Technik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft	Zachmann
Seminar	Technikphilosophie. Texte zur Einführung	Slanitz
Seminar	Wissen, was wir essen. Wissenschaft, Technologie und Kultur der Ernährung	Trachte
Seminar	Wissenschaft und Methode – Eine Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie	Wernecke

seminar	Biopolitics: Social, Political and Ethical Aspects of Life Science Economies	Anja K. Ruess
seminar	Consumer History	Felix Mauch, Karin Zachmann
lecture	Data/Science/Society	Jan-Hendrik Passoth/N.N.
lecture/exercise	Ernährung, Innovation und Risiko – Technikgeschichte des Essens in der globalisierten Gesellschaft	Karin Zachmann
seminar	Herausforderungen der Biomedizin. Soziale, politische und ethische Dimensionen der medizinischen Biologie	Georgia Samaras, Sophia Rossmann
exercise	Partizipative Technikgestaltung/ Techniken der Partizipation (Übung zum Modul: Technik und Gesellschaft)	Claudia Mendes
seminar	Prototyping Neuro-Futures through Science/Fiction	Benjamin Lipp, Sabine Maasen
seminar	Science, Technology, and the City	Alexander Wentland
lecture/exercise	Technik und Gesellschaft	Michael Clormann
seminar	Technology, Innovation, Society	Stefania Sardo

workshop	Digital Media Diss Like	Jan-Hendrik Passoth
seminar	Digital Media Work Bench	Jan-Hendrik Passoth
colloquium	MA Thesis Colloquium of the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy	Ruth Müller
colloquium	PhD Colloquium of the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy	Ruth Müller

MCTS & RESET
exercise	Basic Methods in Science & Technology Studies	Isopp, Frahm, Vasilyeva et al.
seminar	Basic Ideas and Concepts of Science and Technology Studies	Isopp, Frahm, Vasilyeva et al.
seminar	MCTS 1: Practices and Politics of Science and Technology	Maasen, Müller, Passoth, Pfotenhauer et al.
seminar	MCTS 2: Philosophy of Science and Technology	Greif
seminar	MCTS 3: History of Science and Technology	Mauch
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Penkler, Samaras, Felder
lecture	Lecture Series: Current Research at the MCTS	Bauer (Orga.)
exercise	Academic Skills	Rossmann
seminar	Practicing Research (MCTS)	Maasen, Schikowitz
colloquium	MA Colloquium MCTS & RESET	Maasen, Schikowitz, Sutter
seminar	Living in NatureCulture: How to Care in the Anthropocene	Müller
seminar	Innovation, Society, and Public Policy	Pfotenhauer
seminar	Ethics of Responsibility: Current Areas of Application	Wernecke
seminar	AT: Media & Digital Cultures	Passoth
seminar	Global Histories of Technology	Mauch, Esselborn
seminar	Spaces of Participation – Participatory Spaces	Schikowitz
project	Immersion Project	Pfotenhauer, Pedziwiatr et al.
seminar	Technology & Society (Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Müller, Pfotenhauer, Wernecke, Djeffal, Passoth
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Crail
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Caser
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Balton-Stier
seminar	Master’s Blog	Isopp
seminar	Science School	Hahn
seminar	Internship	Hahn
exercise	Practicing Research (RESET)	Michi Penkler
WTPhil
Kolloquium	Angewandte Philosophie	Slanitz

seminar	Modelling in Technical & Social Sciences: Applied Philosophy of Science	Wernecke, Pedziwiatr
Seminar	Cognitive Science: Einführung in ein interdisziplinäres Forschungsprogramm	Wernecke
Seminar	Umweltchemikalien und ökologische Gerechtigkeit. Naturwissenschaftliche und umweltethische Einordnung	Wernecke, Lerf
Seminar	Medienphilosophie: mediale Lebenswelten	Wernecke
Seminar	Einführung in die Angewandte Ethik: aktuelle Problemfelder	Wernecke
Seminar	Technikphilosophie. Texte zur Einführung	Slanitz
Seminar	Dinge denken. Philosophische Betrachtungen über die Technik im Alltag	Brea, Slanitz
Seminar	Mensch, Maschine und Interaktion	Tremmel, Slanitz
Seminar	Der Wandel des deutschen Wissenschaftssystems	März
Vorlesung	Technik, Natur und Gesellschaft	Zachmann
Vorlesung	Geschichte der Technik in der Moderne I	Zachmann
Vorlesung	Technik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft	Zachmann
Seminar	Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft – welche Gesellschaft?	Maasen, Strotmann
Seminar	Alles eine Frage der richtigen Technik? Einführung in die Techniksoziologie	Sutter
Seminar	Soziale Robotik: Sozialwissenschaftliche Theorien und Methoden	Mayer

Vorlesung	Lebenswissenschaften & Gesellschaft. Eine Einführung	Rossman, Rueß, Samaras, Schönbauer
seminar	Who Is Responsible for Food and Health? Social and Cultural Perspective on Food, Health, and Technology	Remter, Rossmann, Samaras, Schönbauer, Clare
lecture	Ethics in Science and Technology – Part 1	Sandmann, Wernecke
Vorlesung	Technik und Demokratie	Clormann
seminar	Politics, Innovation, and Risks in the Oil & Gas Industry	Sardo, Cuevas Garcia
Vorlesung	Ernährung, Innovation und Risiko – Technikgeschichte des Essens in der globalisierten Gesellschaft	Ehlers
lecture	Data/Science/Society	Greif, Meier
lecture	What is Social about Neuro-Engineering?	Maasen, Lipp, Mayer, Strotmann

MCTS & RESET
seminar	Biomedical Controversies	Penkler
seminar	Ethics of Responsibility: An Introduction to Applied Ethics	Wernecke, Bechtold
seminar	Fighting Fake Science	Pedziwiatr, Wernecke
seminar	Industry and Innovation: An Introduction into Concepts and Cases	Hahn
workshop	Research Creation/Digital Encounters: Technologies of Incompetence	Passoth
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly. MCTS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture.	Müller
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy (WI001124, WI001172)	Pfotenhauer, Sardo
seminar	Responsible Research & Innovation	Hahn
seminar	Project Seminar: Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Wernecke
seminar	Evidence Practices in Environmental Health Research, 1984 – present	Blacker
seminar	MCTS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II)	Penkler
seminar	MCTS-MINT	Sutter, Müller
seminar	Practicing Research (MCTS)	Sutter
exercise	MCTS-STEM Mentorat	Greif, Schönbauer, Mayer, Pöchhacker
exercise	How to Make and Break Statistics – The Basics of Doing, Making and Reviewing Statistics	Müller, Pöchhacker
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Crail
workshop	Meaningful Project Management. From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Projects.	Haberl
exercise	Practicing Research in MCTS (RESET)	Sutter
colloquium	Master’s Colloquium MCTS & RESET	Sutter, Maasen
WTPhil
Kolloquium	Angewandte Philosophie	Slanitz
Kolloquium	Wissenschaft in der Praxis. Praktikumskolloquium	Slanitz

Seminar	Biotechnologie in der Gesellschaft	Maasen
Seminar	Denken, Erkennen und Wissen (Eine Einführung in die Erkenntnistheorie)	Wernecke
Seminar	Ethische Herausforderungen des autonomen Fahrens	Wernecke
exercise	How to Make and Break Statistics – The Basics of Doing, Making and Reviewing Statistics	Müller, Pöchhacker
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Crail
Seminar	Medien, Internet und Politik	Wernecke
Seminar	Technikphilosophie. Texte zur Einführung	Slanitz
seminar	Social Science Hackathon	Passoth, Müller
Seminar	Wissenschaftstheorie: eine Einführung für Technik- und Naturwissenschaftler	Wernecke

Vorlesung	Technik und Gesellschaft	Clormann, Mendes
lecture	Data/Science/Society	Greif, Maier, Arms
seminar	Herausforderungen der Biomedizin. Soziale, politische und ethische Dimensionen der medizinischen Biologie	Feiler
seminar	Biopolitics: Social Political and Ethical Aspects of Life Science Economies	Vasilyeva, Felder
Kolloquium	Fachspezifische Qualifikation in aktuellen Themen der Biologie	Rossmann
colloquium	MA Thesis Colloquium of the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy	Müller
seminar	Ethics in Science and Technology – Part 2	Sandmann
seminar	Prototyping Neuro-Technology through Science Fiction	Lipp
seminar	Understanding Regional Innovation Cultures	Wentland, Ruge
seminar	Food-Environment Relations: the contested terrain of sustenance	Gugganig

seminar	Who is responsible for food and health? Social and cultural perspective on food, health, and technology	Gugganig, Cuevas, Penkler, Samaras, Schönbauer, Trachte
lecture	Data/Science/Society	Greif, Maier
seminar	What Future of Mobility? Engaging Technologies, Politics, Economic Scenarios, and Practices (WI001147)	Wentland
lecture	Ethics in Science and Technology – Part 1	Sandmann
Übung	Botanisch Zoologisches Praktikum für Lehramt NB Master	Dawo, Gebhardt, Sandmann
Seminar	Lebenswissenschaften & Gesellschaft: Eine Einführung	Schönbauer
Vorlesung	Technologie und Demokratie	Clormann, Mendes
Seminar	Geschichte und Theorie der Dinge	Zachmann

MCTS & RESET
seminar	Governing The Body. Biomedicine, Health and Justice in the 21st Century	Felder
seminar	On What There Is	Greif
seminar	A Moral Proposal. How to Gain the Power of Judgment in Science and Technology	Wernecke, Sandmann
seminar	Innovation & Organization. Sociological Perspectives	Meyer
seminar	This Ain’t No Knowledge Society. Revisiting Theories of Classical/Post/Late Modernity in Digitized Societies	Pöchhacker, Passoth
seminar	Introduction to Science and Technology Policy	Pfotenhauer, Wentland
seminar	Political Objects, Political Subjects. Rethinking Democratic Ordering with MCTS	Laurent
seminar	Evidence Practices in Environmental Health Research, 1984 – Present	Blacker
seminar	MCTS Methods 2	Penkler
exercise	MCTS in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Sutter u.a.
colloquium	Master’s Colloquium	Maasen
seminar	Methods in MCTS	Cuevas
exercise	MCTS-STEM Mentorat	Pedziwiatr, Sutter
workshop	Meaningful Project Management. From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Projects.	Haberl
seminar	Statistics. The Basics of Doing, Making and Reviewing Statistics	Müller
WTPhil
Seminar	Denken, Erkennen und Wissen (Eine Einführung in die Erkenntnistheorie)	Wernecke
Seminar	Ludwig Wittgensteins “Tractatus logico-philosophicus”. Eine Einführung	Jung
Seminar	Medien – Informatik – Internet. Philosophie der “Netzkulturen”	Wernecke
Seminar	Ethik und Verantwortung II: Risikoethik	Wernecke
Seminar	Ethik und Verantwortung II: Tierethik und Ethik der Biotechnologie	Sandmann
Kolloquium	Angewandte Philosophie	Slanitz
Kolloquium	Wissenschaft in der Praxis. Praktikumskolloquium	Slanitz

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