Centre for Science and Technology Studies | Technical University of Kenya.

About the Directorate

Welcome to the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CSTS). The Centre is a brain child of Prof. Dr-Ing F.W.O Adoul, the Vice Chancellor of the Technical University of Kenya. In Adoul’s thinking, students who are enrolled in science, engineering, and science-related disciplines, especially in Kenyan universities, are usually in class drilled almost exclusively in the technical aspects of their respective disciplines. Such students then often graduate from their respective academic fields of study as erudite technicians — with little knowledge on how science and technology can be applied to improve the human condition >>> read more

Housed in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology (FSST), the Centre focuses on four thematic areas of study: History and Philosophy of Science; Science and Technology in Development; Sustainability Futures and Development; and, The Universe, Life and Humanity.

• * Department of History and Philosophy of Science
• * Department of Science and Technology in Development
• * Department of Sustainability Futures and Development
• * Department of The Universe, Life and Humanity