The Department of Science, Technology, and Society offers coursework and programs that bridge the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering to provide a better understanding of ...

The complex relationships between science, technology, and society are commonly obscured by a popular belief in the value-neutrality and objectivity of science and technology. Being able to analyze ...

The history of science and technology links many disciplines and cultures ... The course challenges and reshapes some of our basic understandings about Medieval society. It problematizes modern ...

The modules are: I. Cultural studies of science and technology; II. Ethics, values and science policy; III. History and philosophy of science; IV. Medicine, society and culture. Courses in the modules ...

Science, technology and medicine are pervasive parts of contemporary society. The STeMiS theme is interested in how knowledge is made, how technologies are developed, how these come to be employed in ...

and promotes an understanding of central issues related to the impacts of science and technology on society. These courses prepare students to: Identify key concepts in one of the natural sciences ...

Such an approach would prepare students to move beyond rote memorization of scientific facts and empower them to critically evaluate how science shapes—and is shaped by—human society ... while ...

Sayash Kapoor is a computer science Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy and a co-author of AI Snake Oil. His research focuses on the societal impact of ...

Intellectual merit is about advancing science knowledge and innovation, while broader impacts describe why people who aren’t scientists should care, and how society could benefit from this research.