The key areas in teaching are the following: (1) the impartation of the essential theoretical approaches and empirical findings of the Sociology of Technology, the Sociology of Innovation and the social-scientific Technology Assessment as well as exemplaric indentations within these fields; (2) the embedding of research questions and findings generated by these areas into the broader discussion in Social Theory and Diagnoses of Society; and (3) the engagement in the societal impact of current technological developments.

The lectures at the Chair of Sociology of Technology and Innovation are held by the Head of Chair Prof. Dr. Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer, the Research Associates Dr. Martin Meister, Dr. Eric Lettkemann and Matthias Bottel, the Student Assistants Linda Schwarz, Tim Clausnitzer and Kevin Wiggert and by the Private Lecturers apl. Prof. Dr. Andreas Knie, PD Dr. Jochen Gläser, PD. Dr. Esther Ruiz-Ben and others.