• STS - Universiti Malaya
  • ketua_saintek@um.edu.my
  • +0379674166
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Background

The Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS), founded in the year 1997 at the Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, offers academic and research programmes in the field of Science, Technology and Society (STS). The department provides a platform for studying the socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of Science and Technology by exploring how progress in scientific knowledge and technological advancement affects society and vice versa. Such efforts are reflected in the Department's unique interdisciplinary programmes that integrates insight from public policy, philosophy, ethics, religion, sociology, economics and sustainability within the field of STS. The faculty members are highly qualified with training in many disciplines, including business and management, economics and public policy, natural science and engineering, history and philosophy and sociology.

Last Update: 11/01/2023