Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment (PACITA)
- Project team:
Hennen, Leonhard (Project leader); Constanze Scherz, Linda Nierling, Armin Grunwald, Michael Decker, António Brandão Moniz, Julia Hahn, Stefanie Seitz
- Funding:
European Union
- Start date:
2011
- End date:
2015
- Project partners:
Danish Board of Technology (Kopenhagen, Project coordination); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Rathenau Institute (Den Haag); Norwegian Board of Technology (Oslo); Institute of Technology Assessment (Wien); Applied Research and Communication Fund (Sofia); Institute of Technology, Chemistry and Biology (Lissabon); Institute Society and Technology (Flandern, Brüssel); Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (Barcelona); Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment (Bern); Association Knowledge Economy Forum (Litauen); Technology Centre ASCR (Prag); Scientific and Public Involvement in Risk Allocation (Lüttich); University College Cork (Irland); Secretariat of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest)
- Research group:
Project description
The project "Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment" (PACITA) is funded under the European Commission's FP7 Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Action Plan. The project aims at distributing capacity and enhancing the institutional foundations for knowledge-based policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation, mainly based upon the practices in Parliamentary Technology Assessment (PTA).
PTA supports the processes of democratic policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation, by providing comprehensive insight into knowledge on opportunities and consequences, by facilitating democratic processes of debate and clarification, and by formulating policy options:
- Document these practices
- Describe schemes for using them nationally and at European level
- Establish a set of training schemes for users and practitioners
- Establish a Web Portal to European TA expertise
- Create a debate on such practices in countries, which do not have them formally established
- Involve experts, societal actors and politicians in European debates on these practices
- Organize three large example-projects on expert-based praxis, stakeholder involvement and citizen consultation
- Support this with a strong dissemination strategy towards policy-makers, the scientific community, media - notably in countries without a developed TA infrastructure
The consortium has 15 partners from national/regional parliamentary offices for science and technology; science academies; research institutions; universities and civil society organisations.
volta — Science, Technology and Society in Europe
| Issue | Date | Focus | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/2011 | Special report on energy technology |  |
| 2 | 06/2012 | Special report on critical infrastructures |  |
| 3 | 11/2012 | Special report on nanotechnology and food |  |
| 4 | 4/2013 | Special report on the blurring boundaries between Biology and Technology |  |
| 5 | 10/2013 | Special report on Big Data |  |
| 6 | 04/2014 | Special report on Genetic Privacy |  |
Publications
2017
Journal Articles
Priefer, C.; Nierling, L.; Scherz, C.; Sotoudeh, M.; Hebakova, L.
Report: There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. 3rd European TA Conference, Cork, Ireland, May 17–19, 2017
2017. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 26 (3), 76–78. doi:10.14512/tatup.26.3.76
Report: There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. 3rd European TA Conference, Cork, Ireland, May 17–19, 2017
2017. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 26 (3), 76–78. doi:10.14512/tatup.26.3.76
2016
Book Chapters
Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.; Mosoni-Fried, J.
Expanding the TA landscape - lessons from seven European countries
2016. Policiy-Oriented Technology Assessment Across Europe : Expanding Capacities. Ed.: L. Klüver, 37–56, Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56172-5_4
Expanding the TA landscape - lessons from seven European countries
2016. Policiy-Oriented Technology Assessment Across Europe : Expanding Capacities. Ed.: L. Klüver, 37–56, Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56172-5_4
Scherz, C.; Hebakova, L.; Hennen, L.; Michalek, T.; Hahn, J.; Seitz, S. B.
Building community - or why we need on ongoing conference platform for TA
2016. Policiy-Oriented Technology Assessment Across Europe : Expanding Capacities. Ed.: L. Klüver, 139–146, Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56172-5_13
Building community - or why we need on ongoing conference platform for TA
2016. Policiy-Oriented Technology Assessment Across Europe : Expanding Capacities. Ed.: L. Klüver, 139–146, Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56172-5_13
2015
Journal Articles
Borrmann, V.; Dewald, U.; Jahnel, J.; Lacey, J.; Kühl, Y.
The 2nd PACITA conference: A lively picture of (parliamentary) TA
2015. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 24 (2), 97–101
The 2nd PACITA conference: A lively picture of (parliamentary) TA
2015. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 24 (2), 97–101
Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.
A next wave of technology assessment? Barriers and opportunities for establishing TA in seven European countries
2015. Science and public policy, 42 (1), 44–58. doi:10.1093/scipol/scu020
A next wave of technology assessment? Barriers and opportunities for establishing TA in seven European countries
2015. Science and public policy, 42 (1), 44–58. doi:10.1093/scipol/scu020
Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.
Taking Stock of TA in Europe and Abroad. Introduction to the Thematic Focus. Schwerpunkt
2015. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 24 (1), 4–10
Taking Stock of TA in Europe and Abroad. Introduction to the Thematic Focus. Schwerpunkt
2015. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 24 (1), 4–10
Scherz, C.; Hahn, J.
Platforms for the future
2015. volTA - Science, Technology and Society in Europe, (8), 19
Platforms for the future
2015. volTA - Science, Technology and Society in Europe, (8), 19
Conference Papers
Scherz, C.; Michalek, T.; Hennen, L.; Hebakova, L.; Hahn, J.; Seitz, S. B.
The next horizon of technology assessment. Introduction
2015. The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment. Proceedings from the PACITA 2015 Conference in Berlin. Ed.: C. Scherz, 11–15, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
The next horizon of technology assessment. Introduction
2015. The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment. Proceedings from the PACITA 2015 Conference in Berlin. Ed.: C. Scherz, 11–15, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Conference Proceedings
Scherz, C.; Michalek, T.; Hennen, L.; Hebakova, L.; Hahn, J.; Seitz, S. B.
The next horizon of technology assessment. Introduction
2015. Proceedings of the 2nd European TA Conference, Berlin, February 25-27, 2015 Prague : Technology Centre ASCR, 2015
The next horizon of technology assessment. Introduction
2015. Proceedings of the 2nd European TA Conference, Berlin, February 25-27, 2015 Prague : Technology Centre ASCR, 2015
Presentations
Grunwald, A.
Anticipation between prediction and speculation: Different modes of orientation
2015. Planning, Prediction, Scenarios - Using Simulations and Maps : Annual EA Conference, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, May 12, 2015
Anticipation between prediction and speculation: Different modes of orientation
2015. Planning, Prediction, Scenarios - Using Simulations and Maps : Annual EA Conference, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, May 12, 2015
Scherz, C.
Technikfolgen abschätzen - zwischen Innovation und Verantwortung
2015. Tagung "3D - Welt im Druck?" (2015), Tutzing, Germany, March 20–22, 2015
Technikfolgen abschätzen - zwischen Innovation und Verantwortung
2015. Tagung "3D - Welt im Druck?" (2015), Tutzing, Germany, March 20–22, 2015
2014
Conference Papers
Böschen, S.
Regional climates: Participation and collective experiments on a local level
2014. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 143–149, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Regional climates: Participation and collective experiments on a local level
2014. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 143–149, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Böschen, S.
Opening the black box: Scientific expertise and democratic culture
2014. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 37–47, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Opening the black box: Scientific expertise and democratic culture
2014. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 37–47, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.
Expanding the TA landscape. Barriers and opportunities for establishing technology assessment in seven European countries
2014. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 67–74, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Expanding the TA landscape. Barriers and opportunities for establishing technology assessment in seven European countries
2014. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 67–74, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Moretto, S.; Brandão Moniz, A.
Sustainability and discontinuities in high-speed train futures
2014. Technology assessment and policy areas of great transitions. Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 conference in Prague, March 13 - 15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 271–277, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Sustainability and discontinuities in high-speed train futures
2014. Technology assessment and policy areas of great transitions. Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 conference in Prague, March 13 - 15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 271–277, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Pfersdorf, S.; Stahl, B. C.; Wakunuma, K.; Revel, S.-P.
Civil society organisations in research governance
2014. Technology assessment and policy areas of great transitions. Proceedings from the PACITA 2013, Prague, CZ, 13.-15.03.2013. Ed.: M.L. Hennen, 133–142, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Civil society organisations in research governance
2014. Technology assessment and policy areas of great transitions. Proceedings from the PACITA 2013, Prague, CZ, 13.-15.03.2013. Ed.: M.L. Hennen, 133–142, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Conference Proceedings
Michalek, T.; Hebakova, L.; Hennen, L.; Scherz, C.; Nierling, L.; Hahn, J. (Eds.)
Technology assessment and policy areas of great transitions. Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 conference in Prague, [March 13 - 15, 2013]
2014. Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
Technology assessment and policy areas of great transitions. Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 conference in Prague, [March 13 - 15, 2013]
2014. Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
2013
Journal Articles
Nierling, L.; Puhe, M.; Reichenbach, M.; Seitz, S. B.; Scherz, C.
The International TA Community Comes Together - Once Again Please! - Tagungsbericht
2013. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 22 (2), 101–105
The International TA Community Comes Together - Once Again Please! - Tagungsbericht
2013. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 22 (2), 101–105
Seitz, S. B.; Maia, M. J. F.; Velloso, G. T.
Once you have a hammer ... - Second PACITA Practitioners’ Meeting - Workshop on TA methods. - Tagungsbericht
2013. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 22 (3), 81–83
Once you have a hammer ... - Second PACITA Practitioners’ Meeting - Workshop on TA methods. - Tagungsbericht
2013. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 22 (3), 81–83
Reports/Preprints
Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.
A Cross-European comparative analysis of barriers and opportunities for establishing Technology Assessment as a means of policy advice
2013. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000036423
A Cross-European comparative analysis of barriers and opportunities for establishing Technology Assessment as a means of policy advice
2013. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000036423
Presentations
Böschen, S.
Opening the black box: Scientific expertise and democratic culture
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
Opening the black box: Scientific expertise and democratic culture
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
Böschen, S.
Regional climates: participation and collective experimentation at local level
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
Regional climates: participation and collective experimentation at local level
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
Nierling, L.
Introduction to the session: Author meets critics
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
Introduction to the session: Author meets critics
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
Nierling, L.; Hennen, L.
A second wave of technology assessment? Comparative findings from Europe
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
A second wave of technology assessment? Comparative findings from Europe
2013. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013
Pfersdorf, S.; Stahl, B.; Fedulova, I.
Civil society organisations in research governance
2013. 1st PACITA Conference on Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions (2013), Praha, Slovakia, March 13–15, 2013
Civil society organisations in research governance
2013. 1st PACITA Conference on Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions (2013), Praha, Slovakia, March 13–15, 2013
2012
Book Chapters
Hennen, L.
Parliamentary technology assessment in Europe and the role of public participation
2012. Public Engagement and Emerging Technologies. Ed.: K. O’Doherty, O’Doherty, K. [Hrsg.] Public Engagement and Emerging Technologies Vancouver [u.a.] : UBC Press, 2013, 27–44, UBC Press
Parliamentary technology assessment in Europe and the role of public participation
2012. Public Engagement and Emerging Technologies. Ed.: K. O’Doherty, O’Doherty, K. [Hrsg.] Public Engagement and Emerging Technologies Vancouver [u.a.] : UBC Press, 2013, 27–44, UBC Press
Presentations
Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.
A new landscape of TA in Europe? First comparative findings from the PACITA explorative country studies
2012. International Workshop on Expanding the TA-Landscape in Europe, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), November 15-16, 2012
A new landscape of TA in Europe? First comparative findings from the PACITA explorative country studies
2012. International Workshop on Expanding the TA-Landscape in Europe, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), November 15-16, 2012
Moniz, A.
Parliamentary TA models and institutions in Europe
2012. Parliamentary and Civil Technology Assessment Workshop I, Budapest, H, May 22, 2012
Parliamentary TA models and institutions in Europe
2012. Parliamentary and Civil Technology Assessment Workshop I, Budapest, H, May 22, 2012
Moniz, A.
The problem definition and the research design in TA: the case of e-mobility
2012. Renewable Energy Systems : Role and Use of Parliamentary Technology Assessment ; PACITA Summer School, Liege, F, June 25-28, 2012
The problem definition and the research design in TA: the case of e-mobility
2012. Renewable Energy Systems : Role and Use of Parliamentary Technology Assessment ; PACITA Summer School, Liege, F, June 25-28, 2012
Other
Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.; Hebakova, L.
Parliamentary TA in Germany
2012. PACITA : Collaborative Project on Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Actions in European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Deliverable 2.2: TA Practices in Europe EPTA-PACITA, 2012
Parliamentary TA in Germany
2012. PACITA : Collaborative Project on Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Actions in European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Deliverable 2.2: TA Practices in Europe EPTA-PACITA, 2012
2011
Journal Articles
Hennen, L.
PACITA: Ein EU-Projekt zur Förderung parlamentarischer Technikfolgenabschätzung
2011. TAB-Brief, (39), 51–52
PACITA: Ein EU-Projekt zur Förderung parlamentarischer Technikfolgenabschätzung
2011. TAB-Brief, (39), 51–52
Presentations
Maia, M. J.; Moniz, A. B.
O risco tecnologico em Portugal na area da Radiologia: contributos para os estudos em Sociologia da Tecnologia [Technological risk in Portugal in the field of radiology: contribute to the studies on Sociology of Technology]
2011. Conferencia ’Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciencia e Tecnologia em Portugal’, Lisboa, P, 18 e 10 Novembro de 2011, Konferenz “Rumos da sociologia de conhecimento, ciencia e tecnologia em Portugal”, Universität Lisboa (2011), Lisbon, Portugal, November 18–19, 2011
O risco tecnologico em Portugal na area da Radiologia: contributos para os estudos em Sociologia da Tecnologia [Technological risk in Portugal in the field of radiology: contribute to the studies on Sociology of Technology]
2011. Conferencia ’Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciencia e Tecnologia em Portugal’, Lisboa, P, 18 e 10 Novembro de 2011, Konferenz “Rumos da sociologia de conhecimento, ciencia e tecnologia em Portugal”, Universität Lisboa (2011), Lisbon, Portugal, November 18–19, 2011
Moniz, A. B.; Maia, M. J.; Boavida, N.; Moretto, S.
A avaliação de tecnologia em Portugal: tenděncias recentes
2011. Conferencia ’Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciencia e Tecnologia em Portugal’, Lisboa, P, 18 e 10 Novembro de 2011, Konferenz “Rumos da sociologia de conhecimento, ciencia e tecnologia em Portugal”, Universität Lisboa (2011), Lisbon, Portugal, November 18–19, 2011
A avaliação de tecnologia em Portugal: tenděncias recentes
2011. Conferencia ’Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciencia e Tecnologia em Portugal’, Lisboa, P, 18 e 10 Novembro de 2011, Konferenz “Rumos da sociologia de conhecimento, ciencia e tecnologia em Portugal”, Universität Lisboa (2011), Lisbon, Portugal, November 18–19, 2011