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At ITAS, we contribute to realizing the potential of technical progress while minimizing its risks. Our addressees are politics, business, and society – the actors who shape scientific and technological progress. We offer them knowledge for action and point out possible solutions to global challenges.
ITAS profile
Working together on sustainable solutions: As a professor, Daniel Lang has been dealing with questions of transdisciplinary sustainability research for many years. Now he is setting up a research group at ITAS on “Designing real-world lab research."
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In addressing pressing policy challenges such as building resilience to disruptions and ensuring environmental sustainability, the European Parliament’s STOA Panel continues to draw on the expertise of a group of international TA institutions led by ITAS.
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The application potential and societal impact of AI language models will be the focus of a public session of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment on 26 April 2023. TAB has submitted a current background paper on this topic.
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ITAS is investigating the conditions and reasons for trust, distrust, and reliability in science, technology, and innovation. With iRECS and IANUS, two new projects funded by the European Commission deal with the topic.
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