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Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)

P.O. Box 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Germany

Directions

Head of institute

Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald
(Director)
Prof. Dr. Michael Decker
(Vice director)

Secretariat

Bettina Schmidt-Leis
Phone: 0721 608-22501
Fax: 0721 608-24806
E-Mail: bueroCkt0∂itas kit edu

TA calendar

Informationen about TA events you may find here (German).

Technology Assessment - Theory and Practice

The issue 3/2013 of the journal TATuP is available.

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Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag

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Welcome to ITAS

ITASThe Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) investigates scientific and technological developments with a focus on their impacts and possible systemic and unintended effects. It produces analytical knowledge and assessments of socio-technical developments in order to provide policy and design options for decision-makers. The research covers ethical, ecological, economic, social, political-institutional, and cultural questions. Major goals are advice for research and technology policy, provision of knowledge for the design of socio-technical systems, and the organization and observation of discursive processes on open and controversial questions of technology policy.

NEWS

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Issue 3/2013 of the ITAS journal "Technology Assessment - Theory and Practice" (TATuP) has been published [03.12.2013] The thematic focus of this issue is titled "Fragile Evidence". more
New project: Engage2020 [02.12.2013] The Engage2020 project will provide an overview of potential praxis in Horizon 2020 for societal engagement in research and innovation and related activities, with the aim of increasing the use of such praxis. more
 
New project about carbonization processes [29.11.2013] The project aims at analyzing and assessing the selected carbonization processes for biogenic residues under technological and economic aspects. The project is carried out in collaboration with the Engler-Bunte-Institute. more
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Newly published: "Shaping Emerging Technologies" [28.11.2013] This book is the fourth volume of the series "Studies of New and Emerging Technologies / S.NET". It contains a selection of the papers presented at the fourth Annual S.NET Conference that took place at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, October 2012. more
 
The S.NET annual conference 2014 comes to Karlsruhe [27.11.2013] ITAS has been awarded to host the 2014 annual conference of the "Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies" (S.NET). The event will take place in Karlsruhe from the 21st to the 24th of September, 2014. more
"Feeding 10 billion people": Two relevant studies by ITAS for the European Parliament are now publicly available [26.11.2013] In 2012 the Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) of the European Parliament had set up a project titled "Feeding 10 billion people". ITAS has carried out two studies under this umbrella: "Options for Cutting Food Waste" and "Plant Breeding and Innovative Agriculture".
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVENTS

Date  Event
28.02.2014 International Conference NTA6-TA14
Responsible Innovation. Neue Impulse für die Technikfolgenabschätzung?
ITA, Wien
Call for Papers